[arcticbull]

I mean, there's polydimethylsiloxane in your soda, your nuggies and your shaving cream, but nobody's mad about that :)

[subsubzero]

oh this is not me thats outraged, its just a bad sounding headline to be sure for the general public. And even though they removed the ingredient the bread is not great there period.

[stemlord]

Because they aren't aware that it's there or of its dangers

[arcticbull]

It's mostly inert and generally recognized as safe. It's also on the ingredients list, and even the EU allows it, as additive E900. Last re-evaluated in 2020.

[1] https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2903/j.efsa...