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Consumers giving nitrite treated bacon the cold shoulder

Consumers giving nitrite treated bacon the cold shoulder

According to The Grocer magazine, sales of nitrite free bacon soared at the end of 2025 and into 2026 with consumer spend on nitrite free products up 21.7% in the 12 weeks ending 25th January. In 2016, the World Health Organisation declared that processed meat,...

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Nitrites in bacon and ham back in the news

Nitrites in bacon and ham back in the news

It is ten years since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that processed meat was carcinogenic to humans and on October 24th the UK group ‘Coalition Against Nitrites’ alongside four of the original authors of the 2015 report from WHO and the International...

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