Homemade Sausage Making

why has my Prague #1 pink salt #! turned yellow

Good question snakeoil, but a difficult one to answer. I have seen salt that was stored for a long time turn yellow, probably from humidity, and oxidization if the salt was not pure. But going from pink to yellow? I really don't know. Were you storing it in a non-reactive container? Probably a good question for the manufacturer of the salt/nitrite blend. If you solve this riddle please post the results.

When I get my curing salt, I usually get enough to fill a one gallon glass pickle jar. I keep it well sealed in a dark cabinet and have never had it turn yellow after keeping it two years. Since the stuff is relatively inexpensive and the consequences of bad curing salt is pretty high......................I would dump it and restock.

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