They’re found in fruit, veg and cured meat, but why is it that we are warned against eating some foods with nitrates and nitrites in, but we’re told to fill our fridges with others?

This has led to strict regulations of nitrate and nitrite levels in food and drinking water. Kenneth McColl (Glasgow University) described the potential harmful effects of nitrate-derived gastric NO.

Ultra-processed foods such as hot dogs reduce life expectancy by containing a large amount of elements that are harmful to ...

A Colorado father, driven by grief, is pushing to make Colorado among the first states in the country to regulate the sale of sodium nitrite. The preservative, used to cure meat, is deadly in its ...

The British Meat Processors Association said nitrites are used in curing meats to help preserve them and add flavour and they are authorised additives. They said the European Food Safety Authority ...

Isoamyl nitrite (aka isopentyl nitrite or, incorrectly, amyl nitrite) is an alkyl nitrite ester that has several uses in medicine and chemical synthesis. The term “amyl nitrite” is also used to denote ...

Chemical preservatives, including nitrates and nitrites, are often used during ... Vitamin B12, in particular, is a nutrient that's found only in foods of animal origin, he explains.