Dive Brief:
- WhiteWave says its will stop using carrageenan in its Horizon milk and Silk beverage brands.
- The company said it made the decision after receiving complaints from customers who are concerned about the safety of the ingredient.
- Carrageenan is a seaweed extract that is used as a thickener and stabilizer in a wide variety of foods and drinks. Opponents of the ingredient say it poses risks to people's gastrointestinal systems.
Dive Insight:
Say what you want about Vani Hari, the Food Babe (and plenty of people say plenty of mean things), but there's no use denying that she has become a major force in the food industry. The number of companies that have bent to the will of the "Food Babe Army" includes Chick-fil-A, Subway, and AB-InBev.