More than 600 products with BVO... which the FDA has just banned for food as it is no longer considered safe. Find out where to find (and avoid) BVO... until the law comes into force in August 2025!

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Luckily, manufacturers already started to move away from BVO a few years ago, as it has long been banned in other countries such as Europe (for example Gatorade). But not all, and we have found more than 600 products with BVO in US foods !

Tips to avoid BVO:

• 86% of products with BVO are soda drinks - so stay clear from those / check labels
• How to find it on labels: will show for example as "BVO", "Brominated Vegetable Oil", "Brominated Soybean Oil" or similar📲
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This isn’t an isolated case—12% of U.S. food products still contain dyes banned in California schools, raising broader questions about ingredient safety and the speed of regulatory action.

You can also use the GoCoCo App to help you detect products that countain ingredients/additives banned in Europe or the US 🧐

Discover our list of products with banned additives.

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