New York — New York (AP) – Wal Mart He said on Wednesday that she is planning to remove her Artificial food dyes And 30 other components, including some preservatives, artificial sweeteners, fat alternatives, are their commercial brands that are sold in the United States by January 2027.
This step he announced The largest retail dealer in the country It reaches recognition that American consumers and the US government under President Donald Trump pay attention to what goes to packed foods. Wall Mart said that its goal would affect about 1,000 products, including salty snacks, baked goods, strengths, power dressings and frost.
However, many ingredients in the Walmart removal menu, however, are already banned, widely used or have It has not been used In the United States, food supplies for decades. Others were included despite the absence of known problems or targeted by the Trump administration for a possible review and cancellation as a certified food additive, according to food safety experts.
Wall Mart said that the 14 -month redemption plan would include its own largest brand of private foods, which is a great value. Customers can also sign changes in the Walmart markets and guaranteed lines Prepared foodsAnd to some extent in the distinctive brand better Products, the company said.
In recent months, major food companies such as Kraft HeinzNestle and Conagra brands I pledged to get rid of oil -based artificial dyes in the coming years. Walmart took its news a step forward by identifying other types of food added materials in the schedule for gradual disposal.
Chemicals and compounds that retail intend to remove them include the breadth of the manufacture of foodstuffs. For example, the Walmart menu includes potassium nitrate and potassium and Peslevit potassium, which is used as preservatives in processed meat. It is also planned to remove phthalates, a chemical used to make plastic flexible.
Health defenders have argued that phthalates in the plastic cover, plastic packing and plastic bottles It can end In food and drinks. the American Food and Drug Administration Limited, but it has not ended in the elements that come into contact with food.
But some of the 30 non -temples listed by Walmart have already been banned or not used. The gradual disposal of SIMPLESSE, which is an alternative to the named fat, was eliminated from the American food market in 2023. Other banned additions in the menu of transnational fatty acids, or unsaturated fats include, which the FDA (FDA) is no longer effectively revolving around and then disposed of in 2023 by identifying these partial water oils.
Wall Mart said that the selection of granted additives reflects the availability of “viable and canable alternatives” to maintain the quality of the product, taste and reasonable prices.
Some of the 11 artificial food dyes set by the company, such as Red No. 4, Red No. 3Citrus 2 and Orange B, also the subject or proposed ban, or not used in the United States for years.
In June, the Wal -Mart Club divided the wholesale, Sam ClubShe will remove more than 40 components, including artificial colors and artificial desalination, from Mark products for her member by the end of the year.
The company said that the shoppers at Wall Mart are likely to see modified foodstuffs in the coming months. Among them: large cheese decreases made of sweet pepper and Annatto, which is the coloring of food and spices derived from the seeds of the Achiote tree, instead of yellow number 5 and yellow No. 6.
In the future, Cereal Great Value Fruit Cereal will not get their colors from Red No. 40 and Yellow No. 6 and Blue No. 2, but from Beta Carotney, Annatto, Blue-Green Spirulina and Juice Concents, according to Walmart.
Scott Morris, the vice president of the first special brands for food, consumables and manufacturing, told Associated Press that 90 % of Walmart special brand foods do not contain artificial dyes. He said that Wednesday news determines the largest reformulation of food in the history of Wall Mart, but it is also an acceleration of the process that the company has started in the past few years.
Customers have asked Walmart to get rid of certain components, but replace them with More natural alternatives Morris said the complex. He said that the performance of alternatives can vary greatly depending on whether the product is stable or needs to be cooled. He added that the new versions need to be tested strongly with customers.
Morris said: “Every element of snowflame.”
The main factor that prevented Wall Mart from repairing his food shelves soon was limited Approved alternativesHe said that the market is increasing.
“Now is the time to find our advertisement and to be more wide with our application of natural ingredients,” Morris said.
The federal government also gives increasing artificial food dyes,
Days before Trump returned to his post, the Food and Drug Administration Dye It is called Red 3 of the country’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it is prevented from cosmetics due to the risk of potential cancer.
In April, Health Minister Robert F. Kennedy Junior. The FDA Commissioner Marti Macari said that the agency will be Take steps to eliminate artificial dyes By the end of 2026, largely dependent on the voluntary efforts of the food industry.
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