Subway And Yoga Mat

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 and yoga mat.

Subway says an ingredient dubbed the yoga mat chemical will be entirely phased out of its bread by next week. Subway vowed last week to remove from its food a chemical that s also used. It s in hundreds of foods. It s also used in almost all of your subway sandwiches is banned across the globe and the world health organization has linked it to respiratory issues allergies and asthma.

The salt a report finds that azodicarbonamide wasn t just in subway s bread. In 2014 a petition created by blogger activist vani hari aka foodbabe urged the chain to remove azodicarbonamide a substance also found. 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. 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.

Remember subway s yoga mat chemical controversy. Subway azodicarbonamide is a chemical used in the production of foamed plastics it s used to make sneaker soles and yoga mats. Restaurant chain subway has said it is in the process of removing the chemical azodicarbonamide from its bread a food additive which in one form is also used to increase elasticity in yoga mats. The disclosure comes as subway has suffered from an onslaught of bad publicity since.

The sandwich chain has faced criticism and backlash since a food blogger petitioned. Subway s definitely not the only one. 10 foods made with the subway yoga mat chemical. Almost 500 foods contain the yoga mat compound.

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