This whole bacon craze has simply gone too far. Don’t get me wrong… I love bacon. I may even adore bacon. I love it when it’s greasy, lean, fatty, meaty, hot or cold. I love to shove a whole slice in my mouth and break off little crumbles. It goes great on sandwiches, wrapped around steaks, in salads and in soups. So, yes, I agree bacon is a very versatile food. But some of these new bacon products are just gross. Bacon-flavored spread? Ew. Bacon flavored cola? Disgusting. And bacon vodka, just wrong.

Now Proctor & Gamble is taking this bacon phenomenon to a whole new level of repugnance with bacon-flavored Scope mouth wash—because that’s just the flavor we all need to wash away our mouth crud in the mornings. True, bacon makes a great breakfast food when we start our days, but using it to clean the gunk taste from a night’s sleep is a whole different matter. At least it doesn’t leave a bacon smell. According to P&G, the product “leaves your breath smelling minty fresh five times longer than brushing alone.”

Ironically, the ad for bacon-flavored Scope has been released just in time for an April Fool’s Day launch of the product. Could it possibly be a joke? One can only hope.

Samantha Lile

Samantha Lile is a 2002 Missouri State University graduate of journalism and mass media. She has served as a reporter and editor for various newspapers throughout her journalism career. She made the leap into writing full-time after working for a major financial institution since 2000.

Because of her banking background, Samantha is knowledgeable in finance reporting, but is also strong in commentaries, personal profiles, youth studies, horticulture, history and entertainment-related works.

Samantha lives in Ozark, Mo. with her husband of nine years, four dogs and two cats.

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