How to Use sodium nitrite in a Sentence

sodium nitrite

noun

• The poison, sodium nitrite, is a preservative in bacon but keeps the blood of live pigs from carrying oxygen.
  — Janet McConnaughey, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2022
• The bait Vercauteren is working on uses the meat preservative sodium nitrite.
  — Janet McConnaughey, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2017
• Spam is molded meat comprised of pork shoulder and ham, with salt, water, potato starch, sugar and sodium nitrite.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2022
• Researchers also had to make sure other animals couldn’t get into the bait feeders, and that hogs killed by sodium nitrite were safe for scavengers.
  — Janet McConnaughey, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2017
• After all, how flavorful is a mixture of pork with ham, salt, water, potato starch, sugar and sodium nitrite?
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• The essential ingredients are smoked salt and Prague powder (the curing salt sodium nitrite).
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
• The original recipe included chopped pork shoulder meat with ham, salt, water, sugar and sodium nitrite.
  — Ayalla A. Ruvio, Smithsonian, 5 July 2017
• These foods also contain high levels of sodium nitrite, a compound that may convert into nitrosamines and increase the risk of gastric cancer.
  — Barbara Brody, Fortune, 16 July 2022
• The Environmental Protection Agency has been reviewing the use of sodium nitrite on wild pigs.
  — Hunter Davis, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2020
• Commercial Spam relies on abusive heat inside a pressure canner and sodium nitrite (pink curing salt to anyone who has cured sausages at home) to help ward off potentially deadly bacteria for shelf storage.
  — Ali Bouzari, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
• At the end of his message, Lin pointed to a 2013 valsartan patent from another Chinese company that discusses using an alternative to sodium nitrite in quenching.
  — Anna Edney, Fortune, 7 May 2022
• VerCauteren began investigating sodium nitrite eight years ago, using an Australian product called Hoggone.
  — Stephen Ornes, The Atlantic, 15 May 2021
• According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, Pearlman died by suicide from sodium nitrite toxicity.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024