On Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 10:14:34 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Apr 2017 21:02:55 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:25:10 -0700 (PDT),
> >wrote:
> >
> >> On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 2:13:06 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >>>
> >>> If I'm out and about
> >>> I get a Papa Murphy's to take and bake.
> >>> Janet US
> >>>
> >> Have you tried a Newman's Own frozen pizza? The pepperoni
> >> is VERY good and it's nitrate-free pepperoni. They also offer a
> >> supreme Margherita as well as plain cheese.
> >
> >Biggest hoax in the natural/health foods department:
> >
> >"Nitrite/Nitrate-Free".
> >
> >Those supposedly nitrate-free meats have as much - often MORE -
> >nitrite/nitrate than the traditionally cured products. It's just
> >marketing for gullible people.
>
> My question is "Why are they allowed to make that claim when it's not
> true?"

They add celery powder (which is naturally high in nitrates) rather
than pure sodium nitrate. They get to say they have no nitrates,
with the additional bonus that the nitrate content might actually
be higher than in traditionally cured meat.

Cindy Hamilton