Sodium nitrate
Key Facts
Abbreviation
E251
Pronunciation
/ˈsoʊdiəm ˈnaɪˌtreɪt/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Food Additives
Examples in Context
- Bacon is made of the side of pig cured by salt, sugar and sodium nitrate.
- Nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru.
- One of the most powerful cancer-promoting food ingredients of all is called sodium nitrate.
- " Some preservatives also improve the appearance of the product ( e.g., sodium nitrate and nitrite in meats ). " Nitrosophenols are formed very easily by the action of nitrous acid on phenols.
- A crude sodium nitrate occurring naturally in Chile, Peru, and the southwest United States, used as fertilizer.