Nitrate-free bacon is hard to find in the UK. Only a minority of bacon-selling supermarkets, shops and butchers sell bacon without sodium or potassium nitrates. To ensure food safety, many nitrate-free bacon items have a short shelf life of one week or less. Sometimes, bacon will be frozen shortly after being made and delivered to […]
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Growth hormones are used in cattle in many parts of the world. Using hormones in meat production can make an animal more valuable by increasing the amount of lean muscle and reducing the amount of fats. Hormone-treated animals also require less food to maintain the same muscle mass due to hormonal treatment, so they are
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Nitrates are usually associated with fertilisers, but did you know that nitrates are also found in food? Nitrates are mainly known for their presence in processed meats since scientists and politicians called for a UK ban on nitrates in bacon and ham in 2018 due to potential carcinogenic properties. But are nitrates still present in
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