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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/azodicarbonamide",
  "slug": "azodicarbonamide",
  "name": "Azodicarbonamide",
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  "summary": "Azodicarbonamide is a flour bleaching agent and dough conditioner, permitted in the United States but not in the European Union or Australia. It became widely known because the same compound is used to make foamed plastics, which produced the nickname the yoga mat chemical.",
  "derivation_summary": "Produced by chemical synthesis from urea and hydrazine. In dough it decomposes rapidly to biurea; the regulatory questions concern that breakdown and the trace semicarbazide it can form during baking.",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 172.806",
            "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-172.806"
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      "jurisdiction_name": "Codex Alimentarius",
      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
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      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
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      "provisions": []
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      "name": "(E)-(carbamoylimino)urea",
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      "name": "Azobisformamide",
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      "name": "Azodicarbamide",
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      "name": "Azodicarboxylic acid diamide",
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      "name": "Azodiformamide",
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      "name": "Azoform A",
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      "name": "Azoformamide",
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      "name": "Azoplastone",
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      "name": "C,C'-Azodi(formamide)",
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      "name": "Celogen AZ 199",
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      "name": "Celosen AZ",
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      "name": "ChKhz 21",
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      "name": "ChKhZ 21r",
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      "name": "delta(1,1')-Biurea",
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      "name": "Diazenedicarboxamide",
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      "name": "Evipor",
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    {
      "name": "Ficel EP-A",
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    {
      "name": "Formamide, 1,1'-azobis-",
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      "name": "Genitron AC",
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      "name": "Genitron AC 2",
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      "name": "Genitron EPC",
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      "name": "Kempore",
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      "name": "Kempore 125",
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      "name": "Kempore 60/40",
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    {
      "name": "Kempore R 125",
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      "name": "Lucel ADA",
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      "name": "Nitropore",
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    {
      "name": "Pinhole ACR 3",
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    {
      "name": "Pinhole AK 2",
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    {
      "name": "Poramid K 1",
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    {
      "name": "Porofor 505",
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      "name": "Porofor ADC/R",
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      "name": "Porofor ChKhZ 21",
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      "name": "Porofor ChKhZ 21R",
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      "name": "Porofor DhKhZ 21",
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      "name": "Porofor-lk 1074 (bayer)",
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    {
      "name": "Unifoam AZ",
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    {
      "name": "Unifoam AZH 25",
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    {
      "name": "Uniform AZ",
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    {
      "name": "Yunihomu AZ",
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    },
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      "name": "Azodicarbonamide",
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  "sources": [
    {
      "key": "ecfr",
      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
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    }
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  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Azodicarbonamide\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/azodicarbonamide. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.426Z"
}