The ingredient is used as a bleaching agent in flour and dough conditioner in north america even though it s banned in many other countries.
Chemical in subway bread yoga mat.
The sandwich chain has faced criticism and backlash since a food blogger petitioned subway.
For the campaign subway stop using dangerous azodicarbonamide in your bread food blogger vani hari said azodicarbonamide is found in yoga mats and shoe rubber and is reportedly linked to.
The disclosure comes after subway suffered.
A report from the environmental working group finds that the compound.
Subway sandwich bread isn t the only food made with the yoga mat chemical.
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.
That compound found in commercially baked bread yep the one that s in yoga mats too is in the news again.
The chemical is used to bleach flour and make dough.
Story continues below advertisement in subway s case it s being used as a bleaching agent and dough.
Earlier this month vani hari of food babe called out subway for using azodicarbonamide ada a chemical found in yoga mats shoe soles and synthetic leather.
Subway made headlines in february when the sandwich shop announced it was removing a chemical called azodicarbonamide ada from its breads.
Hari says that the chemical is used to make yoga mats shoe soles and other rubbery objects.
Remember subway s yoga mat chemical controversy.
Subway says a chemical also found in yoga mats will be completely phased out of its bread as of next week.
In 2014 a petition created by blogger activist vani hari aka foodbabe urged the chain to remove azodicarbonamide a substance also found in.