Duncan Hines Cake Cup Mermaid

Timeline

1. Jun 26, 2025

   Announced

   Conagra announced a change. Source: Manufacturer announcement.

2. Dec 31, 2027 · pending

   Company target

   Company-stated target date, not a verification.

Sources

• Current manufacturer ingredient list

  Duncan Hines Cake Cup Mermaid: ingredients (SmartLabel (smartlabel.conagra.com))

  Wheat Flour Sugar Palm Oil Dextrose Wheat Starch Nonfat Dry Milk Palm Kernel And Palm Oil Leavening Baking Soda Cream Of Tartar Contains Less Than 2% Of: Brown Sugar Dried Egg Whites Salt Whey Water Titanium Dioxide (Color) Corn Syrup Natural Flavor Soy Lecithin Blue 1 Tocopherol Natural Mixed Tocopherols Soybean Oil Artificial Flavor Calcium Stearate Carnauba Wax Citric Acid Confectioner's Glaze Mica Based Pearlescent Pigments Tapioca Dextrin Red 3

  smartlabel.conagra.com

  Apr 27, 2025 · Verified ✓

• Manufacturer announcement

  Conagra Brands U.S. FD&C color commitment

  Conagra Brands will remove FD&C colors from its U.S. frozen portfolio by the end of 2025 and from its full U.S. retail portfolio by the end of 2027.

  foodbusinessnews.net

  Jun 26, 2025

• FDA / government source

  FDA: Tracking food industry pledges to remove petroleum-based food dyes

  Conagra Brands — Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Marie Callender's, Slim Jim: discontinue certified color additives across the U.S. retail portfolio by the end of 2027 (in progress).

  fda.gov

  Sep 15, 2026