Old Timey Butterscotch Pork Rinds - 3 oz
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Pork King Good
Old Timey Butterscotch Pork Rinds - 3 oz
Grandma kept butterscotch candies loose in the bottom of her purse — half-melted, gold-foil-wrapped, saved for exactly the right moment. Pork King Good, the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturer in the country, rebuilt that memory as a snack: fluffy pork rinds cooked in their own rendered pork fat at a 74-year-old Wisconsin facility, then dusted in a butterscotch coating built on turbinado sugar instead of corn syrup and artificial butter flavoring. #ThanksNana.
- Tear the bag open and eat it straight — no baking, no mixing, no prep, just a sweet-and-salty answer to a 3 p.m. craving.
- Cooked in the company's own rendered pork fat, not a mass-market vegetable oil blend, at the same Wisconsin plant that's been making pork rinds for generations.
- Gluten-free, keto-friendly, and low-carb by nature, so a dessert-flavored snack doesn't have to mean falling off the wagon.
Pork King Good calls this one "Old Timey Butterscotch" because that's exactly the flavor this keto-friendly pork rind snack is chasing -- the rich, buttery, slightly caramelized candy your grandmother kept in a dish by the door, not the fake-butter movie-theater stuff. It's the newest release from a woman-owned Milwaukee-area company that acquired the Porkie Company of Wisconsin, a 74-year-old pork rind manufacturer, in 2022 -- making Pork King Good the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturer in the country.
Each 3 oz bag is built on fluffy pork rinds cooked in Pork King Good's own rendered pork fat, then coated in turbinado sugar and a butterscotch flavor blend. No corn syrup, no imitation butter flavoring stacked on top of imitation butter flavoring -- just a short, readable ingredient list behind a flavor that's usually anything but simple.
The pork rind base itself is the reason this bag works for a low-carb pantry in the first place: it's a protein-and-fat snack by nature, not a starch-based chip dressed up to look virtuous. The butterscotch coating adds sweetness without turning the bag into a candy bar, so it reads as keto-friendly and low-carb rather than a cheat day in disguise.
Eat it the way you'd eat any bagged snack -- straight from the bag, alongside a cup of black coffee for an old-fashioned candy-and-coffee break, or packed into a lunch bag when the 3 p.m. sugar craving hits and a candy bar isn't an option. This is a snack food, not a baking ingredient.
Gluten-free, keto-friendly, low-carb, and paleo-friendly, with no artificial colors or preservatives. Shelf-stable -- keep the bag sealed in a cool, dry pantry away from direct sunlight.
Ingredients: Pork Rinds (Cooked in Pork Fat), Turbanato Sugar, Salt, and Butterscotch Flavor (Arabic Gum, Natural Flavors, Silicon Dioxide).
Common Questions
How does this compare to real butterscotch candy in terms of carbs and sugar?
Traditional butterscotch candy is built almost entirely on sugar and corn syrup, typically running 15 to 20 grams of sugar per serving with essentially no protein. This snack flips that ratio: the base is a cooked pork rind, which is naturally a protein-and-fat food with no starch, and the butterscotch flavor is a light coating of turbinado sugar rather than the primary ingredient. That structural difference is why it fits a low-carb approach where standard candy doesn't.
Why is a pork rind naturally high in protein?
Pork rinds are made from pork skin, which is rich in collagen. When the skin is cooked, that collagen converts into a protein-dense, crunchy structure with virtually no carbohydrate content. Cooking the rinds in rendered pork fat rather than a vegetable oil blend also keeps the fat profile closer to what you'd get from the animal itself, which is why pork rinds are a staple snack in ketogenic and carnivore-adjacent eating.
Is this specific flavor keto-friendly, or does the butterscotch coating change that?
Pork King Good markets this line as keto-friendly and low-carb, but it's worth understanding why: the coating is a thin dusting of turbinado sugar and natural butterscotch flavor over a rind base that's already carb-free. It won't be as strictly zero-carb as an unflavored rind, but the sugar content sits far below what you'd find in an actual butterscotch candy or cookie, which is what keeps it inside a low-carb framework for most people.
What's the best way to eat these?
This is a straight-from-the-bag snack, meant to be eaten on its own the same way you'd eat a bag of chips or candy. It works well as an afternoon pick-me-up with black coffee, tucked into a lunch bag, or kept at a desk for when a sugar craving hits and a candy bar isn't the answer. It's not designed as a baking or cooking ingredient.
How can I verify the woman-owned and Wisconsin manufacturing claims?
Pork King Good was founded in 2018 and became one of the largest customers of a 74-year-old Wisconsin pork rind manufacturer before acquiring that company outright in May 2022, making it the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturing business in the country. That acquisition and ownership history is documented on the brand's own site and reflects direct control over rendering and cooking, rather than outsourcing to a private-label co-packer.
Is this product gluten-free and what does that actually mean here?
