Applegate Organic Hickory Smoked Uncured Sunday Bacon is good old-fashioned hardwood smoked bacon. This means you can enjoy hickory smoked bacon on Sunday, or any other day for that matter. We source from family farms, where animals are raised with care and respect. We believe this leads to great tasting products and peace of mind-- all part of our mission. Changing The Meat We Eat. USDA Organic. Certified Organic by Quality Assurance International. Pork raised exclusively on certified organic feed. Gluten & casein free. No nitrates or nitrites added (Except those naturally occurring in sea salt and celery powder). Pork raised with no antibiotics ever (Pork never administered antibiotics or animal by-products). Applegate humanely raised (Pork raised with no crates ever on family farms on organic vegetarian feed and no ractopamine (a beta-agonist growth promotant). U.S. inspected and passed by Department of Agriculture.