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Among the many unfamiliar ingredients you might find listed on the packaging of your favorite foods is the additive potassium bromate. While it's used in bread and other baked goods in the U.S., it's ...

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WASHINGTON — The American Bakers Association has issued a baked foods ingredient pledge, a voluntary commitment to phase out the use of potassium bromate across the United States. An “overwhelming ...

Potassium bromate is a flour "improver" or "conditioner" that helps dough develop the gluten structure it needs to rise.

In recent years, it has become increasingly vital to determine volumes of bromate in both mineral and drinking waters, as it has been determined to be a potential carcinogen. Bromate is produced by ...