Is bacon OK with IBD?
Worth limiting, and here is why
Contains processed meat (bacon). The IOIBD suggests limiting this group. Munchable reports it as a limit suggestion, never an avoid, because over-restriction carries its own risks in inflammatory bowel disease.
On a real product, the reason Munchable shows reads: Contains processed meat (bacon)
What Munchable checks for IBD, Crohn’s and colitis
- Emulsifiers: carrageenan (E407), polysorbate-80 (E433), carboxymethylcellulose (E466)
- Maltodextrin
- Artificial sweeteners
- Processed-meat markers
- Names and E-numbers de-duplicated to one flag per substance
The full reasoning, and the evidence behind it, is in the IBD, Crohn’s and colitis guide.
Bacon and the other patterns Munchable checks
Other ingredients Munchable flags for IBD, Crohn’s and colitis
The catch with reading labels yourself
Knowing that bacon is a problem is the easy part. Finding it is the hard part: it hides behind wordings that do not look like it, it matters more near the top of the list than the bottom, and a product you have bought for years quietly reformulates. That is the job Munchable does in the aisle, in about a second, from the barcode.
Check it in the shop, not at home
Point your phone at the barcode and Munchable reads the ingredients list for you, before it goes in the basket.