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New York Post
15-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
In-N-Out Burger removes artificial coloring from signature drinks
In-N-Out Burger has announced a major menu switch, changing the ingredients of a few of its beverages. 'As part of our ongoing commitment to providing our customers with the highest-quality ingredients, we have removed artificial coloring from our Strawberry Shakes and Signature Pink Lemonade,' Patty Pena, a spokesperson for the California-based burger joint, confirmed to Fox News Digital on Wednesday. Advertisement It is unclear which specific dyes have been removed by the popular fast-food restaurant or if the coloring will be replaced. Last month, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban on petroleum-based synthetic dyes within the nation's food supply, citing health concerns. Petroleum-based synthetic dyes are used to add color to food and drug items. The dyes are commonly found in breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, beverages, vitamins and 'other products [that are] aimed at children,' according to an article titled 'The Artificial Food Dye Blues,' shared by the National Library of Medicine. Advertisement 3 In-N-Out Burger removed artificial coloring from the chain's Strawberry Shakes and Signature Pink Lemonade. In-N-Out Burger The FDA recently announced the approval of three natural-source colors in food items: Galdieria extract blue, butterfly pea flower extract and calcium phosphate. Pena told Fox News Digital the chain will be making a major change to a staple condiment as well. 'We're also in the process of transitioning to an upgraded ketchup, which is made with real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup,' Pena said. Advertisement 3 In-N-Out Burger is in the process of taking high-fructose corn syrup out of its ketchup. WeWander – HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called out sugar during the agency's announcement on the artificial dye ban. 'Sugar is poison,' Kennedy said at the time. 'And Americans need to know that it is poisoning us.' California-based certified nutritionist Courtney Swan of Realfoodology told Fox News Digital that high-fructose corn syrup needs to be examined. Advertisement High-fructose corn syrup is a processed sweetener derived from corn starch, which Swan classifies as an 'ultraprocessed, refined sugar.' 3 It is unclear which specific dyes have been removed by the popular fast-food restaurant or if the coloring will be replaced. Mustard Assets – The syrup is 'so far removed from its original source that it's not even recognizable as something that would be considered food anymore,' Swan said. Fox News Digital followed up with In-N-Out Burger for additional comment.
Fox News
14-05-2025
- Health
- Fox News
In-N-Out Burger makes major ingredient changes to drinks and popular condiment
In-N-Out Burger has announced a major menu switch, changing the ingredients of a few of its beverages. "As part of our ongoing commitment to providing our customers with the highest-quality ingredients, we have removed artificial coloring from our Strawberry Shakes and Signature Pink Lemonade," Patty Pena, a spokesperson for the California-based burger joint, confirmed to Fox News Digital on Wednesday. It is unclear which specific dyes have been removed by the popular fast-food restaurant or if the coloring will be replaced. Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban on petroleum-based synthetic dyes within the nation's food supply, citing health concerns. Petroleum-based synthetic dyes are used to add color to food and drug items. The dyes are commonly found in breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, beverages, vitamins and "other products [that are] aimed at children," according to an article titled "The Artificial Food Dye Blues," shared by the National Library of Medicine. The FDA recently announced the approval of three natural-source colors in food items: Galdieria extract blue, butterfly pea flower extract and calcium phosphate. Pena told Fox News Digital the chain will be making a major change to a staple condiment as well. "We're also in the process of transitioning to an upgraded ketchup, which is made with real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup," Pena said. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called out sugar during the agency's announcement on the artificial dye ban. "Sugar is poison," Kennedy said at the time. "And Americans need to know that it is poisoning us." California-based certified nutritionist Courtney Swan of Realfoodology told Fox News Digital that high-fructose corn syrup needs to be examined. High-fructose corn syrup is a processed sweetener derived from corn starch, which Swan classifies as an "ultraprocessed, refined sugar." The syrup is "so far removed from its original source that it's not even recognizable as something that would be considered food anymore," Swan said. Fox News Digital followed up with In-N-Out Burger for additional comment.
Fox News
29-04-2025
- Health
- Fox News
Food dye ban prompts southern ice cream joint's radical menu change
A shop that makes homemade ice cream is implementing a major change in the way it serves scoops. Stella's Homemade Ice Cream in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, recently announced it will be phasing out artificial food dyes. Haley King, owner of Stella's Homemade Ice Cream, told Fox News Digital the decision stemmed from inspiration from a family member. "When we first opened Stella's Homemade Ice Cream, my niece was a few months old and my sister was trying to keep dyes out of her diet," King said. "We learned from her and started doing our research then about dyes in our diets." King said Stella's has "been trying to use dyes sparingly" since opening in 2022. "Most of our flavors — around 150 out of our 200 flavors — are dye-free," King said. She said most ice cream brands at the grocery store do use dyes and that can be seen on the back of the label. "Luckily, we make all of our ice cream in-house and have the ability to manipulate how much dye we use, if we use any," King said. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) as well as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a ban on petroleum-based synthetic dyes last week, with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Commissioner Martin Makary leading the charge. Artificial food colorings were originally manufactured from coal tar; today, most synthetic food dyes are made from petroleum, or crude oil, according to the American Chemical Society (ACS) website. The dyes commonly found in breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, beverages, vitamins and "other products [that are] aimed at children are colored with dyes," according to an article entitled "The Artificial Food Dye Blues," as shared by the National Library of Medicine. "Of the 50ish flavors that do have dye, some of that is out of our control because of other products that we use – for example, cereal flavors like Froot Loops or Fruity Pebbles or flavors that use cosmic brownies," King said. King said the shop has been experimenting with natural dyes such as blue spirulina, turmeric extract and purple carrot juice to color its ice creams. "We actually just made our first run of mint chocolate chip ice cream using the natural dyes," King said. She said that switching to natural dyes over artificial food coloring does cost more. "We think it's a pretty great switch." "However, there is no taste change in the ice cream, and we think it's a pretty great switch," King said. She said she's hopeful that "with the recent ban, bigger products like M&Ms and cereals [will] make the switch so that it can trickle down to us mom-and-pop shops."
