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Kavli BaconOst 175 g 175 g aluminium tube

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Photo: Open Food Facts contributors · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original ↗Front of the tube, photographed 2024

Norwegian spreadable processed cheese with bacon in a 175 g aluminium tube, made by O. Kavli AS in Bergen for a group owned by a charitable foundation.

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Barcode 7041810010387

Tube photographed 2018 and 2021[2]

Norway · Norwegian Bokmål · supported

Evidence reviewed

Context, dates & evidence notes · Other observations
Evidence observed
2021-04-18
Net content
175 g
Pack
aluminium tube
Units in pack
1

The only photographed label. An ingredient strip photographed 2018-08-17 carries the identical wording, so this generation ran across both dates. No nisin is declared and the cheese is 51 %

Nutrition

Nutrition panel

Per 100 g

as sold[2]

0 gSugars
Energy≈926 kJ / ≈223 kcal
Fat≈18 g
of which saturates≈10 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Protein≈16 g
Salt≈2.6 g
Calcium≈413 mg
Original values, qualifications & sources

Per 100 g, photographed tube

Kavli BaconOst 175 g, nutrition of pack
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors · CC BY-SA 3.0 · The tube side carrying both the ingredient list and the panel, photographed 2021
Energy · kJ
≈926 kJ[2]Printed: 926 kJknown · approximately · printed

The panel is headed "100 g vare gir ca."

Energy · kcal
≈223 kcal[2]Printed: 223 kcalknown · approximately · printed
Fat · g
≈18 g[2]Printed: 18 gknown · approximately · printed
of which saturates · g
≈10 g[2]Printed: 10 gknown · approximately · printed
Carbohydrate · g
0 g[2]Printed: 0 gknown · exact · printed
of which sugars · g
0 g[2]Printed: 0 gknown · exact · printed
Protein · g
≈16 g[2]Printed: 16 gknown · approximately · printed
Salt · g
≈2.6 g[2]Printed: 2,6 gknown · approximately · printed
Calcium · mg
≈413 mg[2]Printed: 413 mgknown · approximately · printed

Given as 52 % of the reference intake

Printed on the tube as "100 g vare gir ca.", an approximate declaration; calcium is given as 413 mg and 52 % of the reference intake

Ingredients

Declared ingredients

  1. Hvitost (51%),
  2. Water,
  3. Bacon (14%) (
    1. Pork,
    2. Salt,
    3. Smoke flavouring
    ),
  4. Emulsifying salts (
    1. Sodium phosphates,
    2. Polyphosphates
    ),
  5. Potassium sorbate
Original statement & ingredient evidence

Norsk smelteost, smørbar, naturlig laktosefri, høypasteurisert. INGREDIENSER: HVITOST 51 %, vann, bacon 14 % (svinekjøtt, vann, salt, røykearoma), smeltesalt (natriumfosfater, polyfosfat) og konserveringsmiddel (kaliumsorbat).

Kavli BaconOst 175 g, ingredients of pack
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ingredient strip photographed 2018, identical wording to the 2021 tube

Declared ingredients

  1. Hvitost — HVITOST 51 % · 51% · cheese base [2]
    NO
  2. Water — vann [2]
    NO
  3. Bacon — bacon 14 % · 14% [2]
    NO
    1. Pork — svinekjøtt · sub-ingredient [2]
      NO
    2. Salt — salt · sub-ingredient [2]
      NO
      Declared inside the bacon on this label, not separately
    3. Smoke flavouring — røykearoma · flavouring [2]
      NO
  4. Emulsifying salts — smeltesalt · emulsifying salt [2]
    NO
    1. Sodium phosphates — natriumfosfater · emulsifying salt [2]
      NO
    2. Polyphosphates — polyfosfat · emulsifying salt [2]
      NO
  5. Potassium sorbate — konserveringsmiddel (kaliumsorbat) · preservative [2]
    NO
    The only preservative on this label; no nisin is declared

Allergen declarations

  • contains: milk[2] · The photographed label declares the cheese in capitals as the allergen

Statements on the label

  • Norsk smelteost, smørbar, naturlig laktosefri, høypasteurisert[2]label · The legal denomination and its qualifiers
  • NATURLIG RIK PÅ PROTEIN OG KALSIUM[11]label · Front of the tube
  • MYK OG DEILIG SMØREOST[11]label · Heart-shaped flash on the front
  • TUBEN GJENVINNES SOM METALL OG KORKEN SOM PLAST[3]label · Recycling instruction beside the metal and plastic loops
  • Overskuddet går til Kavlifondet, som støtter humanitært arbeid, forskning og kultur[3]label · The ownership claim printed on the tube itself
Other observations & source differences (4)

Different sources or national labels can coexist. Differences alone do not establish a change to the product.

