Posted on 06/26/2025 12:00:46 PM PDT by Red Badger
Two additional food companies said they would eliminate artificial colors from their products.
“Glad to see more companies like @Nestle and @ConagraBrands taking action to remove artificial dyes from their foods. I urge other companies to step up and help us Make America Healthy Again,” Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
CBS News reports:
It’s the latest big food company making that pledge. Last week, Kraft Heinz and General Mills said they would remove artificial dyes from their U.S. products by 2027. General Mills also said it plans to remove artificial dyes from its U.S. cereals and from all foods served in K-12 schools by the middle of 2026.
The move has broad support. About two-thirds of Americans favor restricting or reformulating processed foods to remove ingredients like added sugar or dyes, according to an AP-NORC poll. Both California and West Virginia have recently banned artificial dyes in foods served in schools.
On Sunday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed a bill requiring foods made with artificial dyes or additives to contain a new safety label starting in 2027. The label would say they contain ingredients “not recommended for human consumption” in Australia, Canada, the European Union or the U.K.
The federal government is also stepping up its scrutiny of artificial colors. In January, days before President Trump took office, U.S. regulators banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of its potential cancer risk.
“Nestle will remove all petroleum-based food dyes over the next 12 months! We went bold and many great food manufacturers have responded. Thank you Nestle for your strong leadership!” Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary said.
Per Food Business News:
Nestle USA products that still contain synthetic colors include Nesquik banana strawberry low-fat ready-to-drink milk (Red No. 3) and Nesquik strawberry syrup (Red No. 40).
Chicago-based Conagra Brands plans to remove FD&C colors from its US frozen food product portfolio by the end of 2025 and to discontinue the use of FD&C colors in the manufacturing across its US retail portfolio by the end of 2027. The company also will not offer products with FD&C colors to kindergarten-to-12th grade schools by the beginning of the 2026-27 school year.
“Conagra Brands is known for innovating delicious, on-trend foods, and our transition away from FD&C colors is just one aspect of our broader strategy to modernize our portfolio to align with consumer preferences,” said Tom McGough, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Conagra Brands. “Our leading portfolio of frozen brands, including Birds Eye, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender’s and more, will be 100% free from FD&C colors by the end of 2025.”
Conagra products that still contain artificial colors include Duncan Hines strawberries and cream frosting (Red No. 40 lake and Yellow No. 5), Duncan Hines Dolly Parton’s strawberry flavored cake mix (Red No. 40 lake) and Duncan Hines Cinnabon bakery-inspired muffin kit (Yellow No. 5 lake.)
The US Food and Drug Administration on April 22 announced it intends to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply by the end of 2026.
almost seems like they could have done this years ago if they actually gave a F
Which they don’t.
All they care about is the money.
They could. The same companies sell similar products in the EU without those chemicals as the EU has always banned them.
The difference is that the USA FDA allows stuff unless it is proven to be bad , while the EU allows additives only if they are proven to be not harmful
this seems a slow and painstaking process. I think, if only healthy food could be sold, most companies would have to shut down, as well as supermarkets.
Great, now get rid of corn syrup. I don’t actually believe that it’s not healthy, it just tastes like crap. I want real soda, and I don’t want to pay $4 for it. And I’d love to hear somebody explain why adding sugar to liters of soda to raise the price $4.
But we’re still drenching everything in Roundup.
Some products don’t have artificial colors. We were always free to buy them.
Make them get rid of High Fructose Corn Syrup.
“Obama appointed judge orders food companies to continue adding artificial dyes in blow to Trump.”
I still hate that we have orange cheese.
“Petroleum Based” Food dyes. Do they realize our Pharma products are petroleum based. And our fertilizers. That is a stupid term.
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