Probably because it's full of animal fats, which according to modern dietary advice are unhealthy (despite being the bedrock of human diets for millennia). Bacon is particularly fatty as far as the commonly-consumed red meats are concerned.

I haven't read the science, but I think that the bacon you buy in the supermarket has some other ingredients added to extend its shelf life. But this is valid for almost everything else in the supermarket. Why is bacon being singled out, then?

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Curious how the WHO classified "processed meats", since bacon is about as unprocessed as you can get. The only processing that goes into bacon is that it comes pre-sliced.

I'm sure they'd rather I eat a vegan "meat alternative", but of course it's okay when that's made of a hundred different processed chemicals, because really it's never been a war on processed foods, it's a war on healthy foods.