Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Banned bread: why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe?
The Guardian ^ | May 2019 | Troy Farah

Posted on 05/31/2019 11:51:36 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

Give us this day our daily foam expander. It may sound odd, but in America, your loaf of bread can contain ingredients with industrial applications – additives that also appear in things like yoga mats, pesticides, hair straighteners, explosives and petroleum products.

Some of these chemicals, used as optional whiteners, dough conditioners and rising agents, may be harmful to human health. Potassium bromate, a potent oxidizer that helps bread rise, has been linked to kidney and thyroid cancers in rodents. Azodicarbonamide (ACA), a chemical that forms bubbles in foams and plastics like vinyl, is used to bleach and leaven dough – but when baked, it, too, has been linked to cancer in lab animals.

Other countries, including China, Brazil and members of the European Union, have weighed the potential risks and decided to outlaw potassium bromate in food. India banned it in 2016, and the UK has forbidden it since 1990. Azodicarbonamide has been banned for consumption by the European Union for over a decade.

But despite petitions from several advocacy groups – some dating back decades – the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still considers these to be Gras or “generally recognized as safe” to eat...

“The system for ensuring that ingredients added to food are safe is broken,” said Lisa Lefferts, senior scientist at the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: additives; bread; diet; food; gluten; health; preservatives
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061 next last
To: deport
The % of cellulose should be listed on the product. IIRC, Kraft has the lowest %, but the differences are at most, 2 or 3 percent, and most people that notice complain about getting ripped off for that percentage of non-cheese that they're paying for...

In the early 1980s, I had a GI test using barium through a tube through the nose. After the test, they pumped in 3 liters of methyl cellulose, and pointed me towards a corridor that had 18 bathrooms - I counted them.

41 posted on 05/31/2019 4:21:20 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: CottonBall

Ping: Interesting link to a bread-baking site in post 9.


42 posted on 05/31/2019 4:53:02 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: NorthMountain

The fact is that many common US foods consist sorts of chemicals making its distribution in most civilized countries a felony. In some countries these foods would make hazmat illegal to even dispose with common waste.


43 posted on 05/31/2019 7:04:44 PM PDT by NorseViking
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: PGR88
The same differences occur over a host of products, from food additives, to preservatives to pesticides.

You can still buy old fashioned Brasso metal polish -- the kind that works really well -- in the EU, but it has been outlawed in the US for over a decade. We have to make do with a less volatile version that, in my experience, is inferior to home made cleaners.

44 posted on 05/31/2019 7:17:29 PM PDT by Pilsner
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: CondoleezzaProtege

Why? Because we are America, bitches.

That’s why.

L


45 posted on 05/31/2019 7:20:13 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NorthMountain

Did you sign the petitions to ban DHMO?


46 posted on 06/01/2019 3:06:50 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Albion Wilde

interesting thread! i’ll have to look out for that ingredient, or rather, start making my own again. thx, AB


47 posted on 06/01/2019 4:41:51 AM PDT by CottonBall
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: trebb

I’m a long-time activist in the jihad to ban DHMO.

;’}


48 posted on 06/01/2019 8:00:47 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: CondoleezzaProtege

Potassium bromate is typically used in the United States as a flour improver (E number E924). It acts to strengthen the dough and to allow higher rising. However, if too much is added, or if the bread is not baked long enough or not at a high enough temperature, then a residual amount will remain, which may be harmful if consumed.

In the United States of America, it has not been banned. The FDA sanctioned the use of bromate before the Delaney clause of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act—which bans potentially carcinogenic substances— went into effect in 1958. But since 1991 the FDA has urged bakers to voluntarily stop using it. In California a warning label is required when bromated flour is used.[9] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_bromate


49 posted on 06/02/2019 4:48:30 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pilsner
We have to make do with a less volatile version that, in my experience, is inferior to home made cleaners.

And as I found out when I had a cold, as a result of replacing pseudoephedrine with phenylephrine then OTC cold medicine like Sufaded no longer works. Druggies were using pseudoephedrine in the illicit manufacture of methamphetamine. You now need a prescription for medicine with it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2015/10/26/the-popular-over-the-counter-cold-medicine-that-science-says-doesnt-work/#2cce26a04753

50 posted on 06/02/2019 4:59:40 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: CondoleezzaProtege

We bake our own using the method developed by the authors of Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. They have numerous books and a website.


51 posted on 06/02/2019 5:25:18 AM PDT by kalee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Calvin Locke

Thats funny.


52 posted on 06/02/2019 2:47:59 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: CondoleezzaProtege
What about the glysophate in bread products? Loaded with it.
53 posted on 06/02/2019 2:56:15 PM PDT by riri
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: daniel1212

Flour sold by the King Arthur Flour company has never contained bromate for all of the reasons listed above. If you are a baker who has never used bromated flour then you have nothing to worry about. If you are a baker currently using bromated flours and would like to switch you will have to make some slight adjustments to your mixing process, but in our view the effort is worth it as you will be able to provide your employees a safer working environment, and your customers with a healthier product.

https://www.kingarthurflour.com/professional/bromate.html

I just wrote to Pillsbury as I couldn’t find the answer on their website. Will advise their response.


54 posted on 06/02/2019 2:58:30 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 49 | View Replies]

To: CondoleezzaProtege

I believe the obesity epidemic coincided with the addition of all that garbage into our food. All those things foul up your endocrine system and wreck your metabolism.


55 posted on 06/02/2019 2:58:52 PM PDT by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: riri

That can’t be good for you.


56 posted on 06/02/2019 3:04:03 PM PDT by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: Mariner

The word ‘organic’ has no meaning such as you suggest.


57 posted on 06/02/2019 3:11:45 PM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and Americans!.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: CodeToad

It’s a USDA certification, with meaning.


58 posted on 06/02/2019 7:46:07 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: Califreak

I just listened to a podcast about it. Do a quick search “foods high in glysophate. It’s absolutely frightening.


59 posted on 06/02/2019 8:57:23 PM PDT by riri
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: riri

If you stop and think about everything we eat and drink...

There’s almost no real food in terms of true nourishment unless you grow or raise it yourself.

I believe all the additives reverse or neutralize any benefits other than satisfying the tastebuds and stopping the hunger pangs.

There really is a difference in how the food tastes now compared to decades ago. So many things taste like chemicals. Even if you buy fresh produce it has usually been picked so long that you can smell and taste the mold forming.

If you’ve ever grown your own produce it’s very difficult to eat stuff from the grocery store. Homegrown is so much cleaner.


60 posted on 06/02/2019 9:50:39 PM PDT by Califreak (If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson