Process for making bacon having antibotulinal stability

摘要

A process for making bacon having antibotulinal stability, comprising adding to pork, which has been cured with a curing agent so as to contain no more than 30 ppm of nitrite radical (NO2-) and not higher than 0.26% of potassium sorbate based on the weight of meat, an aqueous solution of a water-soluble organic acid and/or inorganic acid, and optionally sodium hexametaphosphate, thereby lowering the average pH of the bacon to approximately 6.0 or below.