On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 8:51:51 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 2:32:14 PM UTC-4, Roy wrote:
> > On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 12:04:27 PM UTC-6, Sqwertz wrote:
> > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 03:34:14 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > > But to our surprise,
> > > > the uncured bacons actually had higher levels of nitrite than the
> > > > cured meat: Farmland Hickory Smoked Bacon registered an average of
> > > > 9.7 ppm nitrite (and 48 ppm nitrate), while its All-Natural
> > > > counterpart showed an average of 16.3 ppm nitrite (and 10.3 ppm
> > > > nitrate). And the Applegate Farms Uncured Sunday Bacon averaged
> > > > more than three times the level of the regular bacon: 35 ppm
> > > > nitrite (and nearly as much nitrate, at 44.3 ppm).
> > >
> > > Oops! :-)
> > >
> > > Also note that the Farmland bacon contains Sodium Erythorbate, which
> > > is required by law to be added to cut down significantly on the
> > > cancer-causing nitrosamine formation.
> > >
> > > Ingredients:
> > > https://www.walmart.com/ip/Farmland-...16-oz/10403359
> > >
> > > The Applegate Farms Sunday Bacon has *no* erythorbates, which means
> > > you're getting 50X more nitrosamines by cooking and eating Applegate
> > > Farms bacon rather than Farmland's (or any other traditional bacon).
> > >
> > > Ingredients:
> > > http://applegate.com/products/organic-sunday-bacon
> > >
> > > Oops again!
> > >
> > > That nitrate-free crap will kill you faster than normal bacon.
> > >
> > > -sw
> >
> > So don't eat it then...nobody is forcing you.
>
> True. But people are essentially being lied to because
> of lax labeling laws in the U.S.
>
> If I thought nitrates/nitrites were harmful, I simply
> wouldn't eat bacon, salami, etc.
>
> Perhaps I'll have BLT for dinner.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

This is why I never want to know what's in the foods I eat. Mostly, just it ruins my well built fantasy.