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What might be some examples of Japanese and Korean foods which use nitrate-based salts for meat preservation? I assume meats marinated or cooked with high level
by dcx 8y ago
What might be some examples of Japanese and Korean foods which use nitrate-based salts for meat preservation? I assume meats marinated or cooked with high levels of regular salt are not what you are referring to? This looks like a gap in my knowledge on healthy eating. I'm based in an Asian country and Google was not very forthcoming on this topic.
- 1e-9 8y agoPickled vegetables and salt-cured fish appear to be the most significant culprits in Asia. Also, both high levels of regular table salt (sodium chloride) as well as high levels of nitrate have each been linked to stomach cancer, so it doesn't have to be a nitrate-based salt to be of concern. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682234/, [2] http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/21/6/905 http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/21/6/905, [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4291998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4291998/