Assertion: sodium nitrate | /r/ObjectUse | used as preservative
Facets:
value: in cured meats
type: LOCATION
value: in poultry
type: LOCATION
value: increasingly
type: DEGREE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Sodium nitrate is also a food additive used as a preservative and color fixative in cured meats and poultry; it is listed under its INS number 251 or E number E251.
text: Sodium nitrate is sometimes used as a perservative in cured meats such as bacon.
text: It is used as a preservative to keep bacteria from forming in cold cuts.
text: Sodium nitrate is being increasingly used as a preservative in specific processed meats, such as bacon, jerky and luncheon meats.
text: Sodium nitrate is also a food additive used as a preservative and colour fixative in cured meats and poultry.