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New York Times
08-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Quote of the Day: A Hard-Shelled Foe Emerges for Kennedy on Synthetic Dye
'If people are celebrating and eating treats, they don't want to be tasting beets.' KIRK VASHAW, fourth-generation head of Spangler Candy, which makes Dum-Dums lollipops and candy canes, on the federal government's efforts to persuade food makers, and especially candy makers, to stop using synthetic dyes.
Bloomberg
19-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Dum Dums Lollipops Stands by Bright Dyes, Despite RFK Jr.'s Push
The US government is pushing food companies to switch their bright synthetic dyes to natural colors — but the maker of Dum Dums lollipops and Sweethearts candy hearts is in no rush. Kirk Vashaw, chief executive officer of Spangler Candy Company, said a key problem with changing ingredients is taste. Take beet juice: 'That's a nice red, but it tastes like beets,' he said.
