Fried chicken, brownies from a box and stir-fried veggies—very different foods that, nevertheless, share a common ingredient: vegetable oil. Its omnipresence might suggest otherwise, but don’t be ...

Serge Wich is a professor at Liverpool John Moores University. He receives funding from United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Congo Basin Impact ...

The FDA will no longer allow BVO in food due to safety concerns revealed in studies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. BVO is ...

A controversial food ingredient allowed in the U.S. for about 100 years is finally retiring. It’s called brominated vegetable oil (BVO). Environmentalists and food safety advocates are applauding the ...