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Although nitrites are the nitrogen compound chiefly used in meat curing, nitrates are used in certain specialty curing processes where a long release of nitrite from parent nitrate stores is needed. The use of nitrates in food preservation is controversial.
DIETARY SOURCES OF NITRATE AND NITRITE. Dietary nitrate intake is determined by the type of vegetable consumed, the levels of nitrate in the vegetables (including the nitrate content of fertilizer), the amount of vegetables consumed, and the level of nitrate in the water supply (65).