9. Instacure No. 1

This curing salt is composed of 94% and 6% sodium nitrite and goes by many names:

• Pink curing salt
• Instacure #1
• TCM - Tinted Cure Mix
• Prague Powder I

This curing salt mixture is pink in color. It will imbue most meats with a rich, pink color, and helps to prevent bacteria such as Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism, from growing on the meat.

This is strong stuff - make sure you wear food preparation gloves when you handle it.

You can buy this from your butcher, from a mom and pop-style meat counter, or you can order it online from Amazon.com.

Purchase from Amazon

Pink Curing Salt