The company uses a slow curing process using salt, brown sugar, and sodium nitrite.
The guest who brought the sodium nitrite to the dinner party got it from the apartment of a friend who had recently moved.
A sample is brought into contact with a solution of sodium nitrite, water and acetic acid.
Another method is by the reduction of sodium nitrite to give the silver salt:
The unique taste associated with meat cured is also affected by the addition of sodium nitrite.
Extreme caution should be taken with sodium nitrite which is mainly used as a food coloring agent.
It is made by reacting a strong acid with sodium nitrite.
The farm animals had been fed on herring meal, which was preserved using sodium nitrite.
Their safety was in question because of the addition of a compound called sodium nitrite during the curing process.
Levels for sodium nitrites in other cured meats were left at 200 p.p.m., where they remain today.