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All bacon has nitrates in it, its what makes it bacon and not just a slab of pork. Bacon is pork belly cured with nitrates.
by not_the_fda 3y ago
All bacon has nitrates in it, its what makes it bacon and not just a slab of pork. Bacon is pork belly cured with nitrates.
- Tagbert 3y agoNo, the traditional seasoning and curing is with smoke, salt, and sometimes sugar. Nitrites were added with industrialization. My understanding is that in the UK/EU companies cannot claim that they added no nitrites while loading the bacon up with nitrite-rich celery extract.