Ingredient
Sodium Nitrite
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Scout's take
Curing agent in the pepperoni. Forms N-nitrosamines in the stomach during digestion — IARC Group 1 (KNOWN human carcinogen). The 2015 WHO/IARC monograph on processed meat causally linked nitrite-cured meats to colorectal cancer.
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