This is the biggest thing to hit the BLT since sliced bread.

Researcher Chris Langdon and colleagues at Oregon State University have, after 15 years of development, patented a particular dulse (a form of seaweed) packed with protein, low in calories, and when fried is purported to taste exactly like bacon, Daily Mail reports.

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Marine biologist Klaus Luening looks at a dulse, an edible red seaweed, at the seaweed farm in List on the North Sea island Sylt, Germany, 29 July 2003. Image: Ulrich Perrey/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images/Associated Press

The plant was originally developed as a quick-growing food for abalone but when fellow researcher Chuck Toombs came on the scene, the attention turned toward human consumption. So far, a cracker and salad dressing have been successful in recipe testing, but with a superfood that tastes like bacon, the sky's the limit.

Vegetarians, people who avoid pork for religious reasons and even omnivores of all types, rejoice. Your ticket to bacon-y goodness with absolutely no foreseeable downside may be just around the corner.