How nitrite is produced in food

Posted by Eillen C.
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Aug 1, 2016
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Nitrate and nitrite widely exists in the nature of the soil and water. Some plants also contain nitrate, different content of different varieties, such as beet greens, lettuce, spinach, celery and carrots and other nitrate content is relatively high. This is because of crop cultivation and use of pesticides containing nitrogen and nitrogen fertilizer caused.

In addition, some pickled vegetables and technology problems, resulting in relatively high concentrations of nitrite, according to reports, nitrite content of individual species up to 78mg/kg. like to eat pickled Chinese cabbage in the northeast, of high incidence of gastric cancer may is because long-term intake caused by nitrite more.

Nitrite is due to the high consumption of nitrate or nitrite content of pickled meat products, pickles and the deterioration of vegetables can be converted into nitrite.

Pickles and kimchi can also produce nitrite, but from peak appeared in marinades on the seventh day, if every half a month after eating, the nitrite content will greatly reduced.

The production of nitrite in vegetables, raw materials are nitrate in vegetables, the transformation conditions are mainly bacterial growth.

To protect your family healthy eating, make sure to control the nitrate level of your foods, before buying vegetables and fruits use nitrate detector to check it.

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