shows the changes in residual nitrate and nitrite concentration
during ripening. The recovery of these additives immediately after formulation was about 71e82% of the ingoing
amounts. These values were higher than those obtained by Li, Shao,
Zhu, Zhou, and Xu (2013), who detected about 50e70% of the nitrite
added to dry-cured sausages. Fernandez-Lopez, Sendra, Sayas-
Barbera, Navarro, and Perez-Alvarez (2008) and Carballo and
Andrade (2013) also reported lower detection values in Spanish
dry-fermented sausages