I thought it would be a good idea to look into a food most of us eat every day, bread. More specifically though, we're digging into an additive called Potassium Bromate and Azobicarbonomide (ACA).

These are chemical additives used to make plastics AND they are used to strengthen flour and bleach dough. Potassium bromate is an additive that is used to accomplish a few things. It helps breads rise higher, it acts as a dough conditioner and it makes baked breads appear lighter in color.

Sadly, this additive also accomplishes a few things that take the joy out of eating bread for some of us, namely disrupting genetic information in the cells of the body.

And if that’s not enough of a bummer, potassium bromate is banned in many countries around the world on the basis that it is a possible carcinogen, but it is not banned in the United States.

So, I bet you’re thinking….if it’s banned in other countries around the world, why hasn’t it been banned in the US?

That’s a good question. And that’s what we’re digging into today. Thanks for listening.