Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly ...
Cured meats and sausages often contain nitrite, a preservative, which also enhances flavor. But at high temperatures, nitrite can form carcinogens.Summer means grill season. Grilled cheese and ...
The USDA is proposing to update rules allowing firms using celery salt or other natural sources of nitrates or nitrites, to make the claims ‘No Nitrate or Nitrite Added’ on labels (something they're ...
Richard is the author of two books: The Mediterranean Diet: Health and Science and More Healthy Years - Why a Mediterranean Diet is best for you and for the planet. Many of us know that we should ...