Ham sausages have been eaten by everyone, whether it is stir-frying, soup, barbecue, or even our instant noodles, come to a ham sausage, that is the best partner, both delicious and perfect!
However, the ingredient list on its packaging bag can you see clearly, one of the ingredients is called sodium nitrite, sodium nitrite this thing, is not a first-class carcinogen? So why add it to the food you eat? Is there something wrong with the manufacturer's brain?
In fact, you are all wrong, it is not that the manufacturer has a problem, but that they have to do it, this is because the addition of sodium nitrite is to kill a deadly bacterium, it is, botulinum toxin!
This guy is a highly toxic bacterium, and it produces a toxin called botulinum toxin. Botulinum toxin, a strong nerve agent, is one of the most toxic substances known to be used militarily as a large-scale biological and chemical weapon, and only 0.3 micrograms can poison a person.
And botulinum toxin is an anaerobic bacteria, like ham sausage this sealed environment, just suitable for their reproduction and growth, if you do not add a little sterilizing substance, then the things sold are nothing more than poison, scientists look around, and finally found sodium nitrite This thing, botulinum toxin and so on a lot of harmful bacteria, has a significant inhibitory effect.
However, sodium nitrite is also harmful to the human body, why should it be added? In fact, any toxic substance, there is a dose of the upper limit, regular food has a national standard, sodium nitrite in the ham intestines added in the amount is very small, not enough to cause harm to the human body, and the real harm to the body is sodium nitrite protein conjugate, ammonium nitrite.
Ammonium nitrite has been identified as a class of carcinogens, but there is one substance that can neutralize it, that is, vitamin C, or D-iso-ascorbate sodium. They are also essential additives in the ingredient list.
In fact, not only ham sausage, bacon, sausage, canned lunch meat and all other processed meat, there are ingredients of the above several food additives, as long as it is a product produced by regular manufacturers, we do not have to worry, as long as it is not excessive, although rest assured to eat!