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Can you eat it raw?
Hello Cloede87654 , The product is raw on the inside, so we recommend eating the bacon cooked/fried (hence the name fried bacon). Best regards, your M-Infoline team
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Why do you continue to use "sodium nitrite (E250)", which is highly inadvisable, carcinogenic and easily replaceable by something natural?
Hello magarone, thank you very much for your suggestion. Curing substances (nitrate/nitrite) are important for the color, taste and safety of meat products - and are allowed even in organic products. Producing cured meats without curing is a challenge! All sausages that undergo a reddening process contain nitrite brine. This includes all cervelat, sausages and raw sausages (salami, Landjäger), but also all cured meats (Lyoner, ham, etc.). Veal and pork sausages, cipollata, white sausages and merguez do not contain nitrite cured salt. The following are examples of products that can be preserved with only salt and plenty of time: Jambon cru Rapelli San Pietro: https://www.migros.ch/en/product/233012389000, Beretta Prosciutto di Parma: https://www.migros.ch/en/product/233012881000, Beretta Prosciutto di San Daniele: https://www.migros. ch/de/product/233012253000 In addition, we now offer products under the Pure Nature brand, which are made with red beet powder instead of nitrite salt for curing: Pure Nature Classic Sticks: https://www.migros.ch/en/product/232359310000, Pure Nature Chili Sticks: https://www.migros.ch/en/product/232359320000, Pure Nature Lard cru: https://www.migros.ch/de/product/mo/7963460, Pure Nature Jambon cru: https://www.migros.ch/de/product/mo/7963493. We are continuing to expand our range of nitrite-free meat products. Best regards, your M-Infoline team
You didn't answer my question, we know what E250 is used for", the question was why do you continue to use it when it's not recommended? Yes, it's authorized but it's not recommended, so why do you continue to use products that are harmful to your customers' health?
I want to eat without poisoning myself, I don't care about the color, and why do I have to pay more than 2x the price for my raw lard if I want it to be E250-free"? If I want to eat raw lard without "sodium nitrite (E250)", then I have to pay CHF59.50/kg instead of CHF25.00/kg? What justifies this price difference?
Hello margarone, curing substances (nitrate/nitrite) are important for the color, taste and safety of meat products and, as we've already mentioned, it's anything but easy to produce charcuterie without curing substances! You can't compare the price of grilling bacon with that of cured ham or cured bacon. Pure Nature's nitrite-free products are produced using a special manufacturing process that is much more expensive. With best regards, your M-Infoline team
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According to various sources on the Internet, products with nitrite curing salt are not suitable for grilling as they can react to form nitrosamines (carcinogenic). You might think that fried bacon would also be suitable for grilling, but according to the information here it also contains nitrite curing salt. Which bacon can be grilled? Not this one, is that correct?
Hello Flint4, bacon (including fried bacon) is normally cured, we do not stock bacon without nitrite curing salt. In this context, the following is important to know: nitrite curing salt is not only responsible for the appealing red color and the typical cured aroma of meat products, but also prevents the growth of dangerous, pathogenic bacteria. Despite the use of nitrite curing salt, there is nothing to prevent the occasional consumption of cured, grilled meat products. As always with nutrition and health, it is ultimately a question of moderation or quantity, not complete abstinence; this also applies here. Best regards, your M-Infoline team
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