Why are nitrate and nitrite on one page?
They are the two curing salts shoppers read together. The highlight still covers the exact phrase that was printed.
Preservatives & additives
Sodium nitrite
Curing salts printed as sodium nitrite, sodium nitrate, E250, or E251.
Matches personal ingredient preferences based on label evidence; not medical, allergy, or dietary safety advice
What the label is naming
Sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate are curing salts used in processed meats. They share one preference entry because shoppers who avoid one on a label almost always want the other called out, and the explanation names both. Celery powder is not an alias; the catalog will not call a product nitrite-free or nitrite-containing based on celery.
Where it hides
Bacon, hot dogs, deli ham, and sausages. Uncured marketing on the front is not the ingredient match. If the list prints sodium nitrite, it matches even when the front says otherwise; if the list does not print it, the front claim is not verified by this app.
Names and codes
- Sodium nitrite
- Sodium nitrate
- E250
- E251
Aisles to check
- Bacon
- Hot dogs
- Deli meat
Label-reading tips
- Celery powder is not treated as nitrite.
- Sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite share this page.
Check a label for Sodium nitrite
Paste an ingredient list. This checker looks only for Sodium nitrite. It does not score the rest of the food.
Questions
Does celery powder count as nitrite?
No. The catalog does not convert celery, celery juice, or cultured celery into a nitrite match.