blue Gatorade

Nathan,

Upon researching "Gatorade ingredients list" I came upon your very interesting website. 

My son's favorite beverage is the blue Gatorade (whatever flavor that is???)

I had recently read/heard somewhere that cobalt blue is a dangerous food/product additive.
I began to wonder where the "blue" came from for the blue Gatorade.
The label calls it "Blue 1", but does not mention cobalt.

In researching "Blue 1", I found one website that puts "Blue 1" into a category of "unsafe for anyone. . ." and it listed 6 countries which have BANNED it!
"Blue 1" is ALSO listed on my former liquid dishsoap (Dove??? Palmolive???) which I threw out.  I had thought it curious that the blue gatorade EXACTLY matched the color of our dishsoap!!!!!

We Americans are so dumb for blindly accepting all the terrible additives put into our foods and products.

Kenda Sims