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To sum up: 'Cured' and 'uncured' are weird artifacts of the US Agriculture Department's labeling requirements and refer to the source of the nitrates/nitrites
by CommieBobDole 3y ago
To sum up:
'Cured' and 'uncured' are weird artifacts of the US Agriculture Department's labeling requirements and refer to the source of the nitrates/nitrites used to cure the product, not their amount or type. Cured and uncured bacon are the same thing.
- fatnoah 3y agoAt some point in ny life, I realized that the meaning of every term on food packaging conforms to a specific statutory or regulatory definition, and not a linguistic or intuitive meaning. The net result is that I end up opting for things with few ingredients and do a lot of Googling of terms to understand what they really mean. It's also very ironic. I'm nearly 50 and have childhood memories of being dragged by my parents to natural food stores in a time where that meant driving for an hour or two to get there because they were few ans far between. Now, I don't have to go very far to find what I want, but the heavy commercialization of "natural" now means I trust things far less.