The food company behind popular brands like Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm will eliminate all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from its products by the end of May, its president and CEO said.
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ThecompanybehindJimmyDeanandHillshireFarmfoodproductsismakingakeyingredientchangeamidapushfromU.S.HealthandHumanServicesSecretaryRobertF.KennedyJr.
TysonFoodswillremoveallpetroleum-basedsyntheticdyesfromitsproductsbytheendofthismonth.
DonnieKing,presidentandchiefexecutiveofficeroftheArkansas-basedcompany,announcedthenewsduringanearningscallonMonday.
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“Asarecognizedleaderinprotein,noneoftheproductsTysonFoodsoffersthroughourschoolnutritionprogramsincludepetroleum-basedsyntheticdyesasingredients,”Kingsaid.
Mostofthecompany’sretail-brandedTysonproducts,includingitschickennuggets,“donotcontainanyofthesetypesofdyes,andwehavebeenproactivelyreformulatingthosefewproductsthatdo,”hesaid.
“Weexpectthatourworktoeliminatetheuseofpetroleum-basedsyntheticdyesinproductionwillbecom
