Uncured meat has become a go-to for those interested in eating healthier, but the truth is that many of them are still ...

Sales of products made the traditional way dropped 7% in three months to 25 January while nitrite-free sales rose 20% ...

There's truly nothing like a slice of crispy bacon. The salty, fatty taste is unmatched. Unfortunately, it isn't great for your health. These styles of bacon, in particular, are linked to prostate ...

The reversal stems from a February Washington Supreme Court decision in a similar case over sodium nitrite purchases from Amazon.

Frozen pizza might be super convenient and generally affordable, but there are some especially dangerous, if not downright toxic, ingredients in many frozen pies. These are some of the frozen pizza ...

Nitrite, a ubiquitous stable oxidation byproduct of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism, is now entering the pantheon of signaling biochemical molecules. Nitrite may have the unique properties of a blood and ...

Greater daily exposure to nitrites in food and water may increase the risk for type 2 diabetes, French researchers reported. Compared with those in the lowest tertile of total nitrite exposure (mean 3 ...

Oscar Mayer is touting its new hot dog recipe that uses nitrite derived from celery juice instead of artificial sodium nitrite, which is used to preserve the pinkish colors of processed meats and ...

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 ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at outlawing a poison that dozens of young people have used to die by suicide. House Bill 1209 passed out of the ...