and nitrates or nitrites. So what do the purveyors of "uncured bacon" mean when they use that label? Unlike its so-called "cured" counterpart, which is cured using synthetic sodium nitrite ...

Sodium nitrite and nitrate are often added to sliced turkey as preservatives, but those compounds, which occur naturally in some foods, may form nitrosamines, which can cause cancer in lab animals.

Bacteria commonly utilize nitrate and nitrite as terminal electron acceptors for respiration in the absence of oxygen, or for incorporation in biomass. However, it was only recently described that ...