"Instead of them kind of coalescing and ringing at the top - forming a film at the top of the soda - they're uniformly dispersed throughout," he said.īut the additive is banned in some countries due to concerns about possible health risks when it's ingested in large amounts. Robert McGorrin, professor of food science and technology at Oregon State University, said BVO works as an emulsifier, particularly in beverages that use citrus oils, to keep the citrus oils from floating to the top of the drink. What is brominated vegetable oil?īrominated vegetable oil has been used as a food additive since the 1930s to keep ingredients from separating in sodas and other beverages. Soda binges have led to medical issues for some patients, the quote claims.Ĭlark updated her post this month, saying she had emailed PepsiCo Inc., which makes Mountain Dew, and received confirmation that the company has removed BVO as an ingredient for Mountain Dew.Ĭlark did not return a request for comment.
"BVO is a toxic chemical that is banned in many countries because it competes with iodine for receptor sites in the body, which can lead to hypothyroidism, autoimmune disease and cancer," Clark's post states.Ī main ingredient of BVO, bromine, is a "poisonous, corrosive chemical" that has been linked to major organ damage, birth defects and other medical issues, the post says.Ĭlark's post quotes an online article - whose link in the Facebook post no longer works - that says there is "flame retardant" in Mountain Dew.īVO is a patented flame retardant for plastic and has been banned as a food additive in Europe and Japan. The post continued to be widely read and circulated in May of this year. One particular Facebook post from April 2017 by user Betsy Ball Clark has racked up more than 1.1 million shares over the past three years. That ingredient has recently been removed.įor years, claims have circulated on the internet that the lemon-lime soda Mountain Dew contains a dangerous additive called brominated vegetable oil that's also used as flame retardant. Watch Video: 'Diet soda' doesn't have to result in weight loss, court rules The claim: Mountain Dew for years included a dangerous chemical that's also used as flame retardant.
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