Additives
Chlorine (E925): What It Is and Is It Safe?
Limited risk
Flour Treatment Agent · Bleaching agent
Chlorine gas is used in some countries to bleach and oxidise low-grade cake flour, improving crumb structure in high-ratio cakes. The treatment oxidises flour lipids and destroys some fat-soluble vitamins such as tocopherols, and low levels of chlorinated by-products can form. It is not authorised as a flour-treatment food additive in the EU or UK.
- Category
- Flour Treatment Agent — Bleaching agent
- Typically used in
- Bleaching and oxidising of cake flour in some countries.
- Regulatory status
- Not authorised as a flour-treatment food additive in the EU/UK; used for cake flour in some countries.
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Sources
Where this comes from
- JECFA (1965) — Chlorine FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series 40abc https://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/40abcj29.htm
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