Pittsburgh & Chicago….Today, The Kraft Heinz Company announced it will not launch any new products in the U.S. with Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) colors, effective immediately. The Company also announced it will remove the remaining FD&C colors from its U.S. product portfolio before the end of 2027. Already, nearly 90 percent of Kraft Heinz’s U.S. products are free of FD&C colors (by Net Sales). For the small portion of products that currently contain FD&C colors, the Company has invested significant resources, mobilizing a team to address this complex challenge with a three-pronged approach (3Rs):
- Removing colors where it is not critical to the consumer experience; or
- Replacing FD&C colors with natural colors; or
- Reinventing new colors and shades where matching natural replacements are not available.
“As a food company with a 150+ year heritage, we are continuously evolving our recipes, products, and portfolio to deliver superiority to consumers and customers,” said Pedro Navio, North America President at Kraft Heinz. “The vast majority of our products use natural or no colors, and we’ve been on a journey to reduce our use of FD&C colors across the remainder of our portfolio. In fact, we removed artificial colors, preservatives, and flavors from our beloved Kraft Mac & Cheese back in 2016. Our iconic Heinz Tomato Ketchup has never had artificial dyes – the red color comes simply from the world’s best tomatoes. Above all, we are focused on providing nutritious, affordable, and great-tasting food for Americans and this is a privilege we don’t take lightly.”
Given FD&C colors have a longstanding history of approval by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Kraft Heinz has used the colors in a small number of products. As part of this process, Kraft Heinz is also working with licensees of its brands to encourage them to remove FD&C colors.
Ongoing Commitment to Quality & Nutrition
For Kraft Heinz, it all starts at the source. Farming is the heart of our story – from soil to table, every product reflects the care, expertise, and responsibility we bring to nourishing people around the world.
Today, Kraft Heinz sources the most tomatoes in the U.S., all grown in California for products like Heinz Tomato Ketchup. Claussen pickles (cucumbers) are grown in Ohio and Michigan; Ore-Ida potatoes are grown in Idaho; the dairy for Philadelphia cream cheese comes from farms in Upstate New York. It’s all part of the Company’s mission to make high-quality, great-tasting food that is both affordable and accessible to all.
Kraft Heinz has made great progress innovating and renovating its products to improve their nutritional profiles in recent years. The Company has made changes to more than 1,000 product recipes to add protein and fiber, and reduce sugar, salt, and saturated fat. Through these changes, Kraft Heinz is on track to reduce nearly 55 million pounds of sugar across its portfolio by the end of this year.
To learn more about Kraft Heinz, visit www.kraftheinz.com/made-by-us
ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
We are driving transformation at The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC), inspired by our Purpose, Let’s Make Life Delicious. Consumers are at the center of everything we do. With 2024 net sales of approximately $26 billion, we are committed to growing our iconic and emerging food and beverage brands on a global scale. We leverage our scale and agility to unleash the full power of Kraft Heinz across a portfolio of eight consumer-driven product platforms. As global citizens, we’re dedicated to making a sustainable, ethical impact while helping feed the world in healthy, responsible ways. Learn more about our journey by visiting www.kraftheinzcompany.com or following us on LinkedIn.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements. Words such as “commit,” “will,” “expect,” “focus,” and variations of such words and similar future or conditional expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. The Company disclaims and does not undertake any obligation to update, revise, or withdraw any forward-looking statement in this press release, except as required by applicable law or regulation.
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These colors don’t run (the FDA)!
“We don’t put red 40 on our ketchup and we aren’t going to start now”
Bold words
This is an example of what your politicians high dollar life with nothing to do but look for just pettiness in peoples lives instead of reality doing something of worth and than saying look what I did for you so vote for me again
Today kegger pete hegsteth told Congress they will not act according to the courts.
How lawless is that?
Also he said, we are taking Greenland.
So the US is now a rogue state , acting as Putin does in Russia, this is the don’s plan.
3 more states are getting the military positioned in them, completely illegal.
What more do you need to see before everyone realizes the US is no more it is now
trumpanstan.
I dont understand why millions had left the democrat party and voted for Trump of all people. Was it the two wars Biden and the dems started? Was it because of more deaths from covid and shutting down the country in blue states? Was it the highest inflation in over 5 decades? Was it the horrific Afghanistan withdrawal? Was it Bidens weaknesses and dementia that started 2 wars? Was it putting America and her people last? Was it the lies that our borders were secured? Was it because the left used our Justice System to go after their political rivals? Was it because the left attacked parents of school children, Jewish people, Christians and their schools? Was it because of their DEI policies? Was it because social media giants, legacy media, all colluded to attack the right and not tell the truth?
Or maybe its because the left isn’t just corrupted, if they dont get their way, they attack with hatred and violence, they riot, they damage property, they’ll loot businesses, all in the name of their type of justice.
The left seen too ignorant to see how horrible they’ve become and certainly haven’t learned a single thing with the way the last administration brought our country down.
Here’s another example of what the left thinks is the correct way to celebrate in the Oregon House of Representatives.
Two drag queens sashayed onto the floor of the Oregon House of Representatives and delivered an awkward, over-the-top performance for lawmakers Wednesday morning — with one Republican official decrying the charade as pure “political theater.”
The bizarre fiasco erupted on the chamber floor in honor of a Democratic resolution recognizing “the artistry of black drag performers” in the Beaver State, Rep. Travis E. Nelson told The Post.
The Democrat is the first black LGBTQIA+ House member.
Video of the flamboyant display captured the two queens — one sporting a bright yellow shimmery jumpsuit, with the other rocking a rainbow-hued one-piece with a blue wig — lip-synching to Aretha Franklin’s “A Deeper Love” while dancing wildly and jumping up and down around the chamber for nearly five minutes.
“I’m not sure the Founding Fathers envisioned taxpayer-funded legislative chambers being turned into platforms for political theater,” Rep. Dwayne Yunker posted on X, with footage of the cringeworthy act.
It seems Democrats think Drag Shows are not just for 5 year old school children.
https://x.com/RepYunker/status/1935411823634956642
How do you feel about trump flirting with a war with Iran? Seems bad.
Let’s Go Taco !!
^^^Hey taco moron!! You buy your T1 phone yet? We know you will. Why? Cuz you are one dumb MAGA Moron, and your false idol, DJT, has got you by your tiny little balls. You do whatever he says. So Donald Jr. Says go buy your fone dummy. You heard him Cletus…………get along now.
Aww, someone is getting sooo mad, I wonder if he’ll go destroy someone’s property, loot a business, set it on fire, and call it social justice? Yeah that’s it, he’s doing it because someone said “Taco” in a derogatory comment. Kind of like Jill Biden telling Mexicans they should feel proud of their heritage and bringing breakfast burritos to America.
Right-wing violence is the actual problem. An evangelical trump supporter just assassinated democratic lawmakers and Republican senators made jokes and encouraged it. These things are not the same.
The right wing cult is a violent mentally ill group.
They are trying to push the shooter was a Democrat, and you know they are the violent ones.
96% of all the shooters, bombers have been right wing.
The psychosis the evangelicals, fundamentalists have is a twisted version of Christianity.
The army of God, etc.
Any religion is a problem because it requires you accept “faith” over truth, reality, and accept dogma , and belief of a man made story.
The believer must train the rational human brain to accept superstition, a.k. a. faith.
The shooter in Mn is on a video shown in a religious stupor dancing and praising J C , in a mission in the Congo , this group then went out and killed known gay people in their community.
More humans in our time on earth have died in the name of a religion than any other cause.
Fu€k Trump!
Taco:
Trump
Always
Chickens
Out