An online petition at Change.org asking Pepsi to stop adding BVO (Brominated vegetable oil) to Gatorade and other products collected over 200,000 signatures by January 2013.
The petition pointed out that since Gatorade is sold in countries where
BVO is not approved, there is already an existing formulation without
this ingredient.
PepsiCo announced in January 2013 that it would no
longer use BVO in Gatorade but had no plans to remove it from Mountain Dew and other products! Squirt, Fanta Orange, Sunkist Pineapple, Gatorade Thirst Quencher Orange, Powerade Strawberry Lemonade and Fresca Original Citrus also use this flame retardant to ''stabilize citrus-flavored soft drinks''.
Although adding Brominated vegetable oil is now banned in Europe & Japan, It wouldn't surprise me if they still use BVO or perhaps worse!
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