Cured meat always seems like it came straight from the food factory, complete with plastic packaging. Italian cold cuts, Spanish-style chorizo (as opposed to the uncured Mexican kind), and bacon (even ...

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Have you ever looked through the bacon selection at the grocery store and noticed that while most of the packages are labeled "cured," there are some that are labeled "uncured?" This has always ...

Two studies have been published looking at Toxoplasma in Spanish dry-cured meat products and in meat of adult sheep. Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Transmission has been ...

Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly ...

If you've ever found yourself standing aimlessly in front of the deli section at the grocery store, you're not alone. Sometimes it seems like there are a dozen choices to make for one meat purchase: ...