Customers Claim Burger King's Halloween Whopper Causing Green Poop
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Have you taken on a walk on the dark side yet with Burger King's A1 Halloween Whopper?
If you have, you may have noticed that while the seasonal black-bunned burger goes in one color, it may come out another.
According to some folks who have downed the black-colored bun, there is an unexpected side effect, they're passing green poop after eating their meal.
Social media is lighting up with folks using the hashtag #greenpoop.
The Miami-based chain unveiled the Halloween Whopper last month and said the bun's black color comes from the A1 steak sauce.
A Burger King representative said the bun contains less than 1-percent food dye, and the dyes "are commonly used in the industry and approved by the Food and Drug Administration." The company did not state whether the bun contains Green #3, a food dye known to cause green-colored stool.
CBSMiami.com has requested a statement from Burger King and we are waiting an official company response.
In the meantime, #GreenPoop is trending and the company is certainly getting a lot of publicity.
Yesterday I had the Halloween Whopper... Today my poop is green. Yesterday was the last time I'll have the Halloween Whopper.
— Daniel Rodriguez (@Danny_Seth) October 4, 2015
#HalloweenWhopper #GreenPoop I actually laughed out loud when I read this. Debating if I should go just to see if it happens????
— Sara Anastacia (@SaraAnastacia1) October 6, 2015
I want to try the Burger King black whopper, for no other reason than seeing my poop turn green. #GreenPoop
— Aaron Saltzman (@amsaltzman) October 6, 2015
Thanks to the black Whopper, for the first time, people are Instagramming their food the day AFTER they eat it! #GreenPoop
— ✩Blake Raab✩ (@N4BWR) October 5, 2015
Okay, so you get the idea. The tweets go on and on.
One note of caution: Be careful when scrolling through the #GreenPoop hashtag as some people are posting visual evidence.