# Your opinions of turkey bacon. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766 "2019-03-08T15:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/21 "2019-03-08T20:39:54Z")
Turkey “bacon” is more processed and less healthy than real bacon. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/22 "2019-03-08T20:54:13Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > Turkey “bacon” is more processed and less healthy than real bacon. I’m skeptical that it’s less healthy. Do you have a cite? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/23 "2019-03-08T21:18:00Z")
I liked when swift American made sizzlelean….they made an maple and brown sugar version that was better than real bacon and mom thought it cooked better for breakfast … it just disappeared …. and according to the websites I checked no one knows why… they should bring it back although someone else owns the trade mark now …. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/24 "2019-03-08T21:46:16Z")
Turkey bacon is a close-ish facsimile of bacon in terms of taste. But in terms of texture, crunchiness, etc. it falls far behind. **Mrs. FtG** used to buy me turkey bacon for health reasons. Now just regular bacon. Not sure why. So the BLT I had last night was real bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/25 "2019-03-08T22:07:58Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I’m skeptical that it’s less healthy. Do you have a cite? Doubtful. As much as I dislike the stuff, “healthy” is not really a quantifiable and rankable quality. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/26 "2019-03-09T05:47:22Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > . . . > **Mrs. FtG** used to buy me turkey bacon for health reasons. Now just regular bacon. Not sure why. > > So the BLT I had last night was real bacon. Is she mad at you? :eek: 😃 d&r 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/27 "2019-03-09T12:24:37Z")
Turkey bacon tastes so…_healthy_. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/28 "2019-03-09T14:02:54Z")
If it tastes like disappointment, it’s the healthy version? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/29 "2019-03-09T15:26:17Z")
I like turkey bacon, as well as turkey ham and turkey burgers. But I have to cut back, not for the fat but for the sodium. My cardiologist recommends them, my nephrologist not so much. And “the real thing”? They’re all the real thing, just _different_ things. Pig bacon is no more “real” than turkey bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/30 "2019-03-09T15:48:38Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And “the real thing”? They’re all the real thing, just _different_ things. Pig bacon is no more “real” than turkey bacon. I’d like to teach the world to fry At perfect temperature Some strips of processed salty meat With no health forfeiture… I’d like some easy over eggs With hash browns on the side Don’t need no cardiologist To tell me how I died. It’s the real thing…ba-con What the world wants today Pork or turkey’s okay It’s the real thing… (Hah! Let the millennials figure this one out!) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766/31 "2019-03-11T23:33:24Z")
A friend was a vegetarian until he moved away from home to go to medical school. Then he started literally eat a pound of bacon a day. “It’s just so delicious, and I have to make up for lost time”. He became a cardiologist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-of-turkey-bacon/830766.md?page=1)