Dionex Corporation (1998) found the nitrite and nitrate contents
in ham to be 11.6 and 5.4 mg/kg, respectively, whereas salami
contained 108.0 mg/kg nitrite and 98.5 mg/kg nitrate. Using
capillary electrophoresis, the nitrite and nitrate content in salami
detected were 24.3 and 43.6 mg/kg, respectively (Öztekin et al.,
2002). Compared to their findings, the current study showed that
the salami contained no nitrite but much more nitrate at
142.5 mg/kg (Table 2).