Azodicarbonamide, or azobisformamide, is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C[SUB]2[/SUB]H[SUB]4[/SUB]O[SUB]2[/SUB]N[SUB]4[/SUB].[SUP][1][/SUP] It is a yellow to orange red, odorless, crystalline powder. As a food additive, it is known by the E number E927.
Azodicarbonamide is used in food industry as a food additive, a flour bleaching agent and improving agent. It reacts with moist flour as an oxidizing agent.[SUP][2][/SUP] The main reaction product is biurea,[SUP][3][/SUP] a derivative of urea, which is stable during baking. Secondary reaction products include semicarbazide[SUP][4][/SUP] and ethyl carbamate.[SUP][5][/SUP]The United States permits the use of azodicarbonamide at levels up to 45 ppm.[SUP][6][/SUP] In Australia[sup][citation needed][/sup]
and Europe[SUP][7][/SUP] the use of azodicarbonamide as a food additive is not approved.
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