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Kraft Rejects Consumers: Controversial Artificial Colors Staying in Mac & Cheese

Jill Ettinger — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:33:11 +0000

After gathering more than 270,000 signatures petitioning the use of artificial colors in Kraft's Mac & Cheese, food blogger Vani Hari—better known as the Food Babe—hand delivered the requests to the company, but failed to get a satisfactory response.

Food Bloggers’ Petition Targets Artificial Colors in Kraft’s Macaroni and Cheese

Jill Ettinger — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:35:02 +0000

It may be "the cheesiest" but Kraft's iconic Macaroni and Cheese is now the target of a campaign to get controversial artificial colors removed from the product's ingredients.

Artificial Caramel Coloring in Soft Drinks Linked to Cancer, FDA Petitioned

Jill Ettinger — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:47:49 +0000

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has submitted another blow to the soda industry in a petition with the FDA to ban ingredients commonly known as "caramel coloring" found in many sodas and snack food items due to the increased risk of cancer caused by these colorants.

Banned in Europe, Food Coloring Linked to Behavior Problems

Jill Ettinger — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:30:43 +0000

In 1976, M&M candies discontinued their "Red M" amidst concerns over the potentially fatal risk of red food coloring that contained amaranth (in FD&C Red #2), suspected as being cancer-causing. Though M&M did not use this dye in the product pulled from store shelves, fears about red-dyed foods were so heightened, the red-colored candy did not return for more than a decade.