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Subway, the single largest chain restaurant in the world, looks to bring truth back to their “Eat Fresh” campaign.

Subway‘s infamous yoga mat chemical that caused major backlash against the food-chain will be phased out by next week, according to their chief operating officer, Tony Pace. Although the now notorious ingredient, azodicarbonamide, was approved by the FDA, when it was revealed that it could be found in the bread at Subway and other restaurants, it caused outrage on social media.

According to an article posted by TIME, “Subway says that the ingredient is helpful in making dough more stable, and is safe, common and acceptable.” But, after FoodBabe.Com‘s Vani Hari created the petition to remove the controversial chemical from Subway’s breads, they began to eliminate it. Hari stated that she began the petition because of Subway’s image of serving healthy foods. In the European Union and Australia, the ingredient is banned because of health concerns.

Despite Subway’s phase out program, this doesn’t seem to be the last we’ll hear from Hari. She’s also targeting brands like Kraft and Chic-Fil-A for using unhealthy ingredients.