> The health risk of bacon is largely to do with two food additives: potassium nitrate (also known as saltpetre) and sodium nitrite. It is these that give salamis, bacons and cooked hams their alluring pink colour

Is nitrate/nitrite [1] free prosciutto okay?

EDIT: Apparently not. “Processed meats, which are transformed by salting, curing, or fermentation. This includes everything from hotdogs and bacon, to lunch meats like salami and prosciutto“ [2].

[1] Is there a single word for these?

[2] https://www.vox.com/2015/10/26/9616524/processed-meat-bacon-...