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A bit of tangeant but I see that the beef jerky reads "No nitrates added*" with: "Except for that which naturally occurs in sea salt and celery powder" Now yo
by cassepipe 2y ago
A bit of tangeant but I see that the beef jerky reads "No nitrates added*" with:
"Except for that which naturally occurs in sea salt and celery powder"
Now you may ask, why celery powder ?
It turns out that in order to avoid adding "synthetic" (?) nitrates and to add "natural" ones, manufacturers add/boil products in celery extracts which contains a lot of nitrates.
Ironically, the "natural" route can result in equal or even higher nitrate levels compared to traditionally cured products. From a chemical standpoint, your body doesn’t distinguish between synthetic and natural nitrates. Both can convert into nitrosamines under certain conditions (like high heat), which are compounds of potential health concern.
- jajko 2y agoYeah we frequently shop in France and I was ham 'without nitrate additives' for some time in naive effort to make food kids eat more healthy. Of course then there is 'natural celery extract'. Stopped doing that some time ago as per info I saw here and then in few articles, buying now just one with less salt (although considering cooking our own, its supposedly not that difficult and have a friend who does it). Sometimes road to hell is really paved with good intentions, or at least appearance of such. Having 0 doubt manufacturers know exactly what's going on, but they just find their profit within rules and expectations of society, consequences are for others to pick up.
- BrandoElFollito 2y agoThis is not always the case, see https://www.quechoisir.org/actualite-jambon-cuit-que-valent-les-jambons-sans-conservateurs-n44900/ https://www.quechoisir.org/actualite-jambon-cuit-que-valent-... (in French). Summary: a test of no-nitrate ham confirmed the claim. The test is done by one of the best known consumers magazine.