Also a food additive, azodicarbonamide used as a flour bleaching agent and a dough conditioner.

Also a food additive, azodicarbonamide is used as a flour bleaching agent and a dough conditioner. It reacts with moist flour as an oxidizing agent. The main reaction product is Biurea, which, when balanced during the production of a derivative, results in Baking. Secondary reaction products include semicarbazide and ethyl carbamate.