{"id":2448328,"date":"2025-06-17T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heinz-rolls-out-plan-to-halt-use-of-food-dyes-in-two-years\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:31:10","slug":"heinz-rolls-out-plan-to-halt-use-of-food-dyes-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heinz-rolls-out-plan-to-halt-use-of-food-dyes-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinz rolls out plan to halt use of food dyes in two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheinz-rolls-out-plan-to-halt-use-of-food-dyes-in-two-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448328&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kraft Heinz has announced a plan to eliminate the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-hits-top-food-ceos-with-ultimatum-on-junk-ingredients-in-our-food\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. Hits Top ... CEOs with Ultimatum on Junk Ingredients in Our ...\">artificial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-says-red-40-food-dye-in-jell-o-doritos-and-more-causes-striking-and-alarming-disease\/\" title=\"Study Says Red 40 ... Dye in Jell-O, Doritos and More Causes \u201cStriking and Alarming\u201d Disease\">food dyes<\/a><\/a> in its products by 2027. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linkedin-will-turn-off-platform-in-china-blames-challenging-environment-compliance-requirements\/\" title=\"LinkedIn Will Turn Off Platform In China, Blames \u2018Challenging\u2019 Environment, \u2018Compliance Requirements\u2019\">decision aligns<\/a> with discussions held in March with Health and human Services Secretary Robert F.Kennedy Jr., aimed at reducing food additives as part of the &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221; initiative. Most of Kraft Heinz&#8217;s products already utilize natural or no colorings, with 90% free from dyes.Notably, Heinz Ketchup has never contained dyes, and Kraft Mac and cheese transitioned to using natural ingredients like turmeric for color in 2016.the company will also ensure that all new products are dye-free. Other companies like Tyson Foods are also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >taking similar steps<\/a>, while brands such as PepsiCo, General Mills, and Kellogg&#8217;s have yet to implement significant changes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Heinz rolls out plan to halt use of food dyes in two years<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2147763\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3410824\/kraft-heinz-3-billion-dollar-upgrade-us-factories-trumps-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kraft Heinz\">Kraft Heinz<\/a> announced Tuesday that it will put an end to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/3412441\/fda-food-colorings-rfk-marty-makary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"chemical dyes\">chemical dyes<\/a> in all its products by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The brand famous for its condiments was among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-let-marketers-label-sugar-soaked-cereals-as-healthy-for-years-and-big-food-is-fighting-to-keep-it-that-way\/\" title=\"FDA Let Marketers Label Sugar-Soaked Cereals As \u2018Healthy\u2019 For Years, And Big ... Is Fighting To Keep It That Way\">major food companies<\/a> that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with in March. The meeting centered on reducing food additives in products &mdash; a pillar of the &ldquo;Make America Healthy Again&rdquo; movement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3434849\/clean-energy-provisions-on-chopping-block-trump-bill\/\">Biden-era clean energy provisions on the chopping block in Trump agenda bill proposals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3438127\/scott-bessent-debt-ceiling-race-treasury-department-congress-one-big-beautiful-bill-trump\/\">Scott Bessent is winning Treasury&#8217;s debt ceiling race against time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3439235\/terry-moran-joins-unemployed-former-tv-journalists-joining-substack\/\">Terry Moran joins growing wave of unemployed former TV journalists joining Substack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The vast majority of our products use natural or no colors, and we&rsquo;ve been on a journey to reduce our use of FD&amp;C colors across the remainder of our portfolio,&rdquo; Kraft Heinz North American President Pedro Navio said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.kraftheinzcompany.com\/news\/kraft-heinz-commits-to-remove-fdandc-colors-from-its-us-portfolio-before-the-end-of\/b3a5f08f-46ea-4f22-9b56-dc7f08173cfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"statement\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Above all, we are focused on providing nutritious, affordable, and great-tasting food for Americans and this is a privilege we don&rsquo;t take lightly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the company&rsquo;s sales data, 90% of its products are already free of dyes.<\/p>\n<p>Navio pointed out that its popular Heinz Ketchup has never had dyes in it and that the company opted to remove dyes from its Kraft Mac and Cheese, switching to turmeric and paprika for its orange color in 2016. Kraft Heinz is the parent company of brands like Oscar Mayer, Kool-Aid, and JELL-O.<\/p>\n<p>The company committed to avoid dyes in all new products. This effort will require a new team to work on &ldquo;removing colors where it is not critical to the consumer experience, replacing FD&amp;C colors with natural colors, or reinventing new colors and shades where matching natural replacements are not available.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3422650\/cdc-covid-vaccine-schedule-pregnant-women-healthy-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>CDC NO LONGER TO RECOMMEND COVID-19 VACCINE FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN OR PREGNANT WOMEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration already banned Red Dye No. 3, which will take effect in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson Foods, another company involved in the March meeting, eliminated its synthetic dyes last month. Meanwhile, the other companies which include PepsiCo, General Mills, Smucker&rsquo;s, and Kellogg&rsquo;s, have yet to make serious changes to their dyes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2147763\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2147763\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heinz plans to eliminate food dyes by 2027<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2448329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5eed13ce0567564635316f41d119f93c-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57314,38721,57313,57315,22452],"class_list":["post-2448328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-food-dyes","tag-food-industry","tag-heinz","tag-reformulation","tag-sustainability"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5eed13ce0567564635316f41d119f93c-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448332,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448328\/revisions\/2448332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}