dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months agoExperts urge Government to ban supermarket bacon after link to 50,000 cancer caseswww.joe.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkExperts urge Government to ban supermarket bacon after link to 50,000 cancer caseswww.joe.co.ukdude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squaretidderuuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months ago They are now urging the government to ban nitrates Looks like it’s less about bacon and more about what’s added to it. Naturally salted, uncured, celery powdered, smoked, natural curing, nitrate-free… There’s a huge list of safer bacon.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoFYI celery powder has lots of nitrate naturally and bacteria turns them into nitrite. So it’s just a way of getting around FDA labeling regulations. The net effect is the same.
Looks like it’s less about bacon and more about what’s added to it.
Naturally salted, uncured, celery powdered, smoked, natural curing, nitrate-free… There’s a huge list of safer bacon.
FYI celery powder has lots of nitrate naturally and bacteria turns them into nitrite. So it’s just a way of getting around FDA labeling regulations.
The net effect is the same.