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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives These are used to maintain softness in baked goods. Diglycerides are on the FDA list of food additives to be studied for possible mutagenic, teratogenic, subacute and reproductive effects. This is... |
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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives This is a mold inhibitor. It is generally regraded as safe (GRAS) by the FDA. Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:48 | 
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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives This is a bleaching agent; also skin irritant and possible allergen. Benzoyl peroxide is toxic if inhaled. Generally regarded as safe by the FDA, it’s used in acne cream. Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:49 |
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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives This is an anticaking agent and a dietary supplement with no known toxicity. Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:50 |
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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives This is used to obtain a fine, spongelike quality in the bread. Legal allowance is 50 ppb (ppb = parts per billion). It is very toxic when taken internally. Between two and four ounces of a 2%... |
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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives This is generally regarded as safe (GRAS) by the FDA. In fact, it is a common form of magnesium supplement (albeit an inexpensvie, poorly absorbed magnesium supplement). Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:51 |
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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives This is plaster of Paris and it is used in baking (Helluva thing to find in bread, isn’t it?) Calcium sulfate is used as a firming agent, yeast food and dough conditioner. Because it absorbs... |
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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives In a 110-pound batch of bread there is about 75 grams of additives, not counting the vitamins added to enrich the product. It’s about three ounces of chemical, a little less than one gram per loaf... |
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Drugs, Supplements & Nutrition/Food Additives This is a dough conditioner and yeast food. Naturally occurring and generally regarded as safe by the FDA. Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:53 |
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