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Conagra has announced that Duncan Hines Easy Cake Kit Strawberries & Creme will remove Red 40 and Blue 2. 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 and Blue 2.
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 Strawberries & Creme: 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] Wheat Starch Leavening Sodium Bicarbonate Monocalcium Phosphate Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Red Colored Bits Sugar Yellow Corn Flour Dextrose Corn Starch Canola Oil Maltodextrin Wheat Flour Red 40 Blue 2 Contains Less than 2% of: Emulsifier Propylene Esters Of Fatty Acids Mono- and Diglycerides Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate Salt Xanthan Gum Cellulose Gum Citric Acid Maltodextrin Gum Arabic Red 40 Lake Natural and Artificial Flavor Carrageenan Fro
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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