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Can You Eat Saltpeter? [Yes, No, Maybe]

Saltpeter is a chemical substance which you might already been consuming without knowing. Because it’s used in a lot of packaged food items widely available in the market. In today’s post, however we’ll do a deep dive and find out if we can eat saltpeter or not and if so how much is suitable for us. So let’s get started! In Short Yes, humans can eat saltpeter but, considering the dosage of it. You don’t have to eat a large quantity of it as it’s known to damage the natural body functions and interfere with them which can cause headache, dizziness, fatigue, blue colored skin and lips, cause breathing issues and even death. The large dosage can also damage kidneys and cause anemia. You’ve Already Been Fed You might not know already but, a few kind of packaged food items already contain saltpetre as an active preservative. It’s most commonly used in curing meats so the frozen meat that you buy from both online and offline store might be using the sa...

Saltpeter In Food: What You Need To Know [2020]

Saltpeter which is also known as potassium nitrate (KNO3) is one of the main ingredients in food preservation department. Majority of the companies around the world rely on this chemical to preserve their food so they can not only be able to export the products worldwide but also be able to distribute their product lines in the local market as well. In today’s post, we are going to talk about why saltpeter is an essential chemical and what are the possible replacements if there is any that’s much better in how they can be able to preserve both the frozen food items and general ones. The Main Purpose The main purpose behind the use of saltpeter (potassium nitrate) is to preserve the food especially packaged meat. But, it also has other reasons for its usage. It’s also used as a color retention especially in cured meats such as bacon, corned beef, bologna, ham, pepperoni and hot dogs. Saltpeter Can Cure Asthma Rumors are true. You might not believe b...

Where To Buy Saltpeter: 5 Marketplaces To Look For

Often I see people ask online that where to buy saltpeter. Well, in today’s day and age it’s quite simple and easy to do. In this article, we are going to talk about both the online and offline ways through which you can purchase saltpeter and in the perfect amount that you’re looking for. Online Options Online options are the best when it comes to getting saltpeter. As in offline, you might have some trouble finding them because they sometimes are rear to find in offline store. But, online you have the ability to search and find various products (in this case saltpeter) you can consider and add to your cart. Listed are a couple of options you can get when buying saltpeter form online stores: Amazon Amazon is an ecommerce giant and you can get almost anything even diamonds . So the existence of the saltpeter on the platform is not a big deal. You have a lot of options when it comes to saltpeter (Potassium Nitrate) on Amazon. Ebay Ebay is a...

Chile Saltpetre: Formula, Misconceptions and Health

Here in this article we are going to discuss everything about chile saltpetre or chile saltpeter both mean the same thing) and what’s the purpose of it. Basically, in a nutshell chile saltpetre is “alkali metal nitrate salt” which have a formula of  NaNO3 but, because it’s a long name we often refer it to as chile saltpetre as it’s way easier to remember and to work with. Whenever you buy chile saltpetre from both the online and offline store you often have to use “chile saltpetre” to mean what you need to say. Because most sellers of this chemical in many parts of the world don’t really know its exact formula and the full chemical name of it and thus they become confuse when you try to ask for this chemical via it’s full technical name. What the Formula of Chile saltpetre? The chile saltpetre formula is NaNO3. You can pronounce its chemical composition by saying “Nano 3” this is way easier to remember. However, the formula for just the normal saltp...