Nacho Cheddar Pork Rinds - 7 oz
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Pork King Good
Nacho Cheddar Pork Rinds - 7 oz
Cheesy, sharp, a little dangerous to leave open on the counter — and still 0 grams of total carbohydrates per serving. Pork King Good renders its own pork fat and fries every batch at the 74-year-old Wisconsin plant it now owns outright, making it the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturer in the country. The nacho flavor comes from an actual cheddar cheese blend, not a cheese-flavored dust, so the bite tastes like the real plate of nachos it's named for.
- Layer it into a taco bowl, a deviled-egg platter, or a keto snack board — the sharp cheddar bite works as a crunchy, dippable stand-in anywhere you'd reach for a tortilla chip.
- Cooked in small batches in the same Wisconsin fryers that have run since 1948, using a cheddar-forward cheese blend instead of an artificial cheese flavor system.
- Keto, paleo, and gluten-free by nature, with 0g total carbs and a high-protein profile per serving.
Nacho Cheddar Pork Rinds are Pork King Good's cheese-forward take on the classic chicharrón — a high-protein, low-carb snack fried in the company's own rendered pork fat, then dusted in a real cheddar cheese blend built for a sharp, familiar nacho-plate flavor.
Each 7 oz Party Size bag comes out of the 74-year-old Wisconsin manufacturing plant Pork King Good acquired in May 2022 — making it the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturer in the U.S. The company started as a flavor-obsessed customer of that plant in 2018 and grew into one of its biggest accounts before buying it outright, so the frying and seasoning process behind this bag has generations of Wisconsin know-how behind it.
Nutritionally, the bag carries 0 grams of total carbohydrates per serving and leans on protein instead of starch to satisfy a craving — a meaningful swap for anyone counting net carbs closely rather than just avoiding sugar.
Set a bowl out at a taco night, next to deviled eggs, or on a keto-friendly snack board alongside guacamole or a cheese dip — the sharp cheddar flavor holds its own as a crunchy counterpoint.
Keto, paleo, and gluten-free, with no artificial flavors in the seasoning blend. Store the bag in a cool, dry pantry and reseal after opening to keep the crunch.
Ingredients: Pork Rinds (Cooked In Pork Fat), White Cheese Blend (Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes), Whey, Buttermilk, Natural Flavor, Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Silicon Dioxide Added As An Anticaking Agent), Autolyzed Yeast, Garlic Powder, Dehydrated Garlic, Spices, and Spice Extractives.
This product contains milk ingredients.
Common Questions
How does the macro profile compare to a conventional bag of chips?
A 1 oz serving of pork rinds runs close to USDA reference values for pork skins: roughly 155 calories, 17 grams of protein, 9 grams of fat, and 0 grams of carbohydrate. A 1 oz serving of regular potato chips, by USDA data, comes in around 152 calories, 2 grams of protein, 10 grams of fat, and 15 grams of carbohydrate, most of it starch. So for a nearly identical calorie count, you're getting about 8 times the protein and none of the carbohydrate load. The nacho cheddar coating adds a small amount of dairy fat and sodium from the cheese blend, but it doesn't reintroduce any starch back into the snack.
Why does a zero-carb snack matter beyond just avoiding sugar?
Carbohydrate-free doesn't just mean low sugar — it means there's no starch (like potato flour or corn maltodextrin) for the body to break down into glucose at all, so there's essentially no insulin response tied to eating this snack. That distinction matters most for people tracking net carbs strictly, since a snack can be technically 'low sugar' while still carrying 15+ grams of starch per serving. Pork rinds get their structure from collagen and protein in the pork skin itself, not from a starch-based dough or batter, which is why the nutrition label reads 0g total carbohydrate rather than a low but nonzero number.
Does this fit keto, paleo, and carnivore eating patterns?
