The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning the use of a food additive known as brominated vegetable oil after the agency concluded that it is no longer safe to consume. Brominated vegetable oil ...

The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it is banning the use of brominated vegetable oil in food items effective Aug. 2. BVO, a vegetable oil modified with bromine, has been a food ...

Coca-Cola said on Monday that it will stop using brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in all of its drinks, giving in to the request of a Change.org petition started by a teenager. The company currently ...

NEW YORK -- Coca-Cola is dropping a controversial ingredient from its Powerade sports drink, after a similar move by PepsiCo's Gatorade last year. The ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, had been ...

Chalk up another win for citizen activists. Coke and Pepsi announced this week that they will no longer use brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, in their soft drinks. An ad for Emerson's Bromo-Seltzer.

Ever grab a soda from the fridge, or reach for your favorite breakfast cereal without thinking twice about what's inside? For decades, Americans have been consuming food ingredients that raise ...

Europe has blocked imports of American foods containing substances like artificial growth hormones, brominated vegetable oil, titanium dioxide,e and potassium bromate, citing potential human health ...