Processed
Pure Nitrite
Pure food-grade sodium nitrite is a high-strength crystalline material for industrial cure formulation only—not for open kitchen use. Plants dissolve calculated grams into brine premixes under locked procedures, then verify residual and ingoing levels analytically. Pale yellowish-white crystals, strongly oxidising and toxic in bulk misuse. Segregate from food ingredients that could be confused as salt or sugar. Training and dual-control weighing are non-negotiable.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0 g
- Saturated Fat 0 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 33350 mg
- Salt 83.4 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 0 g
- Water 0.15 g
- Water 0.15 g
- Minerals 33350 mg
- Major Minerals 33350 mg
- Sodium 33350 mg
Minerals
Industrial-purity sodium nitrite crystals, undiluted with salt. Same inorganic profile as the
History
Purified sodium nitrite enabled direct modern meat curing chemistry.
Industrial pure nitrite supplied large packing plants formulating their own cure salts.
Strict occupational and food-safety controls framed pure nitrite as restricted plant material.