Howard Davidson Arlington MA - Subway Removing Yoga Mat Chemical From Bread

1. Subway Removing Yoga
Mat Chemical from Bread
by
Howard Davidson, Arlington, MA
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2. Subway Removing Yoga
Mat Chemical from Bread
Subway, one of the world’s biggest bread bakers, is removing
a yoga mat chemical from its breads that raised the ire of an
influential health activist and food blogger.
The world’s biggest sandwich chain says it’s in the process of
removing the chemical known as Azodiacarbonamide from its
sandwich breads — a chemical that Vani Hari, who runs the
site FoodBabe.com, says is commonly used to increase
elasticity in everything from yoga mats to shoe rubber to
synthetic leather. It’s used for the same reason in bread, she
says, as a dough conditioner.
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3. Subway has used the ingredient as a “bread
conditioner” which adds elasticity and whitens
the dough. The chemical, though, is especially
damning in the food industry because of its
other broad uses in plastics, rubber and
synthetic leather production.
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4. Following Hari’s blog post making its rounds on social
media, over 58,000 people signed a petition demanding
that Subway stop using the chemical in its breads. ”It’s
not supposed to be food or even eaten for that matter,”
Hari wrote on FoodBabe.com. “And it’s definitely not
‘fresh.’ We deserve the same safer food our friends get
overseas.”
According to Subway’s statement, the company says it
had already had the removal process underway and its
actions were not a result of Hari’s outcry. “We are
already in the process of removing Azodiacarbonamide
as part of our bread improvement efforts despite the
fact that it is USDA and FDA approved ingredient. The
complete conversion to have this product out of the
bread will be done soon.” The chemical is also
approved by the FDA as a bleaching or aging ingredient
in cereal flour, although the World Health
Organization has linked the chemical to respiratory
issues, including allergies and asthma.
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5. Still, Hari has lauded Subway’s
decision, but she asks fans to refrain
from eating Subway until the chain gets
the problem fixed.
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6. Still, Hari has lauded Subway’s
decision, but she asks fans to refrain
from eating Subway until the chain gets
the problem fixed.
Slide By :- Howard Davidson Arlington MA