Maybe there's a LOOP-AWAN connection. I've looked but not seeing anything.
Maybe this AWAN thing is anti-climactic. The Awan guy is part of the AWANGroup based out of Pakistan. There's an article about Wasserman and them here fron June:
http:// mobile.wnd.com/2017/06/the-biggest-scandal-youve-never-heard-of/
The FDA didn't need to approve because it was used at a separate facility in the development of the flavoring - not the soda. The flavoring then went into the soda, so it wasn't a direct ingredient. That's why Snopes claims it's false.
People like that get filtered. Just saying.