One way to control creaming is to add some denser oil, adjusting the density until it matches the aqueous fraction. It also does a great job of keeping citrus oils, plus other fragrance or flavour oils, just where they should be in a beverage — suspended.
But is BVO safe as a food additive? On average, soft drinks manufacturers use about 8 parts per million — not quite enough to totally prevent creaming, though it slows it way down. Our brominated man was no normal soda-pop drinker. Research shows that Americans drink about litres of soft drinks per year per capita.
Our brominated man said he drank 2 to 4 litres of BVO-containing soda every single day for 6 months leading up to his hospital stay. That much soda, in that amount of time, brought him a case of bromism.
Typically, bromism is an easy condition to fix. A patient is loaded with saline, a sodium chloride solution, and significant improvement is seen. But our brominated man required more than saline. He had to undergo hemodialysis to clear out all that bromide and help restore his ion balance.
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Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Related audio. Health concerns about BVO stem from one of its ingredients, bromine. Bromine can irritate the skin and mucous membranes the moist lining of the nose, mouth, lungs and stomach. Long-term exposure can cause neurologic symptoms such as headache, memory loss, and impaired balance or coordination.
In the past these symptoms were seen with chronic use of bromide salts as sleep medications. Fortunately, these drugs are no longer widely available in the U. However, there have been reports of people experiencing memory loss and skin and nerve problems after drinking excessive amounts more than 2 liters a day of soda containing BVO. While few people are likely to drink such large quantities, concern exists because bromine appears to build up in the body. So what should you do?
Check ingredient labels and don't drink large amounts of soda that contains BVO. Better yet, take it one step further and cut back on all sugary drinks.
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This content does not have an English version. Michael Walker, an independent food consultant, said: "There have been toxicological concerns around brominated vegetable oils, mainly to do with accumulation of bromine in fatty tissues of experimental animals and isolated human case reports, although the data are quite old and the levels experimentally fed were quite high.
At the very least it avoids problems for UK companies and enforcement through imports and provides consumers with reassurance. This article is more than 7 years old. Coca-Cola has said its drinks will no longer include BVO, an additive that research suggests could be harmful.
Coca-Cola has said it will drop brominated vegetable oil from all its drinks.
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