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President Donald J. Trump took office promising to confront the chronic health crisis plaguing Americans - and six months later, he is delivering on that promise by removing harmful chemicals from our food supply.
Today, the Trump Administration announced that dozens of ice cream companies - representing more than 90% of the ice cream volume sold in the U.S. - have pledged to eliminate the use of certified artificial colors in their ice cream and frozen dairy products.
They join a growing group of leading companies that have taken steps to improve the food supply:
- Steak & Shake moved to 100% all-natural beef tallow and replaced its "buttery blend," which contained seed oils, with 100% Grade A Wisconsin butter.
- McCormick announced it will drop certain food dyes from its products.
- PepsiCo announced it will remove artificial ingredients from popular food items - including Lay's and Tostitos chips - by the end of the year.
- In-N-Out announced it will remove synthetic food dyes and artificial flavors from its menu items, and also transitioned to 100% beef tallow.
- Tyson Foods eliminated synthetic dyes in its food products.
- Mars removed titanium dioxide from its Skittles product.
- Sam's Club committed to removing 40 harmful ingredients - including artificial colors, additives, dyes, and high-fructose corn syrup - from its private-label products.
- Kraft-Heinz announced it will remove artificial dyes from its U.S. products.
- General Mills announced it will remove artificial dyes from its U.S. cereals and all foods served in K-12 schools.
- Nestlé announced it will remove all petroleum-based food dyes from its food and beverage products.
- Conagra Foods announced it will remove certain color additives from its frozen products, no longer offer products with artificial dyes in K-12 schools, and stop using artificial dyes in the manufacturing of its products.
- JM Smucker announced it will remove synthetic colors from its consumer food products.
- Hershey announced it will remove synthetic dyes from its snacks.
- Consumer Brands announced it will urge its members to remove artificial colors in food and beverage products served in schools.
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