Latest news with #naturalcolors
Bloomberg
14-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Welch's Fruit Snacks to Cut Synthetic Dyes Beginning in 2026
Welch's Fruit Snacks will cut synthetic dyes from its full lineup of products by early 2026, parent company PIM Brands Inc. said, making it the latest American brand to pledge to eliminate the colorants. Welch's Fruit Snacks will exclusively use colors from natural sources, PIM Brands said Monday. The brand began looking at a transition to natural colors in 2015, and didn't use synthetic dyes in any new products beginning in 2018, according to a company statement. But the brand's original Mixed Fruit Snacks still contain Red 40 and Blue 1, as do some of PIM Brands' other products.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Glucose Health, Inc. Formulations Have Always Been Free of Artificial Colors & Synthetic Dyes—Our Competitors Are Only Playing Catch-Up
BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Glucose Health, Inc. (OTC: GLUC), the leading innovator in soluble fiber powdered drink mixes for metabolic wellness, proudly affirms that its flagship brands, GlucoDown® and Fiber Up®, have always used only natural colors derived from vegetables such as beets and carrots—never any artificial synthetic dyes. Unlike our legacy competitors such as Metamucil® (The Procter & Gamble Company, P&G), which have long relied on synthetic dyes like Yellow 6 and Red 40, Glucose Health, Inc. committed to nutritionally efficacious, clean-label formulation, from our GlucoDown® brand's inception in 2017 – more than eight years ago. Now, amid the regulatory shift under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., our much larger competitors are facing pressure to finally reformulate and catch-up with Glucose Health, Inc. Artificial synthetic dyes have long been used by manufacturers to create visually appealing drinks for consumers. While natural coloring alternatives from vegetables have existed for decades, the low cost of synthetic dyes improves profit margins—particularly and often prioritized by management and shareholders of large companies. Glucose Health, Inc. has never resorted to such shortcuts. Our natural coloring ingredients from vegetables cost our small company significantly more but reflect our always science-first approach to formulation and our dedication to transparency and consumer trust. In addition to excluding artificial synthetic dyes, GlucoDown® and Fiber Up® also contain no preservatives such as sodium benzoate, or fillers like silicon dioxide—both commonly found in our competitor's products. Instead, our drink mixes are formulated exclusively around 100% soluble dietary fiber and natural flavors, delivering a clean nutritional profile unmatched in the dietary fiber and diabetic nutrition categories. This science-based approach extends to our patent-pending metabolic nutrition formulation underpinning GlucoDown® and Fiber Up®, which uniquely supports metabolic wellness, most importantly including balanced glucose and cholesterol levels. Glucose Health, Inc. is positioned at the forefront of soluble fiber-based nutrition products at a time when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has formally designated dietary fiber a nutrient of public health concern due to chronic underconsumption by most Americans.1 While legacy brands scramble to clean up their ingredient lists, Glucose Health, Inc. proudly reaffirms that GlucoDown® and Fiber Up® have always been naturally colored and preservative-free—by design, not by regulatory necessity. Contact:Glucose Health, ¹ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020–2025. 9th Edition. December 2020. Available at in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Heinz Makes Final Decision on Controversial Ingredient
The Kraft Heinz Company is the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world, with a number of products under its name. Some of these products include Kool-Aid, Crystal Light, Jell-O, Capri Sun, Kraft Mac and Cheese and Lunchables, among plenty of others. But Kraft Heinz is set to make a big change by the time 2027 ends. On Tuesday, the company announced it will remove food dyes from its products by the end of 2027, in an official release from the company. "Today, the Kraft Heinz Company announced it will not launch any new products with Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) colors, effective immediately. The Company also announced it will remove the remaining FD&C colors from its product portfolio before the end of 2027." The release says that 90% of the products are already free from the FD&C colors, but the company will work towards getting rid of the remaining ones within the next couple of years. Pedro Navio, the North American President at Kraft Heinz, released a statement on the decision: 'The vast majority of our products use natural or no colors, and we've been on a journey to reduce our use of FD&C colors across the remainder of our portfolio. In fact, we removed artificial colors, preservatives, and flavors from our beloved Kraft Mac & Cheese back in 2016. Our iconic Heinz Tomato Ketchup has never had artificial dyes – the red color comes simply from the world's best tomatoes." Recently, concerns have grown that FD&C is harmful in products. The US FDA says that "FD&C Yellow No. 5 may cause itching and hives in some people," but also clarifies that reactions are rare. Nonetheless, Kraft Heinz is making the change to its Makes Final Decision on Controversial Ingredient first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 18, 2025
