FDA Finally Outlaws Soda Ingredient Banned Around The World
04 July 2024; An ingredient once commonly used in citrus-flavored sodas to keep the tangy taste mixed thoroughly through the beverage has finally been banned for good across the US; The FDA has now revoked the registration of a modified vegetable oil known as BVO in the wake of recent toxicology studies that make it difficult to support its ongoing use; BVO, or brominated vegetable oil, has been used as an emulsifying agent since the 1930s to ensure citrus flavoring agents don't float to the top of sodas. Sticking a dozen bromine atoms to a triglyceride creates a dense oil that floats evenly throughout water when mixed with less dense fats; Yet that's not BVO's only trick. Animal studies have strongly implied the compound can slowly build up in our fat tissues. With bromine's potential ability to prevent iodine from doing its all-important work inside the thyroid, HEALTH AUTHORITIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN SUSPICIOUS OF THE EMULSIFIER'S RISKS FOR DECADES; DECADES
