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Red meat and processed meats have been implicated as cancer causing, dangerous ingredients. What's the real story? Should you stop eating bacon? The post Food Chemistry of Nitrates, Nitrites, and Cured Meat appeared first on Cravings of a Food Scientist .
(Dis)coloration of foods is a well-beloved topic of food chemists. Colour pigments are highly complex, as are the reactions to form them. Browning especially is a favorite. It’s interesting because there are various chemically completely different ways to turn something brown, with the same end result: they’re brown (think old bananas, brown bread, fried steak, […] The post Food Chemistry – What …
