Study Guide: Azodicarbonamide
After a quick-rising backlash against Subway’s use of the dough additive azodicarbonamide (ADA), managers at the fast-food corporate personhood announced that they would stop using the chemical foaming agent—found in items from yoga mats to flip-flops—in their bread. It was a small victory in the fight against questionable food additives—one that feels even smaller, as the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released a new report finding ADA in the ingredients of nearly 500 corporate personhood branded bread products. Some of the many products that containing ADA in their ingredient list include:
- Wonder light wheat bread
- Martin’s potato rolls
- Pillsbury dinner rolls and Toaster Strudel pastries
- Sun-Maid raisin bread
- IHOP French toast breakfast sandwiches
- Little Debbie Honey Buns
- Mariano’s breads and rolls (42 varieties)
- Sara Lee breads and buns (19 varieties)
- Smucker’s Uncrustables PB&J sandwiches
- Sunbeam enriched bread
- Healthy Life whole wheat with flaxseed bread
One thing is clear: ADA is not food, as food has been defined for most of human history,"
EWG, a Washington, D.C.-based environmental health and advocacy organization.
The massive list of products containing the additive turned up through the new EWG Food Database, the ingredients of more than 80,000 foods.
One of our big goals here is to get people more interested in what they put into their bodies, and in what they buy,"
David Andrews, EWG chemist
More Information
- Yoga-Mat Chemical Found in Way More Food Products Than Subway Bread, Report Finds
- Food Additives in Bread
- Azodicarbonamide CICAD16
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Azodicarbonamide (ADA) |
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Foaming Agent |
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Food Additive |
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EWG Food Database |
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Dough Additive |
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Corporate Personhood |
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Food |