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.
Subway and yoga mat.
The sandwich chain has faced criticism and backlash since a food blogger petitioned.
While it has been linked.
Subway says a chemical also found in yoga mats will be completely phased out of its bread as of next week.
Subway azodicarbonamide is a chemical used in the production of foamed plastics it s used to make sneaker soles and yoga mats.
Subway sandwiches will be free of yoga mat chemical by next week says fast food franchise.
Restaurant chain subway has said it is in the process of removing the chemical azodicarbonamide from its bread a food additive which in one form is also used to increase elasticity in yoga mats.
10 foods made with the subway yoga mat chemical.
Subway s definitely not the only one.
Earlier this month vani hari of food babe called out subway for using azodicarbonamide ada a chemical found in yoga mats shoe soles and synthetic leather.
Remember subway s yoga mat chemical controversy.
The disclosure comes as subway has suffered from an onslaught of bad publicity since.
It s in hundreds of foods.
The ingredient is used as a bleaching agent in flour and dough conditioner in north america even though it s banned in many other countries.
Subway vowed last week to remove from its food a chemical that s also used.
Almost 500 foods contain the yoga mat compound.
The salt a report finds that azodicarbonamide wasn t just in subway s bread.
It s also used in almost all of your subway sandwiches is banned across the globe and the world health organization has linked it to respiratory issues allergies and asthma.