Both cured ham and uncured ham are produced similarly, but there are some key differences between the two methods. Here's why ...

Cancer specialists and politicians are among those backing the campaign to take out nitrites. They say nitrite-free alternatives ... They said producers of Parma ham had not used nitrites for ...

Back for the sixth year, Costco's 14-pound NOEL Jamón Serrano Bone-In Ham Kit is creating a buzz. At just $100, the Spanish ...

“Research is ongoing but to date there is no convincing evidence showing that nitrate/nitrite consumption leads to cancer,” it says.

Nitrites and nitrates (E 249 – E 252) are added to meat like ham and bacon and other cured ... some research has found there’s no specific effect from nitrates. For example, one large-scale ...

The preservative sodium nitrite is present in almost all types of ham, as it increases shelf life, adds flavour and enhances colour – ham would have a grey-ish hue without it. However Thomas ...

Until recently the inorganic anions nitrate (NO 3 −) and nitrite (NO 2 −) were considered inert end products of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism and unfavorable dietary constituents.However, a new ...

is converted to nitrite in saliva, and to nitric oxide (NO) in the acidic stomach. Petersson and colleagues hypothesized that dietary nitrate might influence the gastric mucosa, so they ...

This is a differential medium. It is used to determine if an organism is capable of reducing nitrate (NO 3-) to nitrite (NO 2-) or other nitrogenous compounds via the action of the enzyme nitratase ...