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Kraft Heinz Announces Major Change To All Of Their Products Coming Soon
Changes are coming to your favorite Kraft Heinz products. The food company announced Tuesday it will no longer launch any new food products in the U.S. that contain Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) colors. The company will also remove synthetic colors from all of its existing U.S. products by the end of 2027. 'The vast majority of our products use natural or no colors, and we've been on a journey to reduce our use of FD&C colors across the remainder of our portfolio,' says Pedro Navio, North America President at Kraft Heinz. Nearly 90 percent of its U.S. products are already free of FD&C colors. The company removed artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives from its popular Kraft Mac and Cheese in 2016, and its Heinz Tomato Ketchup has never contained artificial dyes. The company says it will remove colors from any products where their absence will not affect consumer experience, replace artificial colors with natural colors, or create new colors when a natural replacement isn't available. Since dyes are used to enhance the color of foods, their removal will not affect the taste of your favorite products. 'Above all, we are focused on providing nutritious, affordable, and great-tasting food for Americans and this is a privilege we don't take lightly,' Navio says. FD&C colors such as Blue No. 1, Yellow No. 5, and Red No. 3 are synthetic color additives approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to create consistent, vibrant colors in food, drug, and cosmetic products. The FDA revoked the use of Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs in January, phasing out its use by January 15, 2027. In April, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for the removal of artificial dyes in U.S. foods. Kraft Heinz says it is continually evolving its recipes and product line to improve nutritional profiles, such as reducing sugar, salt, and saturated fat in more than 1,000 products. It is also encouraging licensees of its brands to remove artificial colors from their products as well. In addition to Kraft and Heinz, the company owns a variety of brands including Jell-O, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Capri Sun, Kool-Aid, Lunchables, and more. Read the original article on Southern Living
Entrepreneur
17-06-2025
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Kraft Heinz Plans to Remove Artificial Dyes By End of 2027
The colors of Jell-O might look different on store shelves in three years as Kraft Heinz makes a sweeping change to remove artificial dyes from its products. Kraft Heinz announced on Tuesday that it will discontinue using artificial dyes in the formulation of its products by the end of 2027. In addition to Jell-O, Kraft Heinz is removing artificial colors from its Crystal Light, Kool-Aid, flavored water MiO, and marshmallow Jet-Puffed products. The company said the change would only affect about 10% of its products by net sales. "The vast majority of our products use natural or no colors," Pedro Navio, North America president at Kraft Heinz, stated in a press release. He mentioned, for example, that Heinz tomato ketchup has never had artificial dyes; the red color comes from tomatoes. Related: Walmart's Biggest Food Brand Launch in 20 Years Introduces a Private Label With 'Unique,' Spicy Options Kraft Heinz has assembled a team to remove artificial colors where they are not needed, replace artificial dyes with natural colors, or formulate new natural colors if natural replacements are unavailable. The company will also not launch any new products with artificial dyes, effective Tuesday. Kraft Heinz is the first major food manufacturer to commit to stop using artificial dyes, per The New York Times. In 2016, Kraft replaced the bright orange dye in its Kraft Mac & Cheese with color derived from a mix of natural spices like turmeric, annatto, and paprika. Kraft's shift away from artificial dyes arrives after the U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., met with Kraft Heinz CEO Carlos Abrams-Rivera and other food industry leaders in March. Kennedy said at a news conference the following month that he had reached "an understanding" with food manufacturers to remove artificial food colorings from products within the next few years. Related: This Walgreens Product Is Flying Off Shelves, Thanks to TikTok: 'We Sold Through Nearly All of the Product' Regulators have also moved to ban artificial dyes. In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban on the artificial food coloring Red No. 3, currently found in everything from cold medicine to candy, due to its link to cancer. The dye will no longer be allowed in food starting in 2027. The FDA is also eliminating other petroleum-based dyes by the end of 2026, including yellow dye 5 and blue dye 1. Kraft Heinz is the fifth-largest food and beverage manufacturer in the world, with revenues of $26 billion in 2022. The company sells brands like Cool Whip and Philadelphia.
