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Re:The risk of nitrites and nitrates in bacon by batbomb on Saturday March 03, 2018 @05:02PM (#16511905)
That's not entirely true. It must be cured, but it doesn't necessarily need nitrites to cure it.

You can buy salt cured bacon here: https://shop.bentonscountryham.com/ProductDetails.asp?Produc...

Re:The risk of nitrites and nitrates in bacon by tptacek on Saturday March 03, 2018 @07:06PM (#16512485)
Benton's is great bacon, but:

(1) You can look at that price tag and see why it's unlikely to be your go-to bacon,

(2) Last I checked, Benton's used a nitrate cure, and

(3) Seriously, intensely smoked food (Benton's bacon qualifies) is probably going to be more carcinogenic from the smoking compounds than from the cure. Unlike nitrate->N-nitrosamine, we're pretty clear on how smoked food causes gastric cancer.

Re:The risk of nitrites and nitrates in bacon by subpixel on Saturday March 03, 2018 @07:23PM (#16512551)
If you live near a large enough community of former Yugoslavians, you can find nitrate-free Suho Meso, which (when it's good) is like a cross between bacon and prosciutto. However, it contains all the carcinogens of smoked meat. That said the largest brand in the US (US-produced, actually) is not nitrate-free.