Hershey Pledges to Drop Artificial Dyes From US Candy by End of 2027
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEStated 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[1], the source, reports it on 2 July without a day.
Hershey said it will take FD&C certified colors - the synthetic dyes in Twizzlers, Jolly Rancher and Shaq-A-Licious gummies - out of its US products by the end of 2027, blaming a patchwork of state dye laws as HHS pressed food makers to drop them.
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