Brominated vegetable oil, which is used in some fruit-flavored drinks, is potentially harmful for humans.

The agency had first proposed to revoke the regulation in November 2023. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, BVO was banned in the UK in 1970, followed by India in 1990, the EU in 2008 and Japan in 2010.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    Here is the list of sodas that have it:

    • A Treat Bubble Gum Soda, Bubble Gum
    • Always Save Orange Drink
    • Always Save Tropical Fruit Punch Drink
    • America’s Choice Fruit Punch Drink
    • America’s Choice Orange Drink
    • Big Ben’s Orange Sunny Juice
    • Big Shot Pineapple Blue Bayou Flavored Soda
    • Big Shot Pineapple Watermelon Soda
    • Boardwalk Mountain Holler Soda
    • Borden Pineapple Orange Flavored Sun Burst Drink
    • Clover Valley Citrus Flavored Soda
    • Clover Valley Mountain Explosion Citrus Soda
    • Clover Valley Orange Flavored Soda
    • Crisp Caffeine Free Soda, Fruit Punch
    • Crisp Orange Flavored Soda
    • Dean’s Sun Burst Fruit Punch Flavored Drink
    • Dean’s Sun Burst Orange Drink
    • Dean’s Sun Burst Pink Lemonade Flavored Drink
    • Del’s Tangerine Orange Juice
    • DG Genuine Jamaican Ginger Beer
    • DG Genuine Jamaican Pineapple Flavored Soda
    • DG Genuine Orange Jamaican Soft Drink
    • DG Ginger Beer
    • DG Jamaican Ginger Beer Flavored Soda
    • Diet Mountain Dew Soda
    • Faygo Moon Mist Citrus Soda
    • Faygo Moon Mist Soda
    • Fiz Syracuse Orange Soda Specialty Beverages
    • Food Club Orange Soda
    • Food Club Wild Mountain Citrus Soda
    • Food Lion Caffeine Free Orange-Pineapple Soda
    • Food Lion Diet Mountain Lion Citrus Flavored Soda
    • Food Lion Diet Orange Soda
    • Food Lion Fruit Punch Soda
    • Food Lion Mountain Lion Citrus Flavored Soda
    • Food Lion Omazing Orange Flavored Soda
    • Food Lion Orange Pineapple Flavored Soda
    • Friko Strawberry Drink With Fruit Pulp
    • Giant Diet Orange Soda
    • Great Value Mountain Lightning Citrus Soda
    • HEB Low Calorie Orange Burst Soda
    • HEB Orange Burst Pure Cane Sugar Soda
    • Jolly Good Diet Fruit Punch Flavored Soda
    • Jolly Good Orange Flavored Soda
    • Market Basket Refreshing Orange Soda
    • Mountain Dew Throwback
    • Mountain Holler Citrus Soft Drink, Citrus
    • Mountain Lightning Citrus Flavored Soda
    • Mountain Lightning Diet Citrus Flavored Soda
    • Ohana Lemonade Flavored Non Carbonated Drink
    • Ohana Raspberry Lemonade Non Carbonated Drink
    • Orangette Flavored Orange Soda
    • Refreshe Diet Grapefruit Soda
    • Refreshe Punch Soda
    • Rock Creek Pineapple Soda
    • Shoppers Value Fruit Punch Drink
    • Shoppers Value Orange Drink
    • Shoprite Mountain Charge Soda
    • Stars & Stripes Citrus Flavored Mountain Soda
    • Stewart’s Orange and Cream Flavored Soda
    • Sun Drop Cherry Lemon Citrus Soda
    • Sun Drop Citrus Soda
    • Super Chill Diet Citrus Soda
    • Super Chill Diet Mt. Chill Citrus Soda
    • Super Chill Fruit Punch Soda
    • Super Chill Mt. Chill Citrus Soda
    • Super Chill Orange Soda
    • Tops Orange Flavored Soda
    • Weis Diet Orange Flavored Soda
    • Weis Quality Citrus Flavored Soda

    Source

    They lied about in the article, Mountain Dew is owned by Pepsi.

    “Sun Drop, manufactured by Keurig Dr Pepper, still uses BVO … This is probably the biggest national brand that still uses it,” said CFRA Research’s Arun Sundaram.

    Edit: I guess I didn’t notice the probably the first time around, way to go CRFA Research (a global reserch investment company).

    Founded as the Center for Financial Research and Analysis in 1994, today our company is simply known as CFRA.

    Source

    • Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      Reading through that list wondering how much damage I did to myself and chuckling at mountain thunder. Also, super lucky it looks like none of the citrus shit I used to drink is on there.