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Stated as firm, per the Daily Caller[5] (1 Jul 2025): Hershey "will remove all artificial food dyes from its products by the end of 2027, the company announced Monday", and the Washington Examiner[3] (2 Jul): "announcing Monday its plan to phase out artificial dyes by 2027" - Monday was 30 June 2025; Food Dive, the source, reports it on 2 July without a day.
Hershey's own account: 'In mid-2025, we shared our decision to remove Food, Drug & Cosmetic certified colors from our U.S. portfolio by the end of 2027', with the reasons and the natural-source colors it is testing.[1]
Says Hershey was 'announcing Monday its plan to phase out artificial dyes by 2027', a week after J.M. Smucker.[1]
Hershey confirmed the plan to the magazine; the quote came via Bloomberg News; not an official announcement; sixth company after Kraft Heinz, General Mills, Nestle USA, Conagra and J.M. Smucker; dyes found in Jolly Rancher, Good & Plenty and Twizzlers.[1]
Dates the pledge: Hershey will remove all artificial food dyes by the end of 2027, 'the company announced Monday' (30 June 2025), with the spokesperson's quote.[1]
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“Two years ago, if you think about our multipack packages, that’s our one ounce size in multipack servings, those packages were in another outer plastic. So we moved that from plastic into cardboard and recyclable cardboard,” he said.
That move alone was able to deliver 12 million pounds of plastic out of the environment, PepsiCo said
In April, Frito-Lay and Quaker Oats opened a new learning center for packaging innovation at Frito-Lay’s research and development headquarters in Texas, where it will field test, measure and analyze compostable packaging, aiming to make the process of testing products to certification-ready at least two to three times faster.
