A peculiar additive is E524 (sodium hydroxide) as this is the same chemical used to clear drains. This additive is used to coat certain breads to get a shiny brown surface. Photo: The Star
As you might surmise by now – after reading Part 1 – not everything is as it seems.
Brown bread or stone-ground bread, for example, has no formal definition in EU law and can be made with white flour with added colourings plus optionally some cheap roughage material.
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