Wooden board topped with various cured meats - Grandriver/Getty Images If you've ever found yourself standing aimlessly in front of the deli section at the grocery store, you're not alone. Sometimes ...

‘List your hobbies and interests’: for some, these five words, most likely spotted on job applications and dating profiles, send minds into overdrive. Between holding down a job, keeping up with your ...

Capicola and ham are two different types of cured, processed deli meat that differ in their curing process. Technically speaking, capicola is a type of ham, but it's processed in a way that makes it ...

If you’ve spent much time in the hot dog aisle of your local supermarket, you may have noticed more choices labeled “uncured.” What does this mean, and should you buy “uncured” instead of “cured” meat ...

Osburn, associate professor in meat science in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science, has set out to find an innovative method to generate the nitric ...

Two studies have been published looking at Toxoplasma in Spanish dry-cured meat products and in meat of adult sheep. Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Transmission has been ...

Imagine your favorite cured meat like beef jerky, pepperoni or bacon without any added sodium nitrite from any source currently necessary for color and shelf life. Wes Osburn, Ph.D., is doing exactly ...