United States
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Additive · Preservative

E250 — Sodium nitrite · page 85

E250 (Sodium nitrite) appears in the ingredient lists of 9,929 products sold in the United States. Function: preservative.

9,929products with a complete record
6%rated A or B on Nutri-Score
2.0 gsugars per 100 g (median)
2.0 gsalt per 100 g (median)

Nutri-Score

How rated products spread
A 3%B 3%C 13%D 36%E 44%

8,714 rated products

Median values

Per 100 g, across all 9,929 products
Calories252 kcal
Sugars2.0 g
Saturated fat5.2 g
Salt2.0 g

Categories

Most represented

Status in the United States (FDA)

Listed in the FDA inventory “Substances Added to Food”, with the regulations 21 CFR 172.170, 172.175, 172.177, 172.820, 172.824.

Technical effects listed by the FDA: antimicrobial agent, antioxidant, color or coloring adjunct, flavor enhancer, flavoring agent or adjuvant, propellant

The inventory is a partial list, and a listing is not an FDA approval of every use; the regulations set the permitted uses.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Substances Added to Food (updated 9/8/2026), public domain · CAS 7632-00-0 via Wikidata (CC0)

Products

9,929 products, most viewed first · page 85 of 207.

C
Cooked Ham With Natural JuicesWeis · 56 gA
S
Smoked Ham With Natural JuicesWeis Quality · 56 gA
W
Weis, honey ham, with natural juicesWeisD
T
Turkey BreastWeis Quality · 56 gA
S
Smoked Honey Turkey BreastWeis Quality · 56 gA
H
Honey Turkey BreastWeis Quality · 28 gD
C
Cooked hamWeis QualityE
O
Oven Roasted Turkey BreastWeis Quality · 28 gA
W
Weis, from the smokehouse, ham steak, boneless, hickory smoked, hickory smokedWeis Markets IncD
R
Reduced Sodium Boneless Ham SteakWeis Markets Inc · 85 gA
W
Weis, from the smokehouse, boneless, hickory smoked honey cured ham steak, hickory smoked, honey curedWeis Markets IncD
T
Thick Cut BaconWeis · 10 gE
B
Bacon parmesan dipE
F
Fully Cooked Real Bacon BitsWeis Quality · 14 gE
Bacon Ranch Dressing, Weis
Bacon Ranch DressingWeisE
T
Take n bake supreme pizzaD
F
Fully Cooked Canadian BaconWeis Quality · 56 gA
P
Premium Beef FranksWeis Quality · 53 gD
P
Premium Heat Hot Dogs Made With Chicken & PorkWeis Quality · 56 gD
P
Premium Cheese FranksWeis · 53 gD
P
Premium meat bun length franksE
K
KnockwurstWeis · 112 gC
W
Weis quality, baked beans, mapleWeis QualityC
B
Brown Sugar Baked BeansWeis Quality · 130 gA
H
Homestyle baked beans in a tangy sauce with bacon & brown sugarWeis QualityB
B
Brown sugar baked beansB
H
Homestyle baked beansB
C
Country style baked beansC
H
Hickory Smoked BaconWeis · 18 gE
H
Home Style Corned Beef HashWeis · 236 gA
S
Split Pea With Ham & Bacon Condensed SoupWeis Quality · 133 gA
B
Baked Potato With Cheddar & BaconWeis · 245 gB
C
Chunky chicken corn chowder soup, chunkyC
B
Beef JerkyWeis · 28 gE
W
Weis quality, original beef jerky, smokeWeis QualityE
B
Beef Jerky TeriyakiWeis Quality · 28 gE
B
Beef jerkyWeisE
W
Weis, beef jerky, teriyakiWeisE
H
Ham & Cheese Hot Stuffed SandwichesBremer · 127 gC
P
Pepperoni Pizza Hot Stuffed SandwichesBremer · 127 gC
Rising crust supreme pizza, Aldi
Rising crust supreme pizzaAldiD
Fully Cooked Bacon Slices, Appleton Farms
Fully Cooked Bacon SlicesAppleton Farms · 15 gD
T
Turkey pepperoni pizza, turkeyAldiE
C
Country style baked beansAldiC
Original pepperoni pizza, original, Mamma Cozzis
Original pepperoni pizza, originalMamma CozzisE
P
Premium quality corned beefE
S
Smoked polish sausage, smokedE
C
Classic Smoked SausageParkview · 81 gC

Source: Open Food Facts export of 23 October 2026, ODbL, and USDA FoodData Central, April 2026 release, CC0 · Shelfpedia calculations (medians, distributions).