Trump Admin Announces Three New Food Colors: What to Know
May 9, 2025
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Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. You can get in touch with Gabe by emailing g.whisnant@newsweek.com. Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved three new natural color additives for use in foods amid the Trump administration’s push to eliminate petroleum-based dyes from the nation’s food supply.
The move announced on Friday aligns with the Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHS) “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has previously emphasized the elimination of synthetic dyes and vowed to replace them with natural alternatives.
The newly approved color additives include: Galdieria extract blue, derived from red algae and approved for a wide range of beverages and dairy products; butterfly pea flower extract, which produces shades of blue, purple, and green and can now be used in cereals, chips, and snack mixes; and calcium phosphate, a white colorant approved for items such as chicken products and sugar coatings.
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is available.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Washington, as Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes… President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders and proclamations in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Washington, as Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., listen.
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