Nitrate, Nitrite and N-nitrosamine in Meat Products
Mohamed Sorour,
Abul-Hamd Mehanni,
El- Sayed Mahmoud
et al.
Abstract:Food preservative additives are natural or synthetic substances that prevent microbial development, enzyme activity, and oxidation from causing food degradation. According to EU Regulation No. 1129/2011/EC 2011, nitrite (E249, E250), nitrate (E251, E252), and nitrite are allowed food additives in the European Union and are widely used to preserve meat. It has a great deal of technological utility and helps produce cured meats' distinctive pink colour, antioxidative activity, and flavour. It also inhibits the g… Show more
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