  • Current recipe published by Kavli supported · Compare evidence

    Kavli's own product page, read from the page body rather than a photograph. It gives the tube at 48 % and the 235 g beger at 49 %, and is the only source that declares nisin. The page also says the recipe was changed to add "50 % mer bacon"

  • Tube photographed 2018 and 2021 supported · selected

    The only photographed label. An ingredient strip photographed 2018-08-17 carries the identical wording, so this generation ran across both dates. No nisin is declared and the cheese is 51 %

  • Norwegian trade database record unconfirmed · Compare evidence

    Matinfo's own page gives Opprettet dato 03.01.2018 and Oppdatert dato 19.01.2018, so this record has not been revised in eight years even though it presents as current. It declares the cheese at 50 % and carries a full allergen table listing only milk as present

  • English export listing unconfirmed · Compare evidence

    A Norwegian export shop's English text, printed beside this GTIN. Its percentages match no other source, giving cheese 52 % and bacon 15 %, and it declares no nisin. Recorded as unconfirmed because it is a shop's translation, not a label or the maker's page

Product facts

Barcode
7041810010387 check digit OK
Also named
Kavli BaconOst 175 g (nb)
Brand
Kavli
Net content
175 g
Pack
aluminium tube
Last observed on sale
2026-09-12
Last sale evidence
Kavli lists the 175 g tube as stocked by all ten Norwegian grocery chains on 2026-09-12, and two Norwegian export shops have it in stock
Made in
🇳🇴 Norway
GS1 prefix
704 · Norway
Status
active

About this product

Kavli BaconOst is a spreadable processed cheese sold in Norway in a 175 g aluminium tube, one of the country's standard sandwich toppings, built on Norwegian hvitost with bacon, emulsifying salts and preservatives and declared naturally lactose-free.[1][2] The tube itself prints the maker: "Produsert av: O. Kavli AS, Bergen, Norge", beside the oval EFTA identification mark NO M 902, which is what establishes both the manufacturer and the Norwegian origin without relying on a trade database.[3] The same panel on the tube carries an unusual line for a food pack, that the profit goes to Kavlifondet, the charitable foundation that owns the whole group and has distributed more than 1.4 billion kroner to research, culture and humanitarian work since 1962.[3][4][5]

More about this product

The point of this review is that four sources describe this one barcode differently, and the previous version could only say so in a note. They are now four observations, each with its own ingredient list and its own panel: the label photographed in 2018 and again in 2021; the Norwegian trade database, whose own page shows it has not been updated since January 2018; Kavli's current product page, the only source that declares nisin as a second preservative; and a Norwegian export shop's English listing, whose percentages match nothing else. Which of them describes the tube on a Norwegian shelf today cannot be settled from any dated source, so the disagreement is recorded rather than resolved.[1][6][2][7]

Two smaller corrections. The brand owner now points at Kavli Holding AS, the group parent that the brand entity itself names, with O. Kavli AS kept as the company that makes the tube and answers for it. And Open Food Facts' typed energy for this barcode, 901 kJ with 222 kcal, is internally inconsistent and matches no sourced panel, so it is recorded as a gap rather than used.[8] The business behind the tube goes back to 1893 in Bergen, and to Primula in 1924, described as the world's first long-keeping spreadable cheese, the technique this product still rests on.[5][9] The E numbers for the named additives come from the UK Food Standards Agency list, since the Norwegian pack prints the additive names only.[10]

Where it's sold

🇳🇴 Norway

Kavli[1] sourced

Listing observed
Condition
new
Made in
Norway

Kavli's own page lists the 175 g tube as stocked in all stores of Rema 1000, Joker, Spar, EuroSpar, Meny, Coop Marked, Coop Extra, Coop Mega, Coop Obs! and Bunnpris

🇳🇴 Norway

Matinfo[6] sourced

Listing observed
Condition
new
Made in
Norway

The Norwegian grocery trade database carries this GTIN with article number 1038 and EPD number 4218665, and gives Norway as both opprinnelsesland and opphavsland

🇳🇴 Norway

Open Food Facts photo[3] printed

Listing observed
Made in
Norway

The tube itself prints a Norwegian manufacturer, a Norwegian consumer line and the oval EFTA identification mark NO M 902

A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.

