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PRODUCT TRENDS

Everyone was doing hickory smoked. We
were surrounded by apple orchards, so this
seemed like the natural progression. We were
one of the first to smoke with applewood," he
explains. Today, applewood smoked bacon is
the hallmark of high quality bacon, and North
Country was there at the start.

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CREATING THE FUTURE

The sale to duBreton included a commitment
to continue the family tradition in Claremont
by building a new facility there. In a historic
location three miles away from the existing
plant, construction is under way on a
technology-rich 66,000-sq.-ft. facility, four times
larger than the existing plant. The
plant is projected to be operational
by the summer of 2017.
Satzow is already anticipating the
Exhaust Filtration System
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ms
benefits the new facility will offer.
"One of the major bacons that we
haven't taken full advantage of is our
all-natural, Antibiotic Free (ABF)
Certified Humane Bacon. A number
of national retailers are coming to
us requesting the all-natural ABF
product. We were one of the first in
the market with a Certified Humane
bacon," Satzow says.
Another niche product
undergoing great growth is cottage
bacon, which NCS has been making
for several years. Cottage bacon is a
circular bacon growing in popularity
Before
After
with upscale hamburger chains.
Rather than strips coming from the
Extend The Useful Life Of Your Roof By
slab-shaped pork belly, it comes
Keeping It Clean.
from the rounder pork shoulder.
* Filter grease, oil and other contaminates from
Satzow explains why it's the perfect
exhaust air stream
bacon for burgers.
* Eliminate grease and oil accumulation on roof
"When you cut cottage bacon, it's
* Three stage filtration:
got great coverage for the top of the
- Centrifugal
patty," Satzow explains. "So instead
of putting two strips of bacon on
- Wet Scrubber
the hamburger, and having pieces
- Demister Pad Filter
fall off, the cottage bacon covers the
* No moving components, easy to maintain
whole patty, so you get the bacon
* 99% efficient for particles 10 micron
flavor in every bite."
and greater
Soon the accolades started
* 75% efficient for 2-3 micron particulate
rolling in. Last year, Men's Health
* All stainless construction
magazine called North Country's
* New, improved Water Recirculation System
Cottage Bacon "One of the Best
available to reduce water consumption and
Bacons in the World."
operating costs
"When that happened, we had
a tremendous increase in interest,"
Satzow relates. "Just this year, we
won an award for the 'Best New
Meat Product' for the North Atlantic
Division of Whole Foods. They took
(Toll Free in U.S. and Canada)
our cottage bacon and experienced
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