SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration discovering that an ingredient supplier had laced its products with the plasticizer DEHP, ALŌ Drink, makers of the #1 ready-to-drink aloe vera infused beverage in the U.S. natural market, today announced that third party testing by SGS Laboratories has verified all of its drinks are free of DEHP and all phthalate plasticizers.
Though the company’s ALŌ Drink beverages and COCO Exposed lineup are co-packed in Taiwan, the products do not contain any ingredient or additive that was found to be contaminated in Taiwan. ALŌ Drink sources all of its ingredients from top-tier, international suppliers, none of which were connected to this recall or identified by the Taiwan FDA as suppliers of concern.
However, upon hearing the news from Taiwan, ALŌ immediately sent every flavor of its ALŌ Drink and COCO Exposed beverages to a third party lab, SGS Laboratories, for testing. SGS, which is considered the gold standard for inspection, verification, testing and certification, tested ALŌ products not only for DEHP, but for all of the following phthalate plasticizers: butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), di (2-ethylhexyl), phthalate (DEHP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), diisononyl phthalate (DINP) and diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP).
SGS Laboratories found all ALŌ Drink and COCO Exposed beverage products to be completely free of any phthalate plasticizer.
Consumers and the industry can rest assured that all ALŌ Drink beverages are safe to drink and are not part of any warning in connection to the Taiwan FDA recall.
In addition, the company’s stringent quality assurance and food safety practices in the U.S. make ALŌ Drink products and ingredients U.S. FDA approved as well.
About ALŌ Drink
A division of SPI West Port, ALŌ Drink was established in 2009. ALŌ Drink blends are made with real aloe vera pulp and juice straight from the aloe vera plant - never reconstituted from powder. All ALŌ beverages are completely free of preservatives, artificial colorings and artificial flavors. Already the #1 ready-to-drink aloe vera beverage in the U.S. natural market and among the top 10 in the functional drink category, ALŌ Drink is distributed throughout the United States, Canada and in select international markets. Please visit www.alodrink.com for more information.