Pork belly

What the research shows

Not enough

published research on this page yet

A boneless, fatty cut of meat from a pig's belly.12

What research says

Study type not stated

The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.

Products

The 6 most-scanned of 242 products on Open Food Facts that list pork belly.

  • Tomato and pancetta pasta sauce Specially Selected · 340 g 4 additives
  • Organic free range british pork sausages with mixed herbs Waitrose · 400 g 0 additives
  • Chicken ceasar bacon baguette Pret · 1 Baguette 3 additives
  • Chicken & Bacon Caesar Wrap M&S 4 additives
  • Lasagne four layers of egg pasta with grana padano bechamel trader joe's · 800 g 4 additives
  • THE CHICKEN CLUB TESCO · 249 g 5 additives

References

  1. 1pork belly: ingredient taxonomy entry. Open Food Facts.
  2. 2Pork belly. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
  3. 3Kang S, Gang G, Go GW. Ambivalence towards pork belly: exploring its significance and contradictions from the perspectives of the food industry and nutritional science. Food Sci Biotechnol. 2024;33(1):23-31. doi:10.1007/s10068-023-01429-4