International Bacon Day

Bacon Day was conceived in 2004 by a group of CU Boulder (Colorado) graduate students.

The word bacon means “meat from the back of an. animal.” American bacon is made from the pork belly, which. 70% of all bacon in the US is eaten at breakfast.

In terms of the actual process of adding salt to pork, which is the most basic quality of bacon, the ancient Chinese were the first to invent bacon, and there are records of this type of early bacon as early as 1500 B.C.E. The ancient Romans also had a type of bacon that came from a pig's shoulder.

Today, bacon is enjoyed around the world, especially in Denmark, which ranks #1 in bacon consumption per capita. But that doesn't mean we don't love bacon here in the U.S. In fact, we produce more than 2 billion pounds of bacon annually and annual per capita consumption is around 18 pounds per person in the US.