America’s largest meat company, Tyson Foods, has announced that it making changes to the ingredients of its products to comply with the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Tyson announced that it will end the use of synthetic food dyes in its products to align with the “Make America Healthy Again” initiatives of the Trump administration.
In a statement, Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King said he expects the company to remove all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from its products by the end of May.
King revealed the plans during Tyson’s Q2 earnings call.
The executive claimed that most of Tyson Foods’ products do not contain these types of food dyes.
However, he added that Tyson has already begun reformulating the products that do.
“Today, the vast majority of our retail branded Tyson products, including our Tyson Dino Nuggets, Tyson Chicken Nuggets, Tyson Chicken Bites, and Jimmy Dean Maple Griddle cakes do not contain any of these types of dyes, and we have been proactively reformulating those few products that do,” he said during the call.
King also affirmed that no Tyson Foods products offered through school nutrition programs contain artificial food dyes.
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