#11200 Insta Cure #1, 5 lbs.

Insta Cure™ No. 1, a basic cure used to cure all meats that require cooking, brining, smoking, or canning. This includes poultry, fish, ham, bacon, luncheon meats, corned beef, pates and other products too numerous to mention. Formerly Prague Powder #1. Insta Cure™ #1 contains salt and sodium nitrite (6.25%).

Use 1 level teaspoon per 5 lbs. ground meat. 5 lbs. of Insta Cure™ will process approximately 2,400 lbs. of meat.

For a Basic Bacon/Ham Brine (without additional ingredients for flavor):
1 gallon water
4 oz (1/2 cup) InstaCure#1
1 lb 5 oz (1 3/4 cup) Salt
1.5 oz (2 1/4 Tbsp) Sugar


Click Here to see the formula used for Nitrite Level (based on USDA formula) per gallon, using InstaCure#1 [PDF File].

Click Here for the Metric Version.