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Conagra has announced that Duncan Hines Epic Cookie Kit Chocolate Peppermint 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 Epic Cookie Kit Chocolate Peppermint: ingredients (SmartLabel (smartlabel.conagra.com))Cocoa Cookie Mix Sugar Wheat Flour Cocoa Processed With Alkali Palm Oil Contains Less Than 2% Of: Leavening Sodium Bicarbonate Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Monocalcium Phosphate Salt Frosting Sugar Water Palm Oil Corn Syrup Nonfat Dry Milk Canola Oil Contains Less Than 2% Of: Corn Starch Modified Corn Starch Mono- And Diglycerides Salt Polysorbate 60 Titanium Dioxide [Color] Preservative Potassium Sorbate Mixed Tocopherols Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate Natural Flavor Sprinkles Powdered Sugar Sugar Corn Starch Rice Flour Vegetable Oil [Palm, Palm Kernel] Natural And Artificial Flavors Cellulose Gum Re
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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