While PepsiCo got lots of kudos back in January when it announced that it would be removing brominated vegetable oil, or BVO,from one of its Gatorade products, that doesn’t mean it’s gone from the marketplace. In fact, PepsiCo continues to use BVO in other beverages it makes, such as Mountain Dew
BVO, which used in food and beverages for the highly important cosmetic purpose of keeping their ingredients all neatly blended together, builds up in fatty tissue and has been shown to cause heart damage in research animals. But while it is banned as a food additive in many other places, including Europe, India and Japan, its status has been in limbo at the FDA for over three decades.
BVO is especially apt to be found in in orange and other citrus-flavored beverages, so be sure and check their ingredients carefully before buying them..
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