[2] Generally macon has a light black and yellow color, with the outer edges being a darker pink.
[citation needed] It is also used as a bacon substitute for religious groups such as Jews and Muslims, whose faith does not allow the consumption of pork.
It was mass-produced in the United Kingdom during World War II when rationing was instituted.
Scottish lawyer and politician Frederick Alexander Macquisten, was the first to suggest mass production of macon.
"If the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food will consult with any farmer's wife in Perthshire, she will show him how to cure it," he informed the House of Commons.