flour-treatment
Azodicarbonamide
Score
18
A dough conditioner banned in the EU and Australia; also used to make foamed plastics.
ADA bleaches flour and strengthens dough. WHO/IPCS identified it as a respiratory sensitiser in occupational exposure, and its breakdown products under baking include semicarbazide and urethane. Banned as a food additive in the EU, UK, Australia and Singapore.
banned eubanned australiarespiratory sensitiser
Also appears on labels as
ada · e927a
What this is based on
- Peer-reviewedWHO / IPCS · 1999