Jessica Serrano
Staff Reporter
Mountain Dew's original formula was invented in the 1940s by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. Mountain Dew is made with a blend of orange juice, lemon juice, and caffeine. Mountain Dew is banned in 30 countries. Dentists say that Mountain Dew is the worst type of soda that you can drink. This beverage causes the teeth to decay at an astonishing rate. In fact, soda can be just as damaging to the teeth as meth. Mountain Dew has more calories than a Coca- Cola, Mountain Dew has 170 Cal and Coca-Cola has 150 cal. Mountain Dew is also high in caffeine, it has 54 mg of caffeine. Mountain Dew contains ingredients like High Fructose Corn Syrup, Concentrated Orange Juice, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Sodium Benzoate, Caffeine, Sodium Citrate, Gum Arabic, Erythorbic Acid and yellow 5. These ingredients cause problems for the human body. It spikes your blood sugar faster, making you feel unwell and damaging your health. In Japan and the European Union because it contains bromine. Mountain Dew is banned in 30 countries only because of the ingredient BVO (Brominated Vegetable oil). This is why most countries banned Mountain Dew.
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