The chemical is used to bleach flour and.
Subway bread and yoga mats.
Subway says a chemical also found in yoga mats will be completely phased out of its bread as of next week.
That compound found in commercially baked bread yep the one that s in yoga mats too is in the news again.
The disclosure comes after subway suffered.
In 2014 a petition created by blogger activist vani hari aka foodbabe urged the chain to remove azodicarbonamide a substance also found in.
Subway confirmed on thursday that they were removing a chemical used to make yoga mats and rubber soles on shoes from their sandwich bread.
It is used as a foaming agent to help in making certain kinds of plastics.
Subway says azodicarbonamide an ingredient dubbed the yoga mat chemical will be entirely phased out of its bread by the week of april 14 2014.
In fact azodicarbonamide is found in about 500 different packaged foods including breads stuffings croutons and.
Azodicarbonamide yoga mats subway mcribbs azodicarbonamide is a chemical made famous in the united states by van hari aka the food babe as the chemical in yoga mats as well as rubber shoes.
Subway sandwich bread isn t the only food made with the yoga mat chemical.
The ruling comes years after subway suffered from an onslaught of bad publicity sparked by a food blogger who petitioned the chain to remove a bread ingredient found in many products including.
The sandwich chain has faced criticism and backlash since a food blogger petitioned subway.
Remember subway s yoga mat chemical controversy.
Subway the popular sandwich chain has announced the ingredient dubbed the yoga mat chemical will be entirely phased out of its bread by this week.
We are already in the process of removing.
Seth wenig the associated press subway says an.