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Conagra has announced that Duncan Hines Easy Cake Kit Chocolate Lover's will remove Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6, and 1 more. Current labels may still list them. Announced Jun 26, 2025. Source: smartlabel.conagra.com.

Conagra committed to stop using certified colors across its U.S. retail portfolio, including Duncan Hines and Slim Jim, by the end of 2027. The current SmartLabel (smartlabel.conagra.com) ingredient list still shows Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Blue 1.
3 sources · manufacturer ingredient list, manufacturer announcement, FDA / government ↓
Announced
Conagra announced a change. Source: Manufacturer announcement.
Company target
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Current manufacturer ingredient list
Duncan Hines Easy Cake Kit Chocolate Lover's: ingredients (SmartLabel (smartlabel.conagra.com))Cake Mix Sugar Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour Wheat Flour Niacin Reduced Iron Thiamine Mononitrate Riboflavin Folic Acid Vegetable Oil Shortening (Palm Oil) Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali Wheat Starch Leavening Baking Soda Dicalcium Phosphate Monocalcium Phosphate Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Dextrose Emulsifier Propylene Esters Mono And Diglycerides Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate Salt Color Yellow 6 Lake Red 40 Lake Blue 1 Lake Soy Lecithin Yellow 5 Lake Xanthan Gum Cellulose Gum Natural And Artificial Flavor Frosting Sugar Shortening Palm Oil Canola Oil Mono- And Diglycerides Polysorbate 60 Water
smartlabel.conagra.com
Manufacturer announcement
Conagra Brands U.S. FD&C color commitmentConagra 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
FDA / government source
FDA: Tracking food industry pledges to remove petroleum-based food dyesConagra 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
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