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Conagra has announced that Duncan Hines Easy Cake Kit Red Velvet Dream will remove Red 40. Current labels may still list it. 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.
3 sources · manufacturer ingredient list, manufacturer announcement, FDA / government ↓
Announced
Conagra announced a change. Source: Manufacturer announcement.
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Current manufacturer ingredient list
Duncan Hines Easy Cake Kit Red Velvet Dream: 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 Red 40 Artificial Flavor Xanthan Gum Cellulose Gum Frosting Sugar Shortening Palm Oil Canola Oil Mono- And Diglycerides Polysorbate 60 Water Contains 2% Or Less Of Corn Syrup Corn Starch Modified Food Starch Natural
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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