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Potassium Bromate - The Silent Killer
Potassium bromate has been banned in European food products, as well as the United Kingdom, since 1990.
Canada followed shortly thereafter in 1994. Sri Lanka in 2001, China in 2005, with Nigeria, Brazil, and Peru all banning this known carcinogen according to the latest report from Wikipedia.
This carcinogen is classified in Group 7, known as halogens in the Periodic Table.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention lists bromine in the same class as potassium bromate, as a toxin.
In September 2007, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to Breast Cancer Choices Organization inquiry about the additive with the statement:
"Potassium bromate is still listed as a safe additive."
Uses in the United States
The United States has not followed the lead of other countries due to governmental interferance on the ban of carcinogenic substances.
In 1991, the FDA ineffectually urged bakers to voluntarily stop using the toxin.
This chemical is used in almost all bread products in the U.S.
Purportedly, it is used to provide a reliable result in the baking process.
The label may disguise this chemical by stating "enriched flour" as a cover-up.
Safe Bakery Products
Pepperidge Farm, appears to do quite well using unbromated flour and obtains excellent results.
Best Foods, maker of Arnold, Entenmann’s, and Orowheat, along with Pillsbury, have switched to bromate free processes.
Some supermarket chains, including Giant, Jewel, Ralph’s, and Von’s, do not use bromated flour.
Whole Foods Markets lists both bromated flour and potassium bromate as unacceptable ingredients for their products.
California, on its own, has taken the lead and now requires a warning label when bromated flour is used in any food product.
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