Sales of products made the traditional way dropped 7% in three months to 25 January while nitrite-free sales rose 20% ...

Uncured meat has become a go-to for those interested in eating healthier, but the truth is that many of them are still ...

There's truly nothing like a slice of crispy bacon. The salty, fatty taste is unmatched. Unfortunately, it isn't great for your health. These styles of bacon, in particular, are linked to prostate ...

Greater daily exposure to nitrites in food and water may increase the risk for type 2 diabetes, French researchers reported. Compared with those in the lowest tertile of total nitrite exposure (mean 3 ...

Nitrite, a ubiquitous stable oxidation byproduct of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism, is now entering the pantheon of signaling biochemical molecules. Nitrite may have the unique properties of a blood and ...

Oscar Mayer is touting its new hot dog recipe that uses nitrite derived from celery juice instead of artificial sodium nitrite, which is used to preserve the pinkish colors of processed meats and ...

A Colorado father, driven by grief, is pushing to make Colorado among the first states in the country to regulate the sale of sodium nitrite. The preservative, used to cure meat, is deadly in its ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at outlawing a poison that dozens of young people have used to die by suicide. House Bill 1209 passed out of the ...

Researchers from Queen's University Belfast are calling for the ban of nitrite-cured meat after a new study found a substantial link with colorectal cancer. The study saw mice fed nitrite-cured meat ...

NEW ORLEANS – A preservative used to cure bacon is being tested as poison for the nation's estimated 5 million feral hogs. Descendants of both escaped domestic pigs and imported Eurasian boars, the ...