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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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