Potassium Bromate/Iodate in Bread and Bakery Products : A CSE Policy Brief
Published By: Centre for Science and Environment | Published Date: May , 2016Use of chemical food additives is a common practice in packaged and processed foods. Not all of them are safe. One such additive is potassium bromate (KBrO3
) which, until over two decades ago, was routinely used in most parts of the world to treat flour for bread and bakery products. In the light of this, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) decided to check for levels of potassium bromate in breads and bakery products produced in India. Tests conducted by CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Laboratory (PML) found residues of potassium bromate/ iodate in over 84 per cent of bread and bakery samples sourced from Delhi.
Author(s): Ananya Tewari, Amit Khurana | Posted on: May 25, 2016 | Views()