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Err, Qldcamper, the following is an extract from the Forum Rules of ExplorOz.
Perhaps as a newcomer you should read them

Off-Topic Rule: "This Forum is for discussing issues relevant to self-drive camping/caravanning adventures in Australia. Do not post about current affairs, local news or personal interests that are not relevant to this sites' themed content."

Yes, you are being paranoid. None of Continental's products are halal certified but they have stopped making bacon stock. According to Woolies and Continental they were not selling enough of it. Plenty of their other products contain pork products.

Aldi is a German company. If it wasn't for dead pigs, Germany would starve. They love the stuff and eat around 53kg/year each. Not to be out done Aussies do 54kg. Their refrigerated section still contains plenty of dead, smoked piggy goodness.

Baked Beans in Ham Sauce are still listed, maybe you got there after a bunch of baked beans in ham sauce lovers cleared the shelves?

If you wanted to pay a whole $0.20 more, then there is always Woolies and Heinz. There you can get Beanz and Bacon (actual bacon, not just sauce), or with ham sauce.

As for stock, you want a kg? http://www.pantryman.com.au/products/grevy-stock-thickeners/bacon-stock/ The only importer apparently, so again it will indicate the amount of demand.

If you want to Muslim bash then try again. Just 2.2 per cent of Australians, or 476,300 people, identified as Muslim in the 2011 census, so aiming your product range at under 3% of the population makes no sense, but enjoy constructing your conspiracy theory.

http://www.exoticgroceries.com.au/index.php?manufacturers_id=11

$1.29 for a box of 6

Golly gosh , aren't there some people that got out of the wrong side of the bed today!
Hope this comment doesn't offend anyone.
Have a great day everyone.

Just to get this thread back onto Camp Cooking rather than dubious byways. Stock cubes of any flavour are basically just a chemical and salt mixture. Any relation to animal content is hypothetical. If you want stock make it yourself from bones and scraps and freeze it. If you are camping without the facilities to do that just add your own flavourings to your dish so you know what they are and can go lightly on artificial flavourings and chemical additives. I always carry a few packs of dried herbs and spices, good quality soy sauce, worcester sauce, sachets of tomato paste, onions and garlic and, of course, some red wine. I can create a flavour that beats any stock cube without needing lots of fridge or other storage space. If I want a bacon flavour I use bacon or ham! Lynne

It's not Friday Funnies, but ...

So the OP asks if anyone knows where to get Bacon Stock Cubes, and if so are they real bacon or chemicals?

EO in true form has answered every question except the two the OP asked about.

-OP is referred to the Forum rules that the subject is off topic ( but it isn't removed or locked)
-We learn that Friday Funnies and camp cooking are exempt from the OT rule
-there is some argy bargy about trolling
-We learned that none of Continentals's products are Halal ( especially the pork I guess!!)
-Aldi is a German company and Germans love Pork but not as much as Australians who eat 54kg a year.
-While some brands of Baked beans with Ham sauce have disappeared off the shelves, Heinz is still available at Woolies. You can even get it with genuine bacon bits.
-2.2% of Australians or 476,300 people are Muslims according to the 2011 census.
-Those stats make the poster a Muslim basher, apparently this post is a poor excuse to abuse other members.
-The OP is bullied out of talking about Bacon and onion soup because it is now a taboo subject.
-Not to be outdone, Lamb is disappearing from the shelves. Mutton is disguising as lamb ( Mutton dressed as Lamb so to speak)
-Most Aussie Lamb is over 8 years old.
-Massive Lamb steak eyes are appearing on dinner plates. We should adopt the NZ lamb classification system.
-Selling old sheep as Lamb should be illegal.
-People are now getting nervous that anything they say will offend people.
-We learn that stock cubes are a chemical and Salt mixture. Only hypothetical links to animals exist.
-It's best to make your own stock
-No it's not. Especially if you are down wind of someone cooking bbq onions - Home cooking of stock cubes can be torture.
-There is even one irrevelent post on the thread its self
:-)

-Buried in all pf those subjects, 2 people actually made the effort to answer part of the OP's question.. We learned that the Panty man is the ONLY supplier of Bacon Stockpowder in Australia, but Exotic Groceries also sell it in Australia.

No one has attempted to answer the trickier question of the actual bacon content in the only Bacon stock available in Australia, or even the other one that is available.

Apologies to the OP and everyone I paraphrased. I'm not picking on any one or any statement ( I guess I'm picking on everyone, even me)

How can a thread like this be useful to anyone, especially the OP? 95% plus of the responses are totally unrelated to the actual thread. Unfortunately its a growing trend amongst a shrinking audience.

Can we stop with the "chemicals in food" comments. ALL Food has chemicals,in fact all food IS chemicals. I know people say "you know what I mean", but that's the problem, I don't think even they know what they mean. It has simply become a way to suggest "natural" food is better (define natural) or unprocessed is better (again...).

Have look at these chemicals:

https://jameskennedymonash.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/ingredients-of-an-all-natural-banana/

Sorry, rant over.

Cheers,
Mark