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FDA Just Approved a New Food Dye

EatingWell on MSN · 4h

The FDA Just Approved a New Food Dye, but What Makes It Different?

The FDA just approved Gardenia (genipin) blue, a natural food dye, for certain foods and drinks. They’re also trying to expedite the ban of Red No. 3 before the January 15, 2027, deadline. Some grocers have already pledged not to sell foods with petroleum-based synthetic food dyes.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

FDA Approves Gardenia-Based Blue Dye for Use in Foods and Drinks

The additive — dubbed gardenia blue — can now be used in foods like sports drinks, flavored waters, fruit drinks, teas, and both hard and soft candies, the FDA announced July 14. It’s made by taking a compound called genipin from crushed gardenia fruit and combining it with soy protein.

Houston Chronicle on MSN · 1d

FDA approves gardenia blue for foods as ice cream industry may move to drop artificial dyes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted use the color gardenia (genipin) blue in various foods. Additionally, ice cream could also be shedding artificial food dyes in years to come.

Ice Cream, Synthetic Dyes

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Most Major Ice Cream Brands Will Remove Synthetic Dyes by 2028

TUESDAY, July 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About 90% of the ice cream sold in the U.S. will no longer contain artificial dyes by 2028, federal health officials announced.

IndiaWest · 4h

US Ice Cream Makers To Remove Food Dyes By 2028

WASHINGTON, DC – Building on a broader national effort to improve the quality of the American food supply, dozens of ice cream producers have announced plans to remove synthetic food dyes from their products by 2028.

The Hill on MSN · 7d

Not all brands are onboard with ditching synthetic dyes

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants synthetic dyes out of the nation’s food supply, but not every brand is ready to let go.

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Texas probes M&M maker Mars' resistance to removing synthetic dyes

Texas' attorney general said on Wednesday he has begun investigating Mars, which makes M&M's and Skittles candies, for its ...

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Mars in the spotlight: Texas investigates M&M’s maker for use of synthetic food dyes

The state of Texas has launched a formal investigation into Mars Incorporated, the maker of the famous M&M's and Skittles ...

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Popular candy maker pushes back on RFK Jr's MAHA initiative to ban synthetic food dyes

National Confectioners Association questions focus on synthetic dyes as MARS reverses its 2016 commitment, despite other ...

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Food Dyes Are Lurking in Surprising Places

In addition to finding these dyes in brightly colored processed foods, the researchers also found them in more muted foods ...

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One in five US foods and drinks contain synthetic dyes, study shows

As many as 19% of packaged foods and beverages contain synthetic food dyes, according to new research evaluating the content ...

20 Percent of What You’re Eating Contains Harmful Food Dyes, But That’s About to Change

A new study finds synthetic dyes in one of 5 US foods, raising health concerns, especially for kids, as major brands begin ...

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Mars disregards Trump admin's push to eliminate food dyes

White House senior advisor to 'MAHA' Calley Means responds to the Mars company's pushback on RFK Jr's campaign to eliminate ...

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