Cobalt Salts
Level 5 — High concernIn Winter's Dictionary
Cobalt Salts is a other — Formerly added to beer for head maintenance
Also: Cobaltous chloride, Cobalt sulfate
What it does
Formerly added to beer for head maintenance
Where you'll see it
Formerly beer
What the research says
Cobalt salts added to beer caused serious heart problems in beer drinkers (discovered 1966).
Regulatory status
- US FDA: BAN
- Notes: Cobalt sulfate banned
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): it was discovered that cobalt salts added to beer to maintain the head caused serious heart problems in beer drinkers