Definition of nitrite
:a salt or ester of nitrous acid
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The body digests nitrates and turns it into nitrites, which inhibits red blood cells' ability to carry oxygen.
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Out with the nitrates, nitrites, and preservatives; in with the cultured celery juice and cherry powder.
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The original recipe included chopped pork shoulder meat with ham, salt, water, sugar and sodium nitrite.
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Ball Park's classic and turkey franks still contain sodium nitrite.
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In many cases, a preservative was adding cost, so some of that counterbalanced the bigger expenses, like removing nitrates and nitrites from deli meat.
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The color magic happens when nitrites convert to nitric oxide (NO), which binds to the iron in muscle myoglobin to form a stable pigment when heated.
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When the animal feeds on vegetation containing nitrates, the rumen bacteria change them into nitrites, and if the level of nitrates is abnormally high, a fatal series of events ensues.
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First Known Use of nitrite
1788
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