"Mountain Dew drinkers know their distinctively yellow beverage of choice is packed with caffeine, but a new lawsuit might get them thinking about what else is in there.
PepsiCo, the drink's manufacturer, is being sued by Ronald Ball of Wisconsin, who claims in a 2009 lawsuit that he opened a can from a vending machine, tasted something foul, and spat out a dead mouse, acccording to MadisonRecord.com.
Ball, who is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, claims he then sent the mouse to Pepsi, which destroyed the mouse's body.
However, Pepsi is now moving to dismiss the case, citing testimony from an expert who claims that acid used when the drink is bottled would have caused the rodent to transform into a "'jelly-like' substance," according to LegalNewsline.com.
Mountain Dew's mouse-dissolving capabilities may also be helped by another ingredient in the bubbly beverage: brominated vegetable oil (BVO), a chemical that Gizmodo points out is banned in Europe and Japan, but is allowed in limited quantities in sodas like Mountain Dew, Squirt and Fanta Orange.
BVO is added to soda for the purpose of giving it more consistent flavoring. "
Source: Huff Post, Weird News: The Internet Newspaper: News Blogs Video Community, January 4, 2012
Gross, huh? This makes me happy that I'm a dead set Root Beer lover; however, remembering those few times I drank Mountain Dew... GAG! So I decided to do some more research on Mountain Dew.
Here's another link from ABC News, entitled "Mice No Match for Mountain Dew."
I feel this article is better written and possibly more believeable because it's from ABC's website... Then again quoted from Howl's Moving Castle, "Only fools believe what's written in the papers."
Eitherway... no more Mountain Dew from me!
Eitherway... no more Mountain Dew from me!
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