what foods is sodium nitrite/sodium nitrate found in
Meats. Sodium nitrite is often found in cured meats. Meats that contain sodium nitrite include hot dogs, sausages, bologna, ham and bacon. It is also found in pepperoni, corned beef, salami and canned potted meats such as Vienna sausages and deviled ham.
1 Sodium nitrate is a type of salt, naturally found in Chile and Peru. 2  It can also be created in a lab. 3  Sodium nitrite is also a type of salt, but is not found naturally and is created in a lab or as a byproduct of two other chemical reactions (i.e. when sodium nitrate is added to food and reacts with existing chemicals).