Other names for this product

Also known as

  • Baconost nb

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Sources & research

Evidence reviewed

O. Kavli AS

Kavli: BaconOst (ingredients, nutrition per 100 g, pack sizes and Norwegian stockists)

manufacturer · Accessed 2026-09-12

Source & attribution [1] ↗

Open Food Facts

Open Food Facts photo: tube side with the ingredient list and the panel, 2021

pack · Accessed 2026-09-12

Source & attribution [2] ↗

Kavlifondet

Kavlifondet: "Stiftelsen Kavlifondet eier hele Kavlikonsernet"

other · Accessed 2026-09-11

Source & attribution [4] ↗
Coverage & research gaps (8)

Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.

  • Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
  • Context: 4 / 4 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
  • Label photographs: 1 / 4 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
  • Current recipe published by Kavli: nutrient evidence: 9 / 9 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
  • Tube photographed 2018 and 2021: nutrient evidence: 9 / 9 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
  • Norwegian trade database record: nutrient evidence: 9 / 9 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
  • English export listing: nutrient evidence: 9 / 9 · Recorded nutrient rows linked to a source; not the number of nutrients that ought to exist
  • ingredients · disputed: Four sources give four cheese percentages for the same barcode: 48 % (maker, with nisin), 50 % (trade database), 51 % (photographed label) and 52 % with bacon at 15 % (export listing). Only the maker declares nisin. No source dates any of the changes
  • nutrition · disputed: The four panels disagree across the board, from 806 kJ to 935 kJ per 100 g, and calcium from 360 to 416 mg. Each is recorded with its own source rather than averaged or chosen between
  • evidence · stale: Matinfo's record was created 03.01.2018 and last updated 19.01.2018, yet presents as current trade data. Treat its composition and panel as an eight-year-old snapshot
  • nutrition · disputed: Open Food Facts types 901 kJ with 222 kcal for this barcode, which is internally inconsistent: 901 kJ is about 215 kcal. The lookup's own check flagged the ratio. Neither figure matches any sourced panel and neither is used
  • markets · unknown: Two Norwegian export shops sell this tube worldwide in USD and EUR, so it reaches consumers outside Norway, but neither names a destination market, and no foreign retailer listing was found. Only Norway is recorded
  • markets · unknown: No dated Norwegian chain price could be retrieved: the price source used on other Norwegian entries answers 404 for a product URL keyed by GTIN
  • evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
  • evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
All references & source details

References

  1. ↑ Kavli: BaconOst (ingredients, nutrition per 100 g, pack sizes and Norwegian stockists) O. Kavli AS. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-12. Næringsinnhold and Ingredienser, in the body.
  2. ↑ Open Food Facts photo: tube side with the ingredient list and the panel, 2021 Open Food Facts. pack. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 4. INGREDIENSER and NÆRINGSINNHOLD. cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: Open Food Facts.
  3. ↑ Open Food Facts photo: manufacturer block and the oval EFTA mark NO M 902 Open Food Facts. pack. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 3. Produsert av, Kavlifondet, recycling marks. cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: Open Food Facts.
  4. ↑ Kavlifondet: "Stiftelsen Kavlifondet eier hele Kavlikonsernet" Kavlifondet. other. Accessed 2026-09-11. Ownership of the group.
  5. ↑ Wikipedia (bokmål): Kavli Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-11. Group structure and history. cc-by-sa-4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
  6. ↑ Matinfo: KAVLI BACONOST 175 GRAM TUBE, GTIN 07041810010387 Matinfo. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 4218665. Ingredients, panel, origin, Oppdatert dato.
  7. ↑ Norbites: Bacon Cheese - Baconost 175g Tube Kavli Norbites. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-12. GTIN, English ingredients and panel.
  8. ↑ Open Food Facts: Baconost 175 g tube Kavli Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 7041810010387. Product record and six uploads. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
  9. ↑ Wikipedia: Kavli Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-11. Primula and the group's markets. cc-by-sa-4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
  10. ↑ Food Standards Agency: Approved additives and E numbers Food Standards Agency. registry. Accessed 2026-09-11. E numbers for the additives the pack names.
  11. ↑ Open Food Facts photo: front of the tube, 2021 Open Food Facts. pack. Accessed 2026-09-12. Record: 2. Front claims. cc-by-sa-3.0. Open Food Facts contributors. Upstream: Open Food Facts.

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Barcode & identifiersBarcode 7041810010387
GTIN-14
07041810010387
EAN-13 / GTIN-13
7041810010387
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