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Kellogg’s Froot Loops and Apple Jacks will quickly be made with out synthetic colours as the corporate strikes to remove the components from its whole cereal portfolio by the tip of the 12 months.
WK Kellogg introduced this week that it’s accelerating its transition to naturally sourced colours by a full 12 months, with manufacturing of the reformulated cereals anticipated to start later this 12 months and merchandise reaching retailers earlier than the tip of 2026.
Kellogg mentioned customers can anticipate the identical style and acquainted colours, which is able to as a substitute come from pure sources together with fruit and vegetable juices and different plant-based substances.
However one query could also be high of thoughts for Froot Loops followers: Will the cereal’s iconic rainbow look the identical?
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Kellogg’s Froot Loops will likely be made with out synthetic colours by the tip of 2026 as WK Kellogg transitions its cereal portfolio to naturally sourced colours. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Kellogg says it is going to.
The corporate intends to keep up the acquainted pink, orange, yellow, inexperienced, purple and blue colours utilizing naturally sourced options.
“Increasingly more customers are searching for meals made with easy, recognizable substances and we’re proud to fulfill these expectations, even earlier than deliberate,” WK Kellogg Chief Development Officer Doug VanDeVelde mentioned in a press release.
VanDeVelde mentioned the corporate performed in depth client testing to make sure the brand new recipes maintained the style and colourful look customers anticipate.
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WK Kellogg is accelerating plans to remove synthetic colours from its whole cereal portfolio by the tip of 2026. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)
“It wasn’t straightforward however we recognized pure options for each coloration and we’re assured households will love the up to date recipes and simplified substances with out compromising on high quality or style,” he mentioned.
WK Kellogg additionally mentioned it’s forward of schedule in eradicating the preservative BHT from the small quantity of cereal packaging that also accommodates it, though the corporate didn’t present a particular timeline.
The transition away from synthetic colours is already underway. The corporate mentioned it has reformulated meals served in faculties to remove synthetic colours and stopped launching new merchandise containing synthetic colours starting in January.
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WK Kellogg says Froot Loops will preserve their acquainted rainbow of colours after the corporate removes synthetic colours from the cereal. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
The accelerated timeline comes after WK Kellogg introduced final August that it deliberate to remove synthetic colours from its cereals by the tip of 2027.
The transition can also be a part of the corporate’s “Make Consuming Nicely Simple” initiative and its new SPOONS on-pack diet information.
