Sodium Nitrate

Sodium Nitrate

Sodium Nitrate is pure general industrial chemical and are used in industries for diverse purposes having its numerous applications in the dairy industry.

Imperative Applications:

Pasteurising  cheese milk

The salt absorbed by the cheese during the brine bath inhibits the germination of the spores.

Adding Sodium nitrate halts the butyric acid fermentation process. Sodium nitrate is converted into nitrite by the enzyme xanthine-oxydase and the nitrite stops the germination of butyric acid spores. The nitrite is slowly reduced in the cheese.