Ingredient Report

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Ingredients
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Additives
Meat

Ingredient List

Meat & Eggs
Pork

Domesticated pigs

Roots & Vegetables
Celery

Cultivated celery stalks and leaves

Sugar
Maple sugar

Sugar maple tree sap

Additive
Cultured celery powder

Celery plant extract, fermented

Complete Ingredient Details

Pork

Meat from domesticated pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus); a complete, highly digestible protein with B vitamins and selenium.

Category: Meat & Eggs
Subcategory: Meat
Processing Level: 2
Source: Domesticated pigs
Purpose: Complete, highly digestible animal protein.
Manufacturing Method: Butchered, optionally cooked/dried
Why Manufacturers Choose It: High-quality protein with savory flavor, broad availability, and competitive cost.
Commonly Found In: meat bars, jerky, cracklings, broth powders, deli meats
Health Score: 6
Bottom Line: Pork is a nutrient-dense animal protein, but health risks rise with processed forms and very high intakes. Choose lean, unprocessed cuts and cook to safe temperatures, keeping bacon, ham, and sausages occasional.
Micronutrients: ["Thiamine (B1)","Vitamin B12","Selenium"]
Antioxidants: ["Carnosine","Taurine","Coenzyme Q10"]
Healthier Alternatives: Chicken breast, Egg whites, Beef (lean)
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Celery

A crisp, aromatic green vegetable (Apium graveolens) used fresh or dried/powdered mainly to add savory flavor and a little fiber.

Category: Roots & Vegetables
Subcategory: Vegetables
Processing Level: 1
Source: Cultivated celery stalks and leaves
Purpose: Low-calorie vegetable used to add savory flavor plus modest fiber and vitamin K.
Manufacturing Method: Washed, cut; optionally dried and milled
Why Manufacturers Choose It: For its distinctive savory flavor and, in powder form, as a low-cost natural nitrite source in cured meats.
Commonly Found In: Soups; salads; stocks; spice blends (celery seed); cured meats (celery powder)
Health Score: 9
Bottom Line: Celery is a crisp, low‑calorie vegetable with negligible impact on blood sugar and modest vitamin K and antioxidant content. The main cautions are allergy risk and the use of celery powder as a nitrite source in some processed meats.
Micronutrients: ["Vitamin K","Folate","Potassium"]
Antioxidants: ["Apigenin","Luteolin","Caffeic acid"]
Healthier Alternatives: Parsley, Fennel, Carrot

Maple sugar

Crystallized sweetener made by boiling down maple sap (via maple syrup) until it fully crystallizes; tastes like concentrated maple with caramel notes.

Category: Sugar
Subcategory: Sugars
Processing Level: 3
Source: Sugar maple tree sap
Purpose: Granulated sweetener that provides maple flavor.
Manufacturing Method: Boil, crystallize, granulate, sieve
Why Manufacturers Choose It: Sucrose-like performance with a distinct maple flavor and clean labeling.
Commonly Found In: Bars; Granola; Trail mix; Baking mixes; Glazes
Health Score: 3
Bottom Line: Maple sugar is a natural granulated sweetener made from maple sap, and nutritionally it behaves like table sugar. Choose it for flavor and keep total added sugars modest.
Healthier Alternatives: Date paste, Maple syrup, Coconut sugar

Cultured celery powder

A fermented celery-derived powder standardized to contain pre-formed nitrite from naturally occurring nitrate; used as a 'natural' curing source for processed meats.

Category: Additive
Subcategory: Preservatives
Processing Level: 3
Source: Celery plant extract, fermented
Purpose: Plant-derived source of nitrite to cure meat and inhibit microbes.
Manufacturing Method: Fermented plant extract with drying
Why Manufacturers Choose It: Delivers nitrite performance while enabling 'natural' or 'uncured' label claims.
Commonly Found In: bacon, hot dogs, deli meats, sausages, jerky
Health Score: 4
Bottom Line: Cultured celery powder is a fermented celery extract used to deliver nitrite in “natural” cured meats. It improves microbial safety but does not remove the cancer risk and nitrosamine concerns associated with processed meats.
Micronutrients: ["Potassium","Vitamin K","Vitamin C"]
Antioxidants: ["Apigenin","Luteolin","Caffeic acid"]
Healthier Alternatives: Sea salt + spices (uncured), Vinegar powder, Celery powder (uncultured)

About This Report

This ingredient report provides detailed information about every ingredient in EPIC Provisions Uncured Bacon + Pork Bar protein bar, based on the latest research. Click on any ingredient card to learn more about its source, processing, health effects, and safety information.

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