Cure Differances

DiggingDogFarm · February 05, 2014, 05:50:09 AM

Sure.
This is from Morton's MSDS sheet for all three curing products:

HTH

=Martin=

DiggingDogFarm · February 05, 2014, 06:25:33 AM

Quote from: NePaSmoKer on February 04, 2014, 03:49:27 PM
Quote from: DiggingDogFarm on February 04, 2014, 03:45:33 PM
FWIW, TQ is only 2% sugar.

=Martin=

Hiya Martin

Good to see you here.

Thanks Rick!

=Martin=

Habanero Smoker · February 05, 2014, 12:51:46 PM

Quote from: DiggingDogFarm on February 05, 2014, 05:50:09 AM
Sure.
This is from Morton's MSDS sheet for all three curing products:

HTH

=Martin=

Thanks

pelada79 · December 11, 2014, 09:06:17 AM

i have a question regarding the ingredients of insta cure 2.
in the prospect of few producers including the books of modernist cuisine by Nathan myhrvold its showing that sodium nitrite 6.25% ,sodium nitrate 1% on 92.75% of salt .
you are saying the percent details are different (the sodium nitrate is 4%)...can somebody please explain me why?

Habanero Smoker · December 11, 2014, 12:53:23 PM

Hi pelada79,

Welcome to the forum.

The formula for cure #2 is of 89.75% salt, and 6.25% sodium nitrite, and 4% sodium nitrate (1 pound of salt, plus 1 ounce of sodium nitrite, plus .64 ounce of sodium nitrate).

I believe you are confusing Cure #1 with Cure #2. Cure #1 has the formula of 93.75% salt, and 6.25% sodium nitrite (1 pound of salt plus 1 ounce of sodium nitrite).

Curing Salts

Here is a more official site. Scroll down until you reach "American Cures"
Curing

DiggingDogFarm · December 11, 2014, 01:05:00 PM

Quote from: pelada79 on December 11, 2014, 09:06:17 AM
i have a question regarding the ingredients of insta cure 2.
in the prospect of few producers including the books of modernist cuisine by Nathan myhrvold its showing that sodium nitrite 6.25% ,sodium nitrate 1% on 92.75% of salt .
you are saying the percent details are different (the sodium nitrate is 4%)...can somebody please explain me why?

The confusion lies in the fact that there are at least three Cure #2 formulas available in the USofA.

Here are the numbers as of my last check, about a year ago....
6.25% nitrite and 1% nitrate. (SausageMaker)
5.67% nitrite and 3.63% nitrate. (Butcher & Packer)
6.25% nitrite and 4% nitrate. (Allied Kenco)

HTH

=Martin=

Habanero Smoker · December 12, 2014, 02:00:23 AM

Very interesting.

pelada79 · December 13, 2014, 10:57:40 PM

thank you!!! for your explanation.
i guess my mistake was because of the difference between the formula from different producers.thank you for the links you've sent me
it helped me a lot
have a great week
leandro