A raising agent is a substance added to a is a substance added to the flour or to the dough that makes it rise and improves the backing quality. You use raising agents in your kitchen when you use baking powder or yeast.

For our Clean Label, we decided to use only E450i and E500ii which are both ingredients found in baking powder. However, under our soon to be new definition of Clean Label, these raising agents will not be permitted any more.