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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by zidad on Thursday January 19, 2023 @07:41AM (#34439687)
"fresh" sausages most likely contains some of those preservatives too, as they prevent worse things like botulism. Unless maybe they're made the same day as you consume them?
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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by blowski on Thursday January 19, 2023 @07:51AM (#34439753)
"Fresh" as in made on the day they're sold from the same meat that's sold there.
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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by hef19898 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @08:00AM (#34439825)
According to our local, nitrate free, butcher freshly slaughtered meat contains enoigh natural nitrate-alternatives to not require additional nitrate if ham, sausages and so on are prepared soon enough.
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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by not_the_fda on Thursday January 19, 2023 @08:55AM (#34440263)
nitrate-free is a myth. They use celery powder which breaks down to sodium nitrate. The FDA allows the producers to call this "nitrate free" since they are not using sodium nitrate directly and the FDA considers the celery powder a flavoring agent.

Chemically it breaks down to sodium nitrate and has the same carcinogenic nitrates. Its just a legal labeling loop hole.

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by hef19898 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @09:32AM (#34440658)
Lucky me I don't live in the US then. And no, no celery powder used neither...
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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by brodouevencode on Thursday January 19, 2023 @08:34AM (#34440065)
When butchered a clean facility foods without nitrates will last longer than a day.
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