Re: Checking legality of 100% pork sausages

[Guest guest]

At 10:08 AM 5/6/2009, you wrote:

Hi, I have bought some pork

sausages from a farm shop but just wanted to confirm whether they are

legal or not. Ingredients are:

Beetroot powder, preservative e221 (sodium sulphite), anti-oxidants,

citric acid, ascorbic acid.

Ingredients list also includes 'spices' so I am checking directly with

the farm shop to confirm what these are.

Can anyone help confirming scd legality?

Mike,

I would approach these sausages with extreme caution.

First, " beet root powder " could be a euphemism for sugar beet

sugar, or they may be using the powder for something else. What's in that

beet root powder, and why are they using it? Is it for coloration,

perhaps? (Sausage made without nitrates or nitrites often does not have

the pretty pink coloration we associate with commercially made

sausage.)

I'd want to know what the anti-oxidants are.

And " spices " can be the kiss of death. You don't know what's in

the spices. Some people consider sugar and starch to be a

" spice. " If you do find out what they're using (and it's often

onion and/ or garlic powder), you then have to find out if the onion and

garlic powder is pure.

This is why commercial products are a pain in the keister.

—

Marilyn

New

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