Companies that produce soda in the United States must prepare for a change in their recipes very soon. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which acts like Anvisa do Brasil, supervising drugs and foods there, it must ban the use of a substance widely used in drinks – but potentially harmful when consumed. human.
In a statement, the FDA announced that it intends to abolish the use of vegetable oil brominated (BVO), widely used in citrus soft drinks. The state of California has already banned companies from using this ingredient. And here in Brazil it has not been used for a long time, as well as in Japan and other European countries.
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The North American body made this decision after a study published in 2022. The research was conducted in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The article, published in Food and Chemical Toxicology, showed that BVO leads to some potential health risks.
The research, carried out on rodents, found that drinking the substance can increase bromine levels in tissues. At high levels, this exposure can cause serious problems to the thyroid, the main body attacked by BVO.
This is a bromine-modified vegetable oil, used for over 100 years as a food ingredient. Mainly in citrus-flavored drinks, such as lemon, orange and pineapple, as BVO emulsifies these flavors. In other words, it prevents the ingredients from mixing and rising to the top of the packaging.
In 1960, discussions about the potential damage caused by BVO were already on the agenda of health agencies. However, the FDA decided there was not enough evidence to ban it, so they determined an “acceptable” amount of the substance.
Over the years, several companies have reduced the use of the substance in their soft drinks and other drinks. So today, few drinks sold in the US contain BVO.
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