So, what is BVO anyway?
According to Snopes.com, Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is vegetable oil which is bonded with atoms of the element bromine. BVO has long been used as a food additive in the soft drink industry, primarily to help keep citrus-flavor oils suspended in beverages and prevent them from floating to the top of the fluid. BVO is commonly found in popular citrus-flavored soft drinks such as Mountain Dew, Squirt, Fresca, Sunkist Peach, and Fanta Orange, and also n sports drinks such as Powerade. The status of BVO differs in various parts of the world: It is allowed as a food additive in Latin American and North American countries (Including the U.S. and Canada), but not in Japan or European Union countries.
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