Mt Dew = brominated vegetable oil BVO is banned in both Europe and Japan but allowed in small amounts in soft drinks sold in the United States and Latin America. This year, PepsiCo announced they were taking BVO out of Gatorade products after an online petition started by a teenage Mississippi girl went viral, collecting more than 200,000 signatures. “While our products are safe, we are making this change because we know that some consumers have a negative perception of BVO in Gatorade,” said the company in a statement.While it’s patented as a flame retardant, the food industry found it’s also useful as an emulsifier in soft drinks. It basically keeps fruit flavored chemicals from rising to the top of Mountain Dew, Squirt, and some flavors of Fresca and Poweraide. Negative perception ???? its fights Fire !!! (Flame Retardent) “They’ve got chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia type symptoms, their endocrine systems out of whack,” said Kaumeyer. “When you add that up and that accumulates in the body and stores in the body, it’s a disaster waiting to happen. so umm yeah just a bit negative ... and i really liked the taste of my mt dew :(
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:28:39 +0000
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