Lardons nature supérieur

Lardons nature supérieur are premium cooked pork lardons made from pork belly and cured in a brine that includes water, nitrate salt, Guérande salt, lactose, sugar, pepper, onion and clove, with sodium ascorbate as an antioxidant. They belong to the processed meat family, carry a Nutri‑Score of E and are classified in NOVA group 3; per 100 g they provide 266 kcal, 22 g fat (8.5 g saturated), 15 g protein, 3.1 g salt and only 0.4 g sugar, while also containing traces of milk. The high fat, saturated fat and salt drive the low score, but the low sugar, absence of added sugars and the organic, fair‑trade, French‑made credentials are positive, although the product does contain the additives E250 (nitrite salt) and E301 (sodium ascorbate).