L.E.M.Cure=pink salt/prague powder?

[Daveo]

Hi
I want to try Hab's Canadian Bacon recipe next.Got two packets of L.E.M. Cure at Bass Pro.Is this equivalent to the pink salt,etc in the recipe?
Ingredients:
salt
sodium nitrite 6.25%
red color
anti-caking agent

Thanks!!

[Caribou]

Welcome to the forum!
I have a pack of pink salt here that has the same ingredients and I use it when cure #1, pink salt or prague powder is called for in a recipe.
Hopefully some one with more experience will confirm this, too.
Carolyn

[Habanero Smoker]

Hi Daveo;

Carolyn is right. The U.S. manufacturers have agreed to use the same formula for Cure #1 or pink salt; which is 1 pound salt, and 1 ounce sodium nitrite. The pink color is to help people identify it from regular table salt. Some use anti-caking and some don't.

Various Names for Cure #1 (there may be others on the market)
Pink salt
Prague powder #1
Instacure #1
Pink curing salt
TMC - Tinted curing mixture
TCP - Tinted curing powder
Modern cure
FLP

[Daveo]

Thank you so much!
My first smoke of salmon came out great!Hope to do two chickens day after tomorrow.
Will start curing the pork loin then.
Can't wait!
Thanks again1