Highlights

icecream
July 15, 2025
Companies were not named but they represent ‘more than 90% of the ice cream’; Consumer Brands also works to end colors in school foods.
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April 28, 2025
I thought the HHS-FDA action against petroleum-based dyes was an immediate ban, then I came to my senses.
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April 23, 2025
The food industry apparently agrees to remove Blue 1 & 2, Green 3, Red 40 and Yellow 5 & 6 – better than a patchwork of slightly different state laws.
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March 11, 2025
In a closed-door meeting, the Health and Human Services secretary tells Kraft Heinz, General Mills, Tyson, W.K. Kellogg, Smucker and PepsiCo he wants artificial dyes removed from...
adobestock_247248998
Jan. 30, 2025
Whether you’re looking to replace Red 3 & 40, Blue 1 & 2, Yellow 5 & 6 or Green 3, here’s a list of replacements from suppliers.
Courtesy of Phytolon
phytolon_fermentation_process
Nov. 11, 2024
The venture capital arm of Rich Products will study use of Phytolon’s colorants — made via precision fermentation — in several of its products after making an investment in the...
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Oct. 16, 2024
Red dye 40 and BHT were the main culprits; protestors say the cereal company promised to remove them six years ago.
Calgary Reviews
March 14, 2024
Assembly bill would ban seven food dyes — again including titanium dioxide — from use in foods offered in California’s public schools.
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Oct. 9, 2023
Assembly Bill 418 bans red dye No. 3, brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate and propylparaben for use in foods and drinks sold in California, starting in 2027.
ingredient-round-up
Dec. 21, 2020
Our editors selected the following food and beverage ingredient products to feature in our December 2020 issue of Food Processing. See which products they chose.
August-Ingredient-Round-Up
Aug. 12, 2020
Our editors selected the following food and beverage ingredient products to feature in our August 2020 issue of Food Processing. See which products they chose.
Nov. 11, 2019
A USDA researcher has developed a breed of spinach that adds red-purple tints to its green hue.
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Sept. 27, 2019
Kind Healthy Snacks has pulled a fruit-based snack from the market because it didn’t appeal strongly enough to children.