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Brominated vegetable oil
A plant oil changed with bromine.
It stops citrus flavours separating in soft drinks.
Written from English Wikipedia1
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
What research says
Study type not stated
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Open question
Soft drink ingredients2
Scientists checked how much brominated vegetable oil is in soft drinks, but did not test what it does to people.
The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least two findings in people. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.
Products
The 6 most-scanned of 563 products on Open Food Facts that list brominated vegetable oil.
- MTN Dew Pepsico · 2 L 8 additives
- Mini snow balls chocolate imp cadburys · 110 g 4 additives
- MTN DEW - (1 Liter) Mountain Dew · 1 Liter 8 additives
- Sundrop Sun Drop · 2 L 6 additives
- Amp energy boost original citrus energy drink Mountain Dew · 16 fl oz 8 additives
- Amp, energy, cherry blast Amp · 16 fl oz, 473 mL 10 additives
References
- 1Brominated vegetable oil. Wikipedia. Accessed September 25, 2026.
- 2Kim JM, Choi SH, Choi SI, et al. Identifying method validation and measurement uncertainty of brominated vegetable oil in soft drinks and carbonated waters commonly consumed in South Korea. Food Chem. 2018;246:323-327. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.047