Guilty but not Guilty
Leave a commentAugust 16, 2013 by little hurdles big race
I still haven’t gotten my chicken bone for my great Mountain Dew experiment. However, Pepsi Cola themselves may have just proven my experiment for me.
An Illinois man is suing Pepsi Co, claiming that he popped the top on his can of Mountain Dew and found a mouse inside. There are many urban legends and tales of people finding various things inside their soda can. I remember a man who claimed to have found a thumb or finger a few years back…but maybe that was just a Friends episode.
He is suing Pepsi Co for $50,000 and claims that he sent the mouse to Pepsi Co for proof and they destroyed it. That’s why there is no evidence.
But here is the best part my soda drinking friends… Pepsi’s defense is actually an admission of guilt and may get you thinking about what’s in your soda. They claim, that finding a mouse inside a can of Mountain Dew is impossible. Citing expert testimony – the mouse would have dissolved into a jelly like substance within 24 hours from the acid used to bottle the soda.
“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.” – Huffington Post
Gross.
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