Abstract: The present disclosure describes about a free flowing sodium nitrite and a method (200) of obtaining the free flowing for sodium nitrite. The method (200) may comprise various steps such as optimizing (202) the concentration of SNI, heating (206) of sodium nitrite slurry at 50 to 600 rpm, gradually cooling (208) the heated mass below 45° C., filtering (210) the wet mass, drying a filtered mass (212), and sieving (214) the dried mass to obtain the free flowing sodium nitrite comprising a spherical or oval shape granules. The spherical or oval shaped granules of SNI obtained has a moisture content of less than 0.15%, mesh size of more than 60 BSS in an amount 60-80% of the total content the particle size of at least 0.25 mm in an amount 60-80% of the total content, angle of repose between 25° to 37° and Hausner ratio of 1.03 to 1.17.