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Prague Powder - South African Supplier
In my search for the above, I found that the supplier "Crown National" in South Africa (with branches all over the country) supplies Prague Powder and Prague Powder NN. I have contacted them and found the following:
"Prague Powder NN" is closest to Cure #1 BUT contains 91% salt, 8% Sodium Nitrite and 1% dies, anti caking agent etc. the representative for Crown National claims that the powder be applied at 2g per 1kg meat block. I will have to warm up my brain cells and check the actual percentages to ensure this is the correct quantity.
"Prague Powder" is closest to Cure #2 BUT contains 90,06% salt, 5,9% Sodium Nitrite, 4,0% Sodium Nitrate. This appears comparable with the amounts contained in the Cure #2 sold on sausagemaking.org.
The above said, I now wonder if there are any other South African members on the forum that I can correspond with to find suppliers of starter cultures for fermented sausages as neither of the two main suppliers in South Africa stock them.
John in Cape Town