Comments on: Does Uncured Bacon Mean It’s Nitrite-Free? Not Exactly.

By: @Frankoman64

@Frankoman64 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

I love cooking with celery. It's delicious

By: @tomclayton6887

@tomclayton6887 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

Deceptive packaging and advertising. There ought to be a law.

By: @user-he3ek3cs4z

@user-he3ek3cs4z — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

Yes but is one better or worse than the other. For you body? ???

By: @sammyelliott5554

@sammyelliott5554 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

Raise your pig, butcher your pig, slice your bacon, you should be good to go. 😅

By: @mabygold1225

@mabygold1225 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

So what do we do???

By: @abigailadams426

@abigailadams426 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

Every bacon brand sold in U.S. grocery stores is owned by Smithfield, a foreign owned company.

By: @grp504

@grp504 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

There’s an uncured Whole Foods 365 bacon that’s got no nitrates or celery powder/juice in it. Just “nitrates occurring naturally in sea salt”. Seems reasonable

By: @michaelpaul657atgmail5

@michaelpaul657atgmail5 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

Does this mean celery is bad for you? Anybody?

By: @Paelorian

@Paelorian — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

They should just list how much nitrate per serving on the package instead of playing these deliberately misleading games where they're allowed to claim no added nitrites because they added celery powder containing nitrite but not nitrite directly. As Lan shows, because adding a measured amount of nitrite directly is more precise than adding vegetable powder, sometimes the "no added nitrite" contains even more nitrate, and they're selling to a consumer looking to minimize their nitrite intake. Better they to just list the amount in the nutrition facts on the package like they do with sodium.

By: @freddupriest576

@freddupriest576 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:50:10 +0000

Techniquely with Lan Lan. All of her cooking videos are outstanding. This was actually about the different methods for cooking bacon, not nitrates. I only use the oven now.