Is there a nitrite substitute for food?
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Nitrite
//ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt//
Synonyms for "nitrite" (2 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- нитрит noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Catalan
1 entries- nitrit noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Czech
2 entries- dusitan noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nitrit noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Esperanto
2 entries- azotito noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nitrito noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Finnish
2 entries- nitraatti noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nitraatti noun (-NO2 and NO2-)
German
1 entries- Nitrit noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Hungarian
1 entries- nitrit noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Icelandic
1 entries- nítrít noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Ido
1 entries- nitrito noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Irish
2 entries- nítrít noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nítrít noun (-NO2 and NO2-)
Italian
2 entries- nitrito noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nitrito noun (-NO2 and NO2-)
Māori
1 entries- pākati ota noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Polish
1 entries- azotyn noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Portuguese
2 entries- nitrito noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nitrito noun (-NO2 and NO2-)
Spanish
2 entries- nitrito noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
- nitrito noun (-NO2 and NO2-)
Swedish
1 entries- nitrit noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Welsh
1 entries- nitraid noun (salt or ester of nitrous acid)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
They say nitrite is harmful to the colon.
Source: tatoeba (2890519)
The nitrite reacts with an aromatic amine to form a diazonium salt.
Source: tatoeba (8308496)
John Birdsall, a scientist for the American Meat Institute, said that there were no industry qualms about trying to lower the nitrite amounts even farther. For centuries, some form of nitrites have been used to cure and to preserve bacon and to give it a pink color.
Source: wiktionary
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