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Coke, Pepsi dropping controversial ‘BVO’ ingredient from all drinks after Hattiesburg teen’s petitions

May 6, 2014 admin Comments Off on Coke, Pepsi dropping controversial ‘BVO’ ingredient from all drinks after Hattiesburg teen’s petitions

NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola and PepsiCo said Monday they’re working to remove a controversial ingredient from all their drinks, including Mountain Dew, Fanta and Powerade. The ingredient, called brominated vegetable oil, had been the […]

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Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient

January 29, 2013 Kermit 1

PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink in response to customer complaints.

A spokeswoman for the company, Molly Carter, said that the change was in the works for the past year after the company began “hearing rumblings” from consumers about the ingredient. She said it wasn’t a response to a recent petition on Change.org by a Mississippi teenager. […]