Potassium bromate

Potassium bromate (CAS 7758-01-2), also known as E924, is an inorganic oxidizing salt used commercially as a flour treatment agent and chemical oxidizer.

Where is Potassium bromate used?

• Baking: dough conditioner that improves gluten network development, giving greater loaf volume and a finer crumb structure
• Industrial applications: supports oxidation processes
• Flour treatment: bleaching and maturing agent
• Water treatment: disinfection byproduct of ozone treatment, monitored as a regulated contaminant
• QA laboratories source analytical and reference-grade material for method validation and standard preparation in food and water testing programs.

Good to know: In water treatment it is a disinfection byproduct of ozone treatment, monitored as a regulated contaminant, not an added treatment chemical.

Commercial specifications

• Packaging from small laboratory quantities to bulk industrial volumes