Description
Insta Cure™ #1 is a trusted pink curing salt used for meats that require cooking, brining, smoking, or canning. Also known as Prague Powder #1, this USDA-approved formula is essential for both home and professional meat processors. Each 1 lb. pack contains a blend of salt, 6.25% sodium nitrite, and an anti-caking agent, making it easy to apply evenly in your curing recipes.
Insta Cure #1, also known as Prague Powder #1, is commonly used to cure ham, bacon, corned beef, sausage, poultry, and fish, helping to reduce the growth of harmful bacteria, such as botulism. This pink curing salt #1 not only improves food safety but also enhances color, flavor, and shelf life. Whether you’re making smoked meats or canning cured products, Insta Cure #1 delivers consistent, reliable results for preserving and enhancing the flavor of meat.
- Use one level teaspoon Insta Cure 1 per 5 lbs. of ground meat
- One pound of Insta Cure pink curing salt #1 will process approximately 480 pounds of meat
For a basic bacon or ham brine (not including additional flavor ingredients), mix:
- 1 gal. water
- 4 oz. (½ cup) Insta Cure #1 pink curing salt
- 1 lb. 5 oz. (1¾ cup) salt
- 1 ½ oz. (2¼ Tbsp.) sugar














richard stuart (verified owner) –
as advertised and ontime – hard to screw this one up!
Joshua Schrecengost (verified owner) –
Sausage maker insracure works great. I use a lot of this stuff in sausage, jerky, Corning, etc.
PointCut (verified owner) –
Great Value!
mark lashuay (verified owner) –
Shop with Confidence, it doesn’t get better then the product or service you receive from The Sausage Maker!
Mark
Pensacola Florida
Nancy Kotsull (verified owner) –
I like the 1.5 pound container; it is more convenient than the smaller sizes sold locally
ryan durham (verified owner) –
Great products. Shipping is way to high what a rip off for a company that offers free shipping. shipping was more than my order
Rex Bozworth (verified owner) –
Delivery was on time. Product is quality.
Kenneth Hess (verified owner) –
Great price thanks!
Scott Shacreaw (verified owner) –
Packaged fine, received product I ordered and quicker than I thought.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Received as promised. Shipped fast.
joshua smith (verified owner) –
Used to cure bacon. Worked great.
MICHAEL POSPISIL (verified owner) –
Sausage Maker has been my go to place for all my meat proccesing and smoking needs. They have good quality products that last. I recommend them to my family and friends.
MJ
Jerry (verified owner) –
What can i say the meat turns pink. It works
Dempsy Winans (verified owner) –
I’ve been using the Sausage Maker’s Instacure #1 for several years now and have always found it to be fresh and free-pouring for easy measurement. A little goes a long way (1 tsp will do 5# of meat!) so a pound of it will make several home-sized batches of sausage.
Joe (verified owner) –
I’ve use this product any ties and found it to be consistent and reliable.