aToxiq rating: Avoid — Flagged Avoid
Ingredient science card

Sodium Nitrite / Sodium Nitrate

Concern
Curing Preservative / Nitrosamine Precursor
Category
Food & Beverage
CAS
7632-00-0
Also listed as
E250, E251, PRAGUE POWDER, nitrite de sodium, nitrate de sodium, potassium nitrite, nitrite de potassium
Impact

Neuro-Health & Life Force

Neuro-Health

Converts into carcinogenic nitrosamines in stomach acid; linked to vascular headaches, endothelial dysfunction, and elevated colon cancer risk.

“Life Force”

No whole-body findings recorded.

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