Bread Linked To Cancer

Did you know that there might be a health risk linked to burnt toast? In fact, The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK had launched a campaign warning about cancer risks linked to eating burnt toast or any other foods that contained starch being cooked at high temperatures

The use of potassium iodate in bread can lead to excess iodine intake which could be linked to certain thyroid-related diseases, the CSE study had said.

The government today banned use of potassium bromate as a food additive following a CSE study that found its presence in bread as causing cancer.

Leading bread makers on Thursday asserted that they will give up the use of chemicals like potassium bromate and iodate, in wake of a study warning these chemicals may cause cancer, in their products.

Potassium Bromate is being used by the industry since a long time. It was during the 1980s when health organisations and particularly WHO(World Health Organisation)recognised that it may have the potential to cause cancer.

Shares of Jubilant FoodWorks, which runs the Domino's chain of restaurants in India, crashed over 12 per cent, while Westlife Development, the company which operates a chain of McDonald's restaurants in west and south India, slumped 9 per cent on Tuesday.

Did you know that there might be a health risk linked to burnt toast? In fact, The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK had launched a campaign warning about cancer risks linked to eating burnt toast or any other foods that contained starch being cooked at high temperatures

The use of potassium iodate in bread can lead to excess iodine intake which could be linked to certain thyroid-related diseases, the CSE study had said.

The government today banned use of potassium bromate as a food additive following a CSE study that found its presence in bread as causing cancer.

Leading bread makers on Thursday asserted that they will give up the use of chemicals like potassium bromate and iodate, in wake of a study warning these chemicals may cause cancer, in their products.

Potassium Bromate is being used by the industry since a long time. It was during the 1980s when health organisations and particularly WHO(World Health Organisation)recognised that it may have the potential to cause cancer.

Shares of Jubilant FoodWorks, which runs the Domino's chain of restaurants in India, crashed over 12 per cent, while Westlife Development, the company which operates a chain of McDonald's restaurants in west and south India, slumped 9 per cent on Tuesday.