Curing salt

Curing salt (or pink salt or Prague powder #1) is mixture of salt and sodium nitrate that is used to preserve or cure meats or in the making of sausages. It contains 93.75% table salt and 6.25% sodium nitrite. The sodium nitrite in curing salt is used to stop the growth of Clostridium botulinum in order to prevent botulism. Curing salt may be dyed pink preventing it from being confused with table salt.

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↑ Ness, Carol (2009-09-25). "Going Whole Hog". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
↑ "Effect of curing salt and phosphate on the activity of porcine muscle proteases". Meat Science. 25 (4). Elsevier Science Ltd.: 241–249 1989. doi:10.1016/0309-1740(89)90042-9. PMID 22054673. Retrieved 2010-02-21. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)^{[permanent dead link]}

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[SFGate-1] Ness, Carol (2009-09-25). "Going Whole Hog". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2010-02-21.

[MeatScience-2] "Effect of curing salt and phosphate on the activity of porcine muscle proteases". Meat Science. 25 (4). Elsevier Science Ltd.: 241–249 1989. doi:10.1016/0309-1740(89)90042-9. PMID 22054673. Retrieved 2010-02-21. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)^{[permanent dead link]}