Friedrich Ingredients Curing Salt [Nitrite pickling salt]

Identification & Functionality

Food Ingredients Functions

Salt

Technologies

Food Ingredients

Product Families

Food Ingredients — Taste & Flavor

Salt & Salt Substitutes

Applications & Uses

Markets

Food & Nutrition

Applications

Food & Nutrition — Food

Meat, Poultry & Seafood

Food & Nutrition Applications

Processed Meat Products

Usage Rate in Food

• Use according to recipe, for example:
  • 10-12 g/kg for processed white meat
  • 18-22 g/kg for processed red meat
  • 30-35 g/kg for dry cured sausages and cured meats

Properties

Physical Form

Crystals,

Solid

Taste

salty

Typical Properties

	Value	Units	Test Method / Conditions
Texture	Crystalline
Bulk Density	1100 - 1300	kg/m³
Sodium ferrocyanide [E 535] and Sodium carbonate [E 500]	10	mg/kg
Particle Size Analysis (> 0.71 mm)	7	%
Particle Size Analysis (0.10 - 0.71 mm)	89	%
Particle Size Analysis (< 0.10 mm)	4	%

Packaging & Availability

Packaging Type

Bags

Regional Availability

• Europe

Packaging

• Bags @ 25 kg
• pallets à 40 bags = 1,000 kg
• 20' container fcl = 11,000 kg
• 40' container fcl = 23,000 kg

Storage & Handling

Shelf Life

• Product functionality is guaranteed for 24 months from date of manufacture.
• The “Best Before Date” is printed on each individual product label.
• Guarantee applies to unopened packages, stored under dry and cool (< 30° C) conditions.