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Sorry to burst your bubble but "uncured" bacon is a sham They add celery powder instead of nitrates, so they can claim "nitrate free". However, the celery powd
by bboylen 4y ago
Sorry to burst your bubble but "uncured" bacon is a sham
They add celery powder instead of nitrates, so they can claim "nitrate free". However, the celery powder just decomposes into nitrates, achieving the same effect
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-uncured-bacon-illusion-its-actually-cured-and-its-not-better-for-you/2019/04/19/0c89630c-608c-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-uncured-ba...
- anxiously 4y agoThat's not true-- you can buy uncured bacon. It's simply "uncut pork belly" which many companies turn into bacon. We buy our pork belly direct from a farm and it hasn't been touched with anything.
- bboylen 4y agoOh yeah that of course exists, didn't mean to imply it didn't. Just the "uncured" but still processed bacon that is pretty much just regular bacon
- anxiously 4y agoThat's fair-- if it's in a package, looks, smells and tastes like bacon it's probably bacon :)
- Spooky23 4y ago“No added nitrates” usually means celery extract. (Ie nitrates)
- jnwatson 4y agoUncut pork belly isn’t bacon. Both are delicious, but definitely not the same thing.