Brominated Vegetable Oil
brominated vegetable oil, BVO, brominated soybean oil, brominated soy bean oil, brominated oil
What it is
A brominated oil formerly used in some beverages to keep citrus-flavour oils dispersed and stable.
Why BOTIA flags it
BOTIA flags an explicit BVO declaration because regulatory status differs by market and time. The FDA revoked the U.S. regulation authorising BVO in food, with the compliance date in 2025. An explicit term may still occur on legacy or non-U.S. labels; a regulatory prohibition is not, by itself, a measurement of harm from a particular product.
BOTIA CAN
- Detect brominated vegetable oil, BVO and explicitly named brominated oils when they are printed in the ingredient list.
- Explain the current U.S. regulatory status and the historical technological use without extrapolating it to every jurisdiction.
BOTIA CANNOT
- Determine whether an unlabeled product contains BVO.
- Infer the amount present, past exposure or an individual health effect from the ingredient name alone.