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Vegetable Juice Powder

Moderate concern

When used as a curing agent in meats (typically celery juice powder), it provides naturally-occurring nitrates that convert to nitrites; same chemistry as added nitrites despite 'uncured' labeling.

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What it is

Dehydrated juice from vegetables (often beet, carrot, celery) in powder form.

Color, flavor, sometimes nitrate source for cured meats.

Why it's flagged

source of nitrates/nitrites in cured meats

What regulators actually say

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