Pepperoni with no nitrates, chemicals or additives. Cured meats use chemicals and additives while uncured meats rely on natural salts and flavorings.

What is a uncured pizza?

The biggest difference between cured and uncured is the fact that the uncured uses natural curing agents, such as celery powder, which transforms into nitrite when it is processed. Thus, uncured products have labels with: “No Nitrates or Nitrites added except those naturally in celery powder or juice”.

Does uncured pepperoni taste different?

That’s obviously a very different thing from what we generally call “bacon,” but that’s really what an “uncured” version is. It will taste much more pork-like, turn gray when cooked, and will have a very different texture and flavor when cooked without the salts, spices, and smoking.