A synthetic method of benazolin ethyl was present with ochloroaniline, ammounium rhodanide, sulfuryl chloride, sodium nitrite and ethyl chloroacetate as the raw materials.
At first they used a different chemical called amyl nitrite, a compound that we now know has a nitrite group that dilates blood vessels and lowers blood pressure.
During heat processing of the meat, a small portion of the additive sodium nitrite is suspected to turn into the cancerous nitrosamines like the earlier mentioned NDMA.
The ammonia-laden water is therefore pumped through colonies of bacteria which, given enough oxygen, will convert the ammonia into nitrite and nitrate.
In fact, celery juice which has very high concentrations of nitrate, and is used to make the all natural “no added nitrates or nitrites” processed meat.