General Mills is the newest American food giant to remove FD & C artificial colorants from his product portfolio from the Trump administration in the next two years to artificial colors from the The food supply of the nation.
For his part, the Food Giant, based in Minnesota, said that it is planning to remove artificial colors from all its American grains and all K-12 school food by the summer of 2026. It will work at the same time to remove the colors from the entire American retail portfolio at the end of 2027.
However, the company said that the change will only influence a small part of the K-12 school portfolio of the General Mills, since most of its school offerings are nowadays done without certified colors. Moreover, General Mills said that 85% of the American retail portfolio was currently made without color additives.
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“Nowadays the vast majority of our food is made without certified colors and we work to ensure that this will soon apply to our entire portfolio,” said CEO Jeff Harming in a statement.
General Mills announced his plans on the same day that Kraft Heinz spent his own commitment to remove all artificial dyes from his American portfolio towards the end of 2027.
Boxes from General Mills Lucky Charms Cereal are stacked in a costco wholesale store on 25 April 2025 in San Diego, California. (Kevin Carter / Getty Images / Getty images)
Both companies followed McCormick, who already told analysts during her profit call in March that it worked with restaurants and food makers to reformulate products to remove certain ingredients such as food paint.
The artificial dyes are generally known as FD & C colors and as such labeled on packages, because the color additive is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in food, drugs and cosmetics and are subject to a strict approval system under the Federal Food and Cosmetic)..
Health and human services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has worked since he took office to eliminate the colors from the American food supply, with the argument that “some food producers have fed for too long on US oil-based chemicals without their knowledge or permission”. He also claimed that these “toxic connections do not offer a nutritional advantage and form real, measurable dangers for the health and development of our children.”
In April, Kennedy and the FDA announced a series of new measures to abolish all oil -based synthetic dyes from the food supply of the nation. Kennedy noted that this effort would need voluntary support from food manufacturers, but that the “industry was voluntarily agreed” to do this.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has worked since the charges to reduce the colors from the American food supply. (Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Kraft Heinz published his own commitment on Tuesday to remove all artificial dyes, also known as FD & C colors, from his American portfolio by the end of 2027. (Getty Images / Getty Images)
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The issue of color additives came into the picture in January when the FDA the authorization for the use of Red No. 3, also known as erythrosine, taking, in food and drugs taken about concern that has been shown to cause cancer in animals.
The FDA called for food and drug manufacturers to remove their products from the synthetic dye in 2027 and 2028 respectively. Foods imported into the US must meet the American requirements, the FDA said.
