here are the Uncured HD's I tried :
http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/1123
note this
"" no added nitrates or nitrites (except for the naturally occurring nitrates in celery juice and sea salt) ""
they do not say if the celery juice is manipulated , and do not give the amount of ' natural ' nitrates added / Dog.
however , no one else does either , nor would any food producer voluntarily want you to know this.
what they want is your money. TJ's is no different , no worse , and no better than any producer using and implying that celery juice is
a natural ( therefore healthier ) addition to processed foods.
it would be helpful to know the amount of nitrites ( from any source ) in the foods we might eat.
I can't imagine the food industry allowing this sort of lnformation to be required by law.