Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich (BLT)), or as a flavoring or accent (as in bacon bits in a salad).

Bacon is also used for barding and larding roasts, especially game, including venison and pheasant, and may also be used to insulate or flavor roast joints by being layered onto the meat. The word is derived from the Proto-Germanic *bakkon, meaning "back meat".

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