Free Guide · Bacon Flavour With No Bacon
All the smoky, salty, savoury pull of bacon, with nothing to fry and no pork anywhere near it.
To get bacon flavour without bacon, you need what bacon actually brings to a dish: smoke, salt and a deep savoury flavour with a touch of sweetness. My No-Bacon Bacon Salt puts all of that in one sprinkle, so eggs, potatoes, pasta, soups and dips taste bacony with no meat, no frying and no added MSG.
Corn and bacon, eggs and bacon, potatoes and bacon. Some combinations are just fundamental, and bacon is in a lot of them. But cooking with real bacon comes with a few downsides. There's the frying and the fat spattering all over the stove, which I'm very happy to skip. Then there's everything else: the health concerns, the animal ethics or religious considerations of eating pork, or simply the calories. Whichever of those speaks to you, there's an easier way to get the flavour.
What bacon flavour actually is
When a recipe calls for bacon, the meat itself is rarely the point. What you're really after is the flavour it leaves behind: smoky, salty, seriously savoury, and just a little bit sweet. Get those notes into a dish and your brain fills in the rest.
That's exactly what No-Bacon Bacon Salt is built around. It's made from real ingredients you'd recognise from your own pantry, including tamari, sweet paprika, nutritional yeast and pink salt, layered so you get that smoky, salty, slightly sweet hit in one go. So much crafting goes into that blend that its flavour just can't be pulled together from anything else in the pantry, which is exactly why it saves you the trouble.
Meet the salt
Smoky, salty and seriously bacony
Alyce's No-Bacon Bacon Salt
All the flavour of crispy bacon, in a vegan sprinkle hand-made in small batches.
Shop now →Where to use it instead of bacon
Anywhere you'd want that smoky, savoury, more-ish bacon hit. Sprinkle it over as you serve, or stir it through as you cook. It doesn't need heat to bloom, so it works just as well straight from the bag as it does in the pan.
Breakfast: scrambled eggs, fried eggs and avo toast. This is where it tastes most like the real thing.
Sides: roast potatoes, mash and Brussels sprouts.
Dinners: pasta, soups, mac and cheese, burgers and baked beans.
Snacks: a hot bowl of popcorn, where the smokiness and that little bit of sweetness are very, very good.
My favourite: corn and bacon dip, without the bacon
If you want to see what this salt can do, start with my Corn and Bacon Dip, Without the Bacon. Honestly, it tastes like it has bacon fat through it, and it absolutely does not. Just 2 teaspoons of No-Bacon Bacon Salt flavours the whole batch, so one bag goes a long way.
It's vegetarian, it's six ingredients, and it's much lighter than if we'd used real bacon to get the same flavour. It's not just a snack, either. We made nachos the other night and spooned it on top instead of sour cream, and it was so good. Next up, I want to try it in a burrito, just like the creamy sauce you get at restaurants.
Got a Thermomix? Here's my Corn and Bacon Dip in the Thermomix, Without the Bacon, written for your machine.
Watch
The flavour blends in action
See how a sprinkle turns simple food into something you'd happily serve to anyone.
Made the way you'd make it at home
There's plenty on the supermarket shelf that will make dinner taste better. But not with these promises. No-Bacon Bacon Salt is hand-made by Mum and me, in small batches, exactly the way you'd cook at home. Commercially, you couldn't make it the way we do without adding inputs I refuse to add, so we make it ourselves. There's no added MSG, it's made from real ingredients like the ones already in your pantry, and it's vegan.
Your questions, answered
Is No-Bacon Bacon Salt vegan?
Yes. It's completely plant-based: all the smoky, salty, savoury flavour of bacon with no pig in sight.
How much do I need?
Less than you'd think. Start with a sprinkle and taste. In my corn and bacon dip, 2 teaspoons flavours the whole batch.
Does it contain MSG?
There's no added MSG. We never add MSG to any of our products, including this blend. Just real ingredients, the same as you'd have in your pantry at home.
Does it contain any allergens?
It contains soy, from the tamari. It's made in a facility that also processes sesame, tree nuts, dairy and gluten products.
Want bacon flavour without the frying pan?
One bag of No-Bacon Bacon Salt and your eggs, potatoes and pasta taste like you tried much harder than you did. Cook smarter, not harder.
