Burger King's new Halloween-inspired slushie has reportedly been turning people's poop different colors (like green, blue, and black). Lots of people who drank the "Scary Black Cherry," slushie have taken to Twitter to tell their poop stories. Food dyes may be to blame—which is safe, but still...spooky. Burger King has a new "Scary Black Cherry" slushie, and it's aptly named AF...but not because the slushie is black. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Turns out, the slushie is apparently turning people's poop some...unusual colors, according to lots and lots of Twitter posts. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Dear @BurgerKing , Your "Spooky Black cherry" slushy turned my poop blackish blue. Thanks. (Just like those spooky black bun sandwiches. )... Thanks. — Eren (@GyldenUlv) October 15, 2018 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Even a little of the Halloween black cherry slushie at Burger King makes blueish poop. A new Halloween tradition started with the whopper last year — Bj/Thea (@BeejBug) October 16, 2018 Most people are reporting green-, blue-, or black-colored stools (or a combination of the three). This isn't the first time people have complained of this issue with Halloween-themed food at Burger King. The fast food joint's all-black Halloween Whopper from 2015 turned customers' bowel movements "neon green," according to USA Today. With the burgers, the culprit was food dye, per USA Today—and a whole lot of it. As Michael Rice, M.D., a gastroenterologist at the Michigan Medicine Gastroenterology Clinic, previously told WomensHealthMag.com, when food is dyed, it mixes with the yellow-green pigments in your bile. (Poop is made up of bile, dead cells, and unused food waste, btw). Dark dyes like blue and purple often have the most intense effect on your poops, though it can happen with other colors, too, or even foods like beets and leafy greens that have intense natural pigments. WomensHealthMag.com reached out to Burger King for comment but hasn't yet heard back. If you've had one of these spooky slushies—or are really craving one—don't stress. According to Burger King's website, the food colorings they use "are commonly used in the industry and within the safe and Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)." One thing (I'm playing Debbie Downer right now, but I am a health editor): If you haven't had one of BK's Scary Black Slushies but are still seeing black poop, get that sh*t checked out ASAP. Sometimes black poop is totally normal (like if you're taking iron supplements, Rice says), but if it also has a tar-like texture, it could suggest something more serious is going on. But again: Black (or green or blue) poop from drinking a BK slushie? Probably fine. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>It’s Halloween season, so be prepared for some of your favorite foods to change from their traditional colors to black and orange. What nobody has prepared you for, however, is to have your poop change color as well. Burger King’s scary black cherry slushies are having an unexpected effect on the color of people’s bowel movements. Many have commented on social media that their poop has turned black (not too unexpected), as well as bright blue and neon green. That’s definitely more startling. - So what’s making a rainbow appear inside your gut? One culprit is the coloring agents used in the icy drinks. Another is that to digest food our body secretes a lot of different products – bile, in particular, has a distinctive yellow-green hue. When the blue dyes in the slushie mix with the bile, voilà, your poop is tinted in some extreme colors. While such an effect might seem “unnatural”, there are many different plants and fruit that produce a similar effect. Dark leafy greens – such as kale, berries, and beetroot – can all mess with your poop coloring. It’s like learning about primary colors in schools, but it’s your intestine and not your fingers that’s doing all the mixing. - We can’t believe we are writing this, but this is not the first time that Burger King has messed with its customers' poop. In October 2015, the fast food chain released a black burger that made those who ate it have green poop. Interestingly, when the burger was released in the US, the black burger had been available in Japan for almost a year without any report of green poop in the Asian nation. The main difference was that the Japanese bun was colored with squid ink, while the Western counterpart used artificial dye. Clearly, they are broken down differently by our digestive system. Burger King is now selling a nightmare-inducing burger, which according to a sponsored study (and very little else) makes you more likely to have nightmares. That’s unlikely to work, but now they know that if the burger fails at shocking people, there’s always the slushie! - [H/T: Miami Herald]<doc-sep>
The “scary black cherry” slushy at Burger King might just give you two Halloween thrills for the price of one. Of course, that depends on how you feel about drinking something that might turn your poop bright blue or neon green. It’s not so surprising that the inky black seasonal special is likely to turn your mouth and tongue black while you’re drinking it. More disconcertingly, some down-for-anything fans have also reported post-slushy poop that ranges from blue to green. (And, as with any slushy, there’s always the risk of a brain freeze.) Burger King didn’t respond to a request for comment. It’s not the fast food giant’s first foray into black foods, and also not the first time customers have reported bathroom consequences. In 2015, a special Halloween Whopper burger with a black bun led to customers reporting an evacuation that was “almost a grass green,” USA Today reported at the time. Black foods have been having a moment, even outside of the Halloween season. Last winter a café in London tried to break the internet with a vegan activated-charcoal croissant. While it doesn’t actually do much for your insides in small amounts, or taste like much of anything, activated charcoal has also shown up in dramatic black ice cream at Morgenstern’s in New York City and Little Damage in Los Angeles. With regular consumption, or a therapeutic dose administered by doctor, it can have a similar effect to those reported from the black food coloring in the black cherry slushy. “Activated charcoal will cause your stools to turn black,” according to the Mayo Clinic. ”This is to be expected while you are taking this medicine.” Black food coloring, which is what gives the scary black cherry slushy its distinctive hue, breaks down in the intestines, and the blue dyes mix with yellow-green bile to make blue or green tinted poop, Michael Rice, M.D., a gastroenterologist at the Michigan Medicine Gastroenterology Clinic, told Women’s Health. Some foods like dark leafy greens, beets, and blueberries can have a similar result, he said—an unintended consequence of eating the rainbow. If the slushy is too tame, Burger King is also currently selling a “Nightmare Burger” with a green bun, a burger patty, crispy chicken, bacon, mayonnaise and American cheese. In a press release the fast food chain bragged that diners quadrupled their chances of having a nightmare after eating one.