Yes, and the macros back it up: 0 grams of net carbs, roughly 9 grams of protein and 5-6 grams of fat per ounce serving before the cheese coating, keeping the fat-to-protein ratio close to what many keto and carnivore protocols look for. The base ingredient — pork rinds cooked in pork fat — contains nothing but pork skin and pork fat, so it fits a strict carnivore or paleo framework on its own. The cheddar cheese blend adds dairy, which is standard practice for many carnivore dieters who include cheese, but worth knowing if you're following a strict paleo or dairy-free carnivore protocol, since paleo purists sometimes exclude dairy entirely.
How can I work this into meals instead of just eating from the bag?
The sharp cheddar flavor holds up well as a scoop for guacamole, queso, or a layered dip in place of a starch-based chip, since the rind itself is sturdy enough to hold weight without going soft. It also works dropped whole into a bowl of chili or set alongside deviled eggs and a charcuterie spread for taco night, where the nacho flavor plays off cumin, lime, and sour cream-based toppings. Because there's no starch to absorb moisture the way a tortilla chip does, it stays crunchy longer sitting next to a wet dip.
How can I verify the ingredient and diet claims on the bag?
The ingredient panel is short enough to read in full: pork rinds cooked in pork fat, a white cheese blend built on real cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), whey, buttermilk, natural flavor, and a handful of seasonings like garlic powder and autolyzed yeast. There's no wheat flour, potato starch, or maltodextrin anywhere on the list, which is what makes the gluten-free, keto, and paleo labeling checkable rather than just asserted — you can cross-reference every line against the claim. The package also carries no artificial colors or flavors, so the orange-ish cheese dust comes from the cheddar cheese blend itself rather than a synthetic dye.
What's the story behind Pork King Good making this bag in-house?
Pork King Good started in 2018 as a customer of a 74-year-old pork rind manufacturing plant in Wisconsin, buying frying and seasoning capacity from that plant until they became one of its largest accounts. In May 2022, the company acquired the plant outright, making it the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturer in the United States. That means the frying-in-pork-fat process and the cheddar seasoning technique behind this specific bag come from generations of an established Wisconsin operation, not a private-label co-packer contracted after the fact.
What does the cheddar cheese blend actually contain, and is it real cheese?
The coating is built on actual cheddar cheese — made from milk, salt, cheese cultures, and enzymes — rather than a cheese-flavored powder substitute. It's blended with whey and buttermilk for body, natural flavor for depth, and disodium phosphate along with a small amount of silicon dioxide to keep the powder from clumping in the bag. Garlic powder, dehydrated garlic, and a spice extractive blend round out the nacho profile. Nothing in that list is a synthetic flavor compound, which is consistent with the no-artificial-ingredients claim on the front of the bag.
Each 7 oz Party Size bag comes out of the 74-year-old Wisconsin manufacturing plant Pork King Good acquired in May 2022 — making it the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturer in the U.S. The company started as a flavor-obsessed customer of that plant in 2018 and grew into one of its biggest accounts before buying it outright, so the frying and seasoning process behind this bag has generations of Wisconsin know-how behind it.
Nutritionally, the bag carries 0 grams of total carbohydrates per serving and leans on protein instead of starch to satisfy a craving — a meaningful swap for anyone counting net carbs closely rather than just avoiding sugar.
Set a bowl out at a taco night, next to deviled eggs, or on a keto-friendly snack board alongside guacamole or a cheese dip — the sharp cheddar flavor holds its own as a crunchy counterpoint.
Keto, paleo, and gluten-free, with no artificial flavors in the seasoning blend. Store the bag in a cool, dry pantry and reseal after opening to keep the crunch.
Ingredients: Pork Rinds (Cooked In Pork Fat), White Cheese Blend (Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes), Whey, Buttermilk, Natural Flavor, Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Silicon Dioxide Added As An Anticaking Agent), Autolyzed Yeast, Garlic Powder, Dehydrated Garlic, Spices, and Spice Extractives.
This product contains milk ingredients.
Common Questions
How does the macro profile compare to a conventional bag of chips?
