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Conagra has announced that Duncan Hines Epic Cookie Kit Birthday Cake will remove Red 40, Red 3 and Yellow 5, 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, Red 3, Yellow 5 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 Epic Cookie Kit Birthday Cake: ingredients (SmartLabel (smartlabel.conagra.com))Sugar Cookie Mix Wheat Flour Sugar Dextrose Sprinkles Sugar Rice Flour Palm Oil Glycerin Corn Starch Tapioca Starch Dried Glucose Syrup Gum Arabic Xanthan Gum Cellulose Gum Artificial Flavor Yellow 5 Red 3 Blue 1 Red 40 Contains Less Than 2% Of: Corn Starch Salt Leavening Sodium Bicarbonate Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Monocalcium Phosphate Frosting Sugar Palm Oil Water Corn Syrup Contains Less Than 2% Of: Corn Starch Mono-And Diglycerides Modified Corn Starch Salt Titanium Dioxide [Color] Potassium Sorbate [Preservative] Polysorbate 60 Natural And Artificial Flavor Antioxidant Ascorbyl Palmitate
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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