{"id":44081,"date":"2025-06-28T01:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T06:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44081"},"modified":"2025-06-28T02:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T07:00:17","slug":"j-m-smucker-plans-to-remove-artificial-colors-from-its-jams-by-the-end-of-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=44081","title":{"rendered":"J.M. Smucker plans to remove artificial colors from its jams by the end of 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">J.M. Smucker Co. plans to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/artificial-synthetic-food-dyes-natural-fda-sensient-ad9611b1235f2097469508e711e71094\">remove artificial colors<\/a>&nbsp;from its products by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Orrville, Ohio-based Smucker said Thursday it will also remove synthetic dyes from foods sold to K-12 schools by the 2026-2027 school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Smucker said the majority of its products \u2013 including its Uncrustables sandwiches \u2013 are already free of synthetic dyes. But some products still have them, including sugar-free jams and ice cream toppings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Smucker said some products from Hostess, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hostess-smucker-twinkie-bankruptcy-f37a3ec4028be7eca7cf5e963ce43135\">it acquired in 2023<\/a>, also contain artificial colors. Twinkies are made with Red 40 and Yellow 5, for example, while Snoballs snack cakes are made with Red 40 Lake, a dye combined with aluminum to keep it from dissolving in water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Smucker joins a growing number of big food companies that have announced plans to eliminate artificial dyes. Earlier this week,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nestle-artificial-colors-dyes-534843becc89b62d8ac548f81338ec1b\">Nestle<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/conagra-artificial-colors-dyes-duncan-hines-3bdf5b4c47c0afd8876b0fbca109f595\">Conagra Brands<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 the parent company of Duncan Hines \u2014 both said they would phase out synthetic dyes.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kraft-heinz-dye-ketchup-70a48b9af69583e24755392daf9f1a4a\">Kraft Heinz and General Mills<\/a>&nbsp;made similar pledges last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The federal government has stepped up its scrutiny of artificial colors in recent months. In January, days before President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. regulators&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fda-red-dye-no-3-ban-94c3e418584fb1e91ca3b0cbeb3d5a60\">banned the dye<\/a>&nbsp;called Red 3 from the nation\u2019s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In April, Trump\u2019s Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency would&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fda-artificial-food-dyes-kennedy-6f6c1aa08aafdae1925718804f360c0b\">take steps to eliminate synthetic dyes<\/a>&nbsp;by the end of 2026, largely by relying on voluntary efforts from the food industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/wireStory\/jm-smucker-plans-remove-artificial-colors-jams-products-123284539\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.M. Smucker Co. plans to&nbsp;remove artificial colors&nbsp;from its products by the end of 2027. Orrville, Ohio-based Smucker said Thursday it will also remove synthetic dyes from foods sold to K-12 schools by the 2026-2027 school year. Smucker said the majority of its products \u2013 including its Uncrustables sandwiches \u2013 are already free of synthetic dyes. 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