SODIUM NITRITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sodium nitrite mean? 

• SODIUM NITRITE (noun)
  The noun SODIUM NITRITE has 1 sense:

1. nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens

  Familiarity information: SODIUM NITRITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SODIUM NITRITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nitrite used to preserve and color food especially in meat and fish products; implicated in the formation of suspected carcinogens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sodium nitrite" is a kind of...):

nitrite (the radical -NO2 or any compound containing it (such as a salt or ester of nitrous acid))

 Context examples 

This substance may be formed during the cooking of foods that contain sodium nitrite as a preservative, including meat, fish and cheese.

(N-Nitrososarcosine, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance may be formed during cooking of foods that contain sodium nitrite as a preservative, including meat, fish and cheese.

(N-Nitrosopyrrolidine, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance is naturally formed in foods that contain sodium nitrite as a preservative, including meat, fish and cheese, as a result of nitrosation of piperidine in the presence of nitrite.

(N-Nitrosopiperidine, NCI Thesaurus)

Cured meats can contain nitrosamines because meats contain amines and can react during cooking with sodium nitrite that is added as a preservative.

(Carcinogenic Nitrosamine, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance may be formed during the cooking of foods, especially cured meats and fish, that contain sodium nitrite as a preservative, but is also found in several vegetables, cheeses, alcoholic beverages and fruits, and as a contaminant in rubber products.

(N-Nitrosodimethylamine, NCI Thesaurus)