Food companies to phase out artificial colors amid 'Make America Healthy Again' campaign
Packaged food makers in the U.S. have rolled out plans to eliminate the use of FD&C colors - a category of synthetic dyes - from their products, responding to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again initiative and changing consumer preferences.
In April, Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency aims to remove artificial food colors from the food supply against the backdrop of mounting concerns about their potential links to health issues such as ADHD, obesity and diabetes.
Here are the companies that are preparing to eliminate synthetic dyes from their food products in the U.S.:
July 22 (Reuters) - Packaged food makers in the U.S. have rolled out plans to eliminate the use of FD&C colors - a category of synthetic dyes - from their products, responding to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again initiative and changing consumer preferences. In April, Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency aims to remove artificial food colors from the food supply against the backdrop of mounting concerns about their potential links to health issues such as ADHD, obesity and diabetes. Here are the companies that are preparing to eliminate synthetic dyes from their food products in the U.S.: