A report from the environmental working group finds that the compound.
Subway bread and yoga mats.
Subway sandwich bread isn t the only food made with the yoga mat chemical.
That compound found in commercially baked bread yep the one that s in yoga mats too is in the news again.
Subway confirmed on thursday that they were removing a chemical used to make yoga mats and rubber soles on shoes from their sandwich bread.
We are already in the process of removing.
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.
Azodicarbonamide yoga mats subway mcribbs azodicarbonamide is a chemical made famous in the united states by van hari aka the food babe as the chemical in yoga mats as well as rubber shoes.
The chemical is used to bleach flour and.
It is used as a foaming agent to help in making certain kinds of plastics.
The ruling comes years after subway suffered from an onslaught of bad publicity sparked by a food blogger who petitioned the chain to remove a bread ingredient found in many products including.
In fact azodicarbonamide is found in about 500 different packaged foods including breads stuffings croutons and.
Seth wenig the associated press subway says an.
The sandwich chain has faced criticism and backlash since a food blogger petitioned subway.
In 2014 a petition created by blogger activist vani hari aka foodbabe urged the chain to remove azodicarbonamide a substance also found in.
Subway says a chemical also found in yoga mats will be completely phased out of its bread as of next week.
The disclosure comes after subway suffered.
It is also used widely in the baking industry as a dough conditioner.