Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite Blend)

Hazard level: High health concern

What is Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite Blend)?

Sodium-nitrite salt blend used to cure meats; same hazard family as E250.

Is Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite Blend) safe?

Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite Blend) is a high health concern. Consider limiting products that contain it.

Score impact: −15 points on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)

Found in 15 of 9,912 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.

Regulatory sources: IARC

Also known as

Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite Blend) is also known as nitritpökelsalz — these all refer to the same ingredient.

nitritpökelsalz

Where Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite Blend) is typically found

Meats And Their Products Meats Pork And Its Products Pork Prepared Meats

Related additives

Salt (Sodium Chloride) Sodium Nitrite (E250) Pork Meat Natural Flavouring Glucose (Dextrose) Sodium Ascorbate (E301) Spices Diphosphates (Sodium/Potassium) (E450) Water Monosodium Glutamate (E621)

Products containing Curing Salt (Sodium Nitrite Blend)

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