A 1 oz serving of pork rinds runs close to USDA reference values for pork skins: roughly 155 calories, 17 grams of protein, 9 grams of fat, and 0 grams of carbohydrate. A 1 oz serving of regular potato chips, by USDA data, comes in around 152 calories, 2 grams of protein, 10 grams of fat, and 15 grams of carbohydrate, most of it starch. So for a nearly identical calorie count, you're getting about 8 times the protein and none of the carbohydrate load. The nacho cheddar coating adds a small amount of dairy fat and sodium from the cheese blend, but it doesn't reintroduce any starch back into the snack.
Why does a zero-carb snack matter beyond just avoiding sugar?
Carbohydrate-free doesn't just mean low sugar — it means there's no starch (like potato flour or corn maltodextrin) for the body to break down into glucose at all, so there's essentially no insulin response tied to eating this snack. That distinction matters most for people tracking net carbs strictly, since a snack can be technically 'low sugar' while still carrying 15+ grams of starch per serving. Pork rinds get their structure from collagen and protein in the pork skin itself, not from a starch-based dough or batter, which is why the nutrition label reads 0g total carbohydrate rather than a low but nonzero number.
Does this fit keto, paleo, and carnivore eating patterns?
Yes, and the macros back it up: 0 grams of net carbs, roughly 9 grams of protein and 5-6 grams of fat per ounce serving before the cheese coating, keeping the fat-to-protein ratio close to what many keto and carnivore protocols look for. The base ingredient — pork rinds cooked in pork fat — contains nothing but pork skin and pork fat, so it fits a strict carnivore or paleo framework on its own. The cheddar cheese blend adds dairy, which is standard practice for many carnivore dieters who include cheese, but worth knowing if you're following a strict paleo or dairy-free carnivore protocol, since paleo purists sometimes exclude dairy entirely.
How can I work this into meals instead of just eating from the bag?
The sharp cheddar flavor holds up well as a scoop for guacamole, queso, or a layered dip in place of a starch-based chip, since the rind itself is sturdy enough to hold weight without going soft. It also works dropped whole into a bowl of chili or set alongside deviled eggs and a charcuterie spread for taco night, where the nacho flavor plays off cumin, lime, and sour cream-based toppings. Because there's no starch to absorb moisture the way a tortilla chip does, it stays crunchy longer sitting next to a wet dip.
How can I verify the ingredient and diet claims on the bag?
The ingredient panel is short enough to read in full: pork rinds cooked in pork fat, a white cheese blend built on real cheddar cheese (milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), whey, buttermilk, natural flavor, and a handful of seasonings like garlic powder and autolyzed yeast. There's no wheat flour, potato starch, or maltodextrin anywhere on the list, which is what makes the gluten-free, keto, and paleo labeling checkable rather than just asserted — you can cross-reference every line against the claim. The package also carries no artificial colors or flavors, so the orange-ish cheese dust comes from the cheddar cheese blend itself rather than a synthetic dye.
What's the story behind Pork King Good making this bag in-house?
Pork King Good started in 2018 as a customer of a 74-year-old pork rind manufacturing plant in Wisconsin, buying frying and seasoning capacity from that plant until they became one of its largest accounts. In May 2022, the company acquired the plant outright, making it the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturer in the United States. That means the frying-in-pork-fat process and the cheddar seasoning technique behind this specific bag come from generations of an established Wisconsin operation, not a private-label co-packer contracted after the fact.
What does the cheddar cheese blend actually contain, and is it real cheese?
The coating is built on actual cheddar cheese — made from milk, salt, cheese cultures, and enzymes — rather than a cheese-flavored powder substitute. It's blended with whey and buttermilk for body, natural flavor for depth, and disodium phosphate along with a small amount of silicon dioxide to keep the powder from clumping in the bag. Garlic powder, dehydrated garlic, and a spice extractive blend round out the nacho profile. Nothing in that list is a synthetic flavor compound, which is consistent with the no-artificial-ingredients claim on the front of the bag.
- __Storage_Location:
- Dry
- __Volume:
- 400
- __Owner:
- Pork King Good
- __badge:
- Keto