Hydrogen peroxide food application

Bleaching processes. Historically, the use of chlorine to bleach wood pulp was an important source of PCDDs and PCDFs, both to the environment, and to paper, some of which was used in sensitive applications such as food packaging and disposable nappies. However, this type of bleaching is now usually done using non-chlorine based processes, for example by using hydrogen peroxide. 

One of the most important applications of hydrogen peroxide in the food industry is reported to be preservation (53). This simple oxidant has been recognized as an alternative antimicrobial agent in milk systems (54). Such recognition has prompted a number of studies of the alteration of milk proteins by hydrogen peroxide (55). Hydrogen peroxide has also been evaluated in the production of a peanut protein concentrate (56) and for the detoxification of rapeseed flour for food use (57). 

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