abstract:Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is vegetable oil that has had atoms of the element bromine bonded to it. Brominated vegetable oil is used to stabilize citrus-flavored soft drinks.
Molly Carter, a spokeswoman for the company, said Friday that the removal of brominatedvegetableoil was in the works over the past year after the company began "hearing rumblings" from consumers about the ingredient.