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

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 and Yellow 6.
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 Super Moist Carrot Cake Mix: ingredients (bettycrocker.com)Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Sugar, Corn Syrup, Carrot Flavored Pieces (corn syrup, enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], corn cereal, palm oil, color [caramel color, yellow 6, red 40], carrot powder), Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate). Contains 2% or less of: Modified Corn Starch, Palm Oil, Corn Starch, Propylene Glycol Mono and Diesters, Salt, Monoglycerides, Cinnamon, Spice, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Caramel Color.
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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