
General Mills, CandyChanged 2025
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Red 40, Blue 1 to Spirulina, vegetable juice +1
General Mills has announced that Betty Crocker Reese's Pieces Cookie Mix will remove Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, and 1 more. Current labels may still list them. Announced Jun 17, 2025. Source: bettycrocker.com.
Announced Jun 17, 2025Verified Oct 4, 2026
General Mills · Reese's

Betty Crocker is in the General Mills commitment to remove certified colors from all U.S. retail foods by the end of 2027. The current bettycrocker.com ingredient list still shows Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Blue 1.
3 sources · manufacturer ingredient list, manufacturer announcement, FDA / government ↓
Announced
General Mills announced a change. Source: Manufacturer announcement.
Company target
Company-stated target date, not a verification.
Current manufacturer ingredient list
Betty Crocker Reese's Pieces Cookie Mix: ingredients (bettycrocker.com)Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Sugar, Brown Sugar, Peanut Butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated canola and cottonseed oil, salt), REESE'S PIECES Minis (sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil [palm kernel, soybean], partially defatted peanuts, corn syrup solids, artificial color [yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake], salt, confectioner's glaze, modified corn starch, soy lecithin, artificial flavor, carnauba wax), Chocolate Chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), Palm Oil, Baking Soda, Salt, Nonfat Milk.
bettycrocker.com
Manufacturer announcement
General Mills plans to remove certified colors from all U.S. cereals and K-12 foods by summer 2026General Mills will remove certified colors from all U.S. cereals and K-12 school foods by summer 2026 and from its full U.S. retail portfolio by the end of 2027.
investors.generalmills.com
FDA / government source
FDA: Tracking food industry pledges to remove petroleum-based food dyesfda.gov
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