Article: Potassium Bromate
CSPI REPORTS Food Additives to Avoid: Potassium Bromate
by: Dr. Janet Starr Hull, Ph.D., CN
http://www.sweetpoison.com/nutrition-information.html
This additive has long been used to increase the volume of bread and to produce bread with a fine crumb (the non-crust part of bread) structure. Most bromate rapidly breaks down to form innocuous bromide. However, bromate itself causes cancer in animals. The tiny amounts of bromate that may remain in bread pose a small risk to consumers. Bromate has been banned virtually worldwide except in Japan and the United States. It is rarely used in California because a cancer warning is required on the label.
