Celery Powder

Extracts:The whole celery

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Product Description:

Source: The whole celery.

Solubility: Soluble in water

Appearance: Green powder

Function:

Celery powder is naturally rich in nitrate, which is closely related to nitrite and performs the same curing functions when added. Celery power can be used in any cured meat product but many times are curing agent for natural or organic products as well.

Currently USDA regulations require that meats cured with celery powder to be called “uncured” to distinguish them from conventionally cured products. Packages of meats cured with celery powder often say “No nitrates or nitrites added,” but also contain a statement “other than those which naturally occur in celery powder.” Many in the food industry believe a more accurate way to describe the products would be to call them “cured,” but still must comply with the regulations as written, which require them to be called “uncured.”

Application:

Celery powder can be used in baked goods, soup, health foods.