Yes — the ingredient list contains no wheat, barley, rye, or gluten-derived fillers. This matters specifically for a flavored, coated snack like this one, because flavor coatings on processed snacks sometimes rely on malt extract or wheat-based carriers that plain pork rinds wouldn't need. Checking the ingredient panel directly, rather than assuming a pork rind is automatically gluten-free once it's flavored, is the reliable way to confirm this.
What inspired the 'Old Timey Butterscotch' flavor?
The name is a direct nod to old-fashioned butterscotch candy — the kind that used to sit in a dish on grandma's counter or get pulled from the bottom of a purse, half-melted and wrapped in gold foil. Pork King Good built the flavor around that specific nostalgia rather than a generic 'butterscotch' concept, which is reflected in the '#ThanksNana' tagline used on the packaging.
Each 3 oz bag is built on fluffy pork rinds cooked in Pork King Good's own rendered pork fat, then coated in turbinado sugar and a butterscotch flavor blend. No corn syrup, no imitation butter flavoring stacked on top of imitation butter flavoring -- just a short, readable ingredient list behind a flavor that's usually anything but simple.
The pork rind base itself is the reason this bag works for a low-carb pantry in the first place: it's a protein-and-fat snack by nature, not a starch-based chip dressed up to look virtuous. The butterscotch coating adds sweetness without turning the bag into a candy bar, so it reads as keto-friendly and low-carb rather than a cheat day in disguise.
Eat it the way you'd eat any bagged snack -- straight from the bag, alongside a cup of black coffee for an old-fashioned candy-and-coffee break, or packed into a lunch bag when the 3 p.m. sugar craving hits and a candy bar isn't an option. This is a snack food, not a baking ingredient.
Gluten-free, keto-friendly, low-carb, and paleo-friendly, with no artificial colors or preservatives. Shelf-stable -- keep the bag sealed in a cool, dry pantry away from direct sunlight.
Ingredients: Pork Rinds (Cooked in Pork Fat), Turbanato Sugar, Salt, and Butterscotch Flavor (Arabic Gum, Natural Flavors, Silicon Dioxide).
Common Questions
How does this compare to real butterscotch candy in terms of carbs and sugar?
Traditional butterscotch candy is built almost entirely on sugar and corn syrup, typically running 15 to 20 grams of sugar per serving with essentially no protein. This snack flips that ratio: the base is a cooked pork rind, which is naturally a protein-and-fat food with no starch, and the butterscotch flavor is a light coating of turbinado sugar rather than the primary ingredient. That structural difference is why it fits a low-carb approach where standard candy doesn't.
Why is a pork rind naturally high in protein?
Pork rinds are made from pork skin, which is rich in collagen. When the skin is cooked, that collagen converts into a protein-dense, crunchy structure with virtually no carbohydrate content. Cooking the rinds in rendered pork fat rather than a vegetable oil blend also keeps the fat profile closer to what you'd get from the animal itself, which is why pork rinds are a staple snack in ketogenic and carnivore-adjacent eating.
Is this specific flavor keto-friendly, or does the butterscotch coating change that?
Pork King Good markets this line as keto-friendly and low-carb, but it's worth understanding why: the coating is a thin dusting of turbinado sugar and natural butterscotch flavor over a rind base that's already carb-free. It won't be as strictly zero-carb as an unflavored rind, but the sugar content sits far below what you'd find in an actual butterscotch candy or cookie, which is what keeps it inside a low-carb framework for most people.
What's the best way to eat these?
This is a straight-from-the-bag snack, meant to be eaten on its own the same way you'd eat a bag of chips or candy. It works well as an afternoon pick-me-up with black coffee, tucked into a lunch bag, or kept at a desk for when a sugar craving hits and a candy bar isn't the answer. It's not designed as a baking or cooking ingredient.
How can I verify the woman-owned and Wisconsin manufacturing claims?
Pork King Good was founded in 2018 and became one of the largest customers of a 74-year-old Wisconsin pork rind manufacturer before acquiring that company outright in May 2022, making it the only woman-owned pork rind manufacturing business in the country. That acquisition and ownership history is documented on the brand's own site and reflects direct control over rendering and cooking, rather than outsourcing to a private-label co-packer.
Is this product gluten-free and what does that actually mean here?
Yes — the ingredient list contains no wheat, barley, rye, or gluten-derived fillers. This matters specifically for a flavored, coated snack like this one, because flavor coatings on processed snacks sometimes rely on malt extract or wheat-based carriers that plain pork rinds wouldn't need. Checking the ingredient panel directly, rather than assuming a pork rind is automatically gluten-free once it's flavored, is the reliable way to confirm this.
What inspired the 'Old Timey Butterscotch' flavor?
The name is a direct nod to old-fashioned butterscotch candy — the kind that used to sit in a dish on grandma's counter or get pulled from the bottom of a purse, half-melted and wrapped in gold foil. Pork King Good built the flavor around that specific nostalgia rather than a generic 'butterscotch' concept, which is reflected in the '#ThanksNana' tagline used on the packaging.
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