From burgers to cupcakes, almost everything is better topped with bacon. But does that list include inflation?

Consumer prices increased slowly during the past five years, up 8.2% from 2008 to 2013, according to the Labor Department. That’s an average gain of less than 2% per year. (By comparison prices rose 17% from 2003 to 2008.)

But bacon prices haven’t been held back by a weak economic recovery. The price for America’s favorite cured meat increased at more than three-times the rate of inflation since 2008. Users of peanut butter, tobacco and college text books may also have a hard time believing inflation is mild.