Bacon

Buy nitrate-free bacon online from Waseda Farms — thick-cut, slow-smoked, and made from our own Heritage Berkshire pork. Every package in this collection is made without sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, MSG, or artificial preservatives. Just pasture-raised pork, real wood smoke, and simple seasonings the way bacon was meant to be made.

Why Heritage Berkshire pork makes the best bacon

Berkshire is one of the oldest heritage pig breeds in the world, prized for its deeply marbled, rosy-pink meat and rich, buttery flavor. Our Berkshires live outdoors on our Door County, Wisconsin farm, rooting and roaming as pigs naturally do, fed an organic, non-GMO diet. That combination of breed, diet, and lifestyle produces bacon with significantly more flavor, better fat quality, and the kind of crispy-yet-tender texture you can't get from supermarket bacon.

What's in the collection

Choose from hickory-smoked bacon, applewood bacon, peppered bacon, jowl bacon, and other small-batch varieties as available. Pair with our farm-fresh eggs for the ultimate Wisconsin farm breakfast.

Cooking tip

Start nitrate-free bacon in a cold cast-iron skillet over medium-low heat. Render slowly for 8–12 minutes per side until crisp. The slow start prevents curling and produces evenly cooked, perfectly crisp strips. Save the rendered fat — Berkshire lard is liquid gold for roasting vegetables, frying eggs, and finishing pan sauces.

Ships frozen nationwide. Order nitrate-free bacon online direct from our family farm.