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Trader Joe's Cheese & Uncured Bacon Egg Bites: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-18 · Trader Joe's

Quick answer

Special Occasion Choice

Trader Joe's cheese & uncured bacon egg bites received a Longevity Score of 58 out of 100 (special occasion choice). Egg and cheese base with real protein, but processed bacon, cheese-heavy build, and high saturated fat lower alignment. Strengths include egg and cottage cheese provide meaningful protein, simple base ingredients with no added seed oils, and low sugar and no fiber-free refined flour build, while main considerations include uncured bacon is a processed meat with added sugar and salt, cheese-heavy build raises saturated fat to 11g, and sodium at 360mg per serving; color and enzyme additives present.

Longevity Score 58/100

What helped the score?

  • Egg and cottage cheese provide meaningful protein
  • Simple base ingredients with no added seed oils
  • Low sugar and no fiber-free refined flour build

What held the score back?

  • Uncured bacon is a processed meat with added sugar and salt
  • Cheese-heavy build raises saturated fat to 11g
  • Sodium at 360mg per serving; color and enzyme additives present

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Trader Joe's Cheese & Uncured Bacon Egg Bites
Category
Prepared Meals (source: Egg Dishes)
GTIN / UPC
00000000737647
Serving size
119 g (1 portion (119 g))
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Trader Joe's

Cheese & Uncured Bacon Egg Bites

Special Occasion Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Special Occasion Choice

Egg and cheese base with real protein, but processed bacon, cheese-heavy build, and high saturated fat lower alignment.

What Stands Out

High Sat. Fat

11g saturated fat

55% DV

High Protein

16g protein

32% DV

Low Fiber

0g fiber

0% DV

Artificial Colors

annatto (color)

Real Egg, Cottage Chees…

Primary protein source

Whole Foods

egg, cottage cheese

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Egg and cottage cheese provide meaningful protein
  • Simple base ingredients with no added seed oils
  • Low sugar and no fiber-free refined flour build

Key Concerns

  • Uncured bacon is a processed meat with added sugar and salt
  • Cheese-heavy build raises saturated fat to 11g
  • Sodium at 360mg per serving; color and enzyme additives present

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

egg, cottage cheese, cheddar, uncured bacon

Whole-food ingredients

eggcottage cheesecheddar cheese

Processing signals

uncured bacon (processed meat)cultured celery juice curingprocessed cheese components

Additives

citric acidmicrobial enzymeannatto colornatural smoke flavorcornstarch

Artificial colors

annatto (color)

Ingredients

Ingredient list

EGG, COTTAGE CHEESE (SKIM MII K. MILK, CREAM, SEA SALT, CHEESE CULTURE), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES,, COLOR]), WATER, UNCURED BACON, NO NITRATES OR NITRITES ADDED (PORK, WATER, SEMALT, SUGAR,, SALT, MICROBIAL ENZYME, ΑΝΝΑΤ, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, CULTURED CELERY JUICE), CORNSTARCH, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SALT, GARLIC POWINIED YANTUAN CIM, ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN COLOR), WHITE PEPPER

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

270

14% DV

Total Carbs

3g

1% DV

Protein

16g

32% DV

Saturated Fat

11g

55% DV

Fiber

0g

0% DV

Net Carbs

3g

1% DV

Sugar

1g

Total Fat

22g

28% DV

Sodium

360mg

16% DV

Unsaturated Fat

11g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories27014% DV
Total Carbs3g1% DV
Protein16g32% DV
Saturated Fat11g55% DV
Fiber0g0% DV
Net Carbs3g1% DV
Sugar1g—
Total Fat22g28% DV
Sodium360mg16% DV
Unsaturated Fat11g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Lower net carbs (3g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher saturated fat (11g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Higher protein (16g)

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Low sugar (1g)

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Helpful protein (16g)

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower carbs for fueling (3g)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Trader Joe's Cheese & Uncured Bacon Egg Bites highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Moderately processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Trader Joe's Cheese & Uncured Bacon Egg Bites shows about 0g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Trader Joe's Cheese & Uncured Bacon Egg Bites: 1g total sugar per serving. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Egg and cottage cheese provide meaningful protein; Simple base ingredients with no added seed oils; Low sugar and no fiber-free refined flour build.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Uncured bacon is a processed meat with added sugar and salt; Cheese-heavy build raises saturated fat to 11g; Sodium at 360mg per serving; color and enzyme additives present.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same prepared meals differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Prepared Meals, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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