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Yeah we frequently shop in France and I was ham 'without nitrate additives' for some time in naive effort to make food kids eat more healthy. Of course then there is 'natural celery extract'.

Stopped doing that some time ago as per info I saw here and then in few articles, buying now just one with less salt (although considering cooking our own, its supposedly not that difficult and have a friend who does it).

Sometimes road to hell is really paved with good intentions, or at least appearance of such. Having 0 doubt manufacturers know exactly what's going on, but they just find their profit within rules and expectations of society, consequences are for others to pick up.



This is not always the case, see https://www.quechoisir.org/actualite-jambon-cuit-que-valent-... (in French).

Summary: a test of no-nitrate ham confirmed the claim. The test is done by one of the best known consumers magazine.




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