Bacon: least sodium
Of the 1,088 products in the bacon aisle of USDA's branded food database, Hickory Smoked Lower Sodium Bacon by Signature Select has the least sodium: 375 mg per 100 g (30 mg per 8 g serving); the aisle's median is 1,667 mg. 0% of those with a declared serving (1) are at or under FDA's "low sodium" line per labeled serving: 140 mg or less, also per 50 g for servings of 30 g or less, per 100 g for meal and main-dish products (21 CFR 101.61(b)(4) and (b)(5); FDA tests per reference amount).
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; values per 100 g as submitted by manufacturers; one product per UPC.
Updated · By GetFoodFacts · data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release · how the figures are checked
Which bacon has the least sodium per 100 g?
- 1Signature Select · 8 g serving375mgper 100 g · 30 mg per serving
- 2American Homestead · 32 g serving500mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 3American Homestead · 32 g serving500mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 4American Homestead · 32 g serving500mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 5American Homestead · 28 g serving500mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 6Hill's Premium Meats · 15 g serving533mgper 100 g · 80 mg per serving
- 7Food Club · 11 g serving545mgper 100 g · 60 mg per serving
- 8Raley's · 11 g serving545mgper 100 g · 60 mg per serving
- 9Organic Prairie · 28 g serving571mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 10Butterball · 14 g serving571mgper 100 g · 80 mg per serving
- 11Butterball · 18 g serving583mgper 100 g · 105 mg per serving
- 12Petit Jean Meats · 15 g serving600mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 13Zummo's · 15 g serving600mgper 100 g · 90 mg per serving
- 14Wellshire · 28 g serving607mgper 100 g · 170 mg per serving
- 15Smithfield · 15 g serving667mgper 100 g · 100 mg per serving
- 16Jennie-o · 15 g serving667mgper 100 g · 100 mg per serving
- 17Zeigler · 16 g serving688mgper 100 g · 110 mg per serving
- 18Landes · 23 g serving696mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 19Kowalski's Markets · 15 g serving700mgper 100 g · 105 mg per serving
- 20Kiolbassa · 38 g serving711mgper 100 g · 270 mg per serving
- 21Kiolbassa · 38 g serving711mgper 100 g · 270 mg per serving
- 22Lidl · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 23Full Circle Market · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 24Stater Bros. · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 25Ahold · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 26Simple Truth · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 27Nature's Promise · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 28Harris Teeter · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 29Ahold · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 30Taste of Inspirations · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 31Nature's Place · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 32Giant Eagle · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 33Our Family · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 34Signature Select · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 35Signature Select · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 36H-e-b · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 37Empire Kosher · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 38Lowes Foods · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 39Cochon Butcher · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 40Fatback · 28 g serving714mgper 100 g · 200 mg per serving
- 41Godshall's · 35 g serving743mgper 100 g · 260 mg per serving
- 42Wegmans · 14 g serving750mgper 100 g · 105 mg per serving
- 43Wegmans · 14 g serving750mgper 100 g · 105 mg per serving
- 44Ahold · 28 g serving750mgper 100 g · 210 mg per serving
- 45Signature Select · 28 g serving750mgper 100 g · 210 mg per serving
- 46Meijer · 28 g serving750mgper 100 g · 210 mg per serving
- 47Hempler's · 37 g serving757mgper 100 g · 280 mg per serving
- 48Shoprite · 17 g serving765mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 49Lunds & Byerlys · 15 g serving767mgper 100 g · 115 mg per serving
- 50Tender Belly · 18 g serving778mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 51Tender Belly · 18 g serving778mgper 100 g · 140 mg per serving
- 52Jennie-o · 28 g serving786mgper 100 g · 220 mg per serving
- 53Stater Bros. · 28 g serving786mgper 100 g · 220 mg per serving
- 54Certified Angus Beef · 28 g serving786mgper 100 g · 220 mg per serving
- 55Festival Foods · 14 g serving786mgper 100 g · 110 mg per serving
- 56Louie's Meats, Inc. · 28 g serving786mgper 100 g · 220 mg per serving
- 57North Country Smokehouse · 15 g serving800mgper 100 g · 120 mg per serving
- 58Greenwise · 15 g serving800mgper 100 g · 120 mg per serving
- 59Plainville · 15 g serving800mgper 100 g · 120 mg per serving
- 60Frick's · 15 g serving833mgper 100 g · 125 mg per serving
- 61Epic · 37 g serving865mgper 100 g · 320 mg per serving
- 62Publix · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 63Niman Ranch · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 64Fit&active · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 65Jennie-o · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 66Prairie Grove Farms · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 67Jennie-o · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 68Hy-vee · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 69Hy-vee · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 70Great Value · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 71Jennie-o · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 72Market Pantry · 15 g serving867mgper 100 g · 130 mg per serving
- 73Publix · 12 g serving875mgper 100 g · 105 mg per serving
- 74Market Pantry · 17 g serving882mgper 100 g · 150 mg per serving
- 75Smithfield · 17 g serving882mgper 100 g · 150 mg per serving
- 76Kor-bert · 17 g serving882mgper 100 g · 150 mg per serving
- 77Schnucks · 18 g serving889mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 78Stater Bros. Markets · 18 g serving889mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 79Metropolitan Market · 20 g serving900mgper 100 g · 180 mg per serving
- 80Full Circle Market · 15 g serving900mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 81Berkwood Farms · 15 g serving900mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 82Niman Ranch · 15 g serving900mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 83Hy-vee · 15 g serving900mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 84Schnucks · 15 g serving900mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 85Schnucks · 15 g serving900mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 86Hy-vee · 15 g serving900mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 87Ahold · 17 g serving941mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 88Field · 17 g serving941mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 89Best Yet · 17 g serving941mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 90Kroger · 17 g serving941mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 91Farmer John · 10 g serving950mgper 100 g · 95 mg per serving
- 92Farmer John · 10 g serving950mgper 100 g · 95 mg per serving
- 93Field · 14 g serving964mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 94Devanco Foods · 28 g serving964mgper 100 g · 270 mg per serving
- 95Butterball · 14 g serving964mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 96Butterball · 14 g serving964mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 97Butterball · 14 g serving964mgper 100 g · 135 mg per serving
- 98Signature Select · 16 g serving1,000mgper 100 g · 160 mg per serving
- 99Publix · 12 g serving1,000mgper 100 g · 120 mg per serving
- 100Field · 12 g serving1,000mgper 100 g · 120 mg per serving
How this ranking is made
1,088 products in the aisle declare sodium; 633 are ranked, leaving out 1 placeholders with near-zero energy; 90 records whose label contradicts itself or that sit outside the aisle's range; 364 that do not declare all seven core label values (each rule). Values are per 100 g as each manufacturer submitted them to USDA, one product per UPC (its newest submission that meets the data contract), and one per product sold under several UPCs with the same label. The top 100 are shown; each was read again from USDA's live record at this release, and USDA's corrections are applied.
Download: the top 250 as CSV (CC BY 4.0).
What this ranking does not measure
Taste, price, where it is sold and whether the recipe changed since the manufacturer's last submission. Each product page shows the date of its record.
Sources for this page
- USDA FoodData Central
- the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- FoodData Central documentation
- what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
- the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
- 21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
- the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
- FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
- the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov