Lots of other things to watch out for with nitrates, too. Basically anything that is a colour it shouldn't be - so dried apricots that are orange are full of nitrates, you should buy the ones that are dark brown (no nitrates to keep their colour). In England there was only one place I could find nitrate free apricots, here I have not had any luck at finding them at all.
Pate, well, needless to say in Europe you can't get away from the stuff! LOL! Many different styles and varieties of it here compared to England and there is always some in our fridge. I hadnt thought about nitrates in pate though, so I will have to have a look at labels for them....pate is one of those things though that I choose to look at the good rather than the bad - such a huge source of iron and DS is picky with meats (unless it is mortadella or deli turkey) that I am happy enough to get the iron into him even if it comes with some downfalls.
