A Kiwi-owned meat curer and packer based at 5 Autumn Place in Penrose, run by two brothers. The business sells its products in supermarkets and good delis, and says its bacon was the first "clean bacon" sold in a New Zealand supermarket. Its range covers middle, streaky and middle eye bacon, sausages, salami, ham, and a manuka-smoked and cured belly cut. The products carry no artificial preservatives, flavours or colours, and the business says it cures and packs them in New Zealand. It has been making bacon for over 20 years.
Customers are divided. One long-time buyer uses the bacon for years and says it is pricey but tasty and low in chemicals. Another uses it in stews and spaghetti bolognese and likes that it has no nitrates. One buyer found a supermarket pack pale and disappointing, and said the flavour was the only good point. Our pick in Penrose for a cured bacon with a clean-label story.