Brominated vegetable oil: version 1

Saved 2026-09-12 15:49 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Mountain Dew Code Red 20 fl oz** (UPC 012000002243), taken from the wanted queue: the archived 2006-2013 Barcodepedia page for this barcode is still linked to, and no page existed here. Ident. This is the current version.

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# Brominated vegetable oil <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Brominated vegetable oil
vegan: yes
vegetarian: yes
allergen: none
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type   | locale | from | until |
| ---- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| BVO  | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref     | url                                                     | title                                                                           | accessed   | publisher                      | kind        | published  | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution            | upstream |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | -------- |
| wikibvo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brominated_vegetable_oil  | Brominated vegetable oil                                                        | 2026-09-12 | Wikipedia                      | publication |            |           |         | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
| usda    | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1459977/nutrients | USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods (GDSN), fdc_id 1459977, version 2021-03-19 | 2026-09-12 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | registry    | 2021-03-19 | 1459977   |         | cc0          |                        | GDSN     |
| wikimd  | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Dew              | Mountain Dew                                                                    | 2026-09-12 | Wikipedia                      | publication |            |           |         | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Brominated vegetable oil is a mixture of plant-derived triglycerides modified by bonding bromine atoms to the fat molecules.[^wikibvo] The soft drink industry has used it since 1931, generally at around 8 parts per million, to emulsify citrus-flavoured beverages and keep them from separating in distribution; careful choice of the base oil lets bromination reach a specific density of 1.33 g per millilitre.[^wikibvo] Several countries have banned it in food and drink over potential adverse health effects in humans.[^wikibvo] It appears in the United States ingredient statement for Mountain Dew Code Red that USDA captured from 2018 label data, and PepsiCo had removed it from Mountain Dew by 2020.[^usda][^wikimd]
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