Sodium Erythorbate

Sodium Erythorbate

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Sodium Erythorbate acts as an accelerator for the cure which allows you to go directly to cooking or smoking instead of having to hold the product overnight to allow the cure to work. This speeds up the conversion of nitrites in cure to nitric oxide gas which cures the meat and gives it a nice red color even after slicing.

Features:

• Available in 1 or 5 lb bags
• Use 7/8 of an ounce (0.0546875 lbs.) per 100 lbs. of product or per gallon of pickle for a 10% pump

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What Is Sodium Erythorbate?

Sodium Erythorbate is the salt derived from erythorbic acid. It has two main functions in the meat processing industry. First, it acts as a cure accelerator, which means that it speeds up the conversion of Nitrites (NO2) to Nitric Oxide (NO). Functionally, this means that when added to a meat product you do not need to hold that product overnight before smoking as the cure will begin working in the meat much faster. The second important function of Sodium Erythorbate is that it helps "burn" the meat a nice red color. It does this by keeping the myoglobin in the product in a reduced state, preventing the fe2 from converting to fe3 and turning brown. It's usage level should not exceed 500 parts per million.

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