Snack sticks without preservatives

[Rjsand70]

Been looking into rolling my own if you will and I don’t like that the idea of the citric acid in them, what is the old way? I keep seeing fermentation but no guidelines.

 

[BBob]

Unless you have a sensitivity to citric acid are there any other reasons to not want to use it?

I looked at a few fermentation recipes and they still all use curing salts (sodium nitrate/sodium nitrite).

The citric acid or fermentation are to lower the PH (preservation) and for the tangy taste.