Natural Grocers® Issues Statement Supporting FDA's Recent Ruling Against the Use of Brominated Vegetable Oil in Food
Brominated vegetable oil is a vegetable oil that is modified with the chemical, bromine and used as an emulsifier. Starting in 1970, the FDA began regulating BVO as a food additive due to toxicity concerns. The FDA continued to evaluate new information about the possible health effects of BVO as it became available and began to reduce the list of acceptable foods in which BVO was allowed.* On
NATURAL GROCERS' STANCE AGAINST PROBLEMATIC INGREDIENTS BVO
"We have prioritized quality products, nutrition education and consumer transparency since our parents founded this company in 1955," stated
Chemically modified fats -- such as BVO, are often used by the food industry to increase the shelf life of products and to aid in the production of highly processed junk foods and commercial soft drinks. They are usually added to increase the manufacturer's bottom line at the expense of consumer health.
Grocery stores play a pivotal position in the food chain, a system that is essential to our health and wellbeing. Grocery purveyors, whether online and/or brick and mortar stores are the gatekeepers — the marketplace that helps to determine how our food is produced. What is offered for sale drives how our food is grown, processed and what food additives are added to it.
As your neighborhood grocer, we choose to positively impact the way the food in this nation is grown and raised. Others may choose to blindly ride the wave of whatever shortcut is trending. We choose to be responsible for the impact our food choices make every step of the way, from the beginning of every product story to your grocery basket to, eventually, your kitchen table. Others may choose to think it's not their responsibility and sell products that do not represent the most nutritionally sound, environmentally responsible products.
We feel differently.
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"THINGS WE WON'T CARRY AND WHY"
Natural Grocers strives to avoid carrying products made with problematic ingredients, including additives that are allowed to be added to food.. In 1990 the company created a dynamic list (one that has been growing ever since) of the most problematic ingredients and an explanation as to why it will not carry them. The company's quality standards experts keep up on the latest research and meet regularly to review specific ingredients, resulting in on-going modifications to this list.
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**Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA Revokes Regulation Allowing the Use of Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) in Food, Constituent Update,
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