The ice makers, who are about 90% of the US frozen -delicacies, have undertaken to remove artificial dyes from their products in less than three years, said federal health officer on Monday.
The move is the recent voluntary effort of food manufacturers to consider calls from the Trump management to remove Synthetic dyes On concerns about potential health effects. In the past few weeks, including companies, including NestlePresent Kraft Heinz And General Mills said they would also pull artificial colors out of their food.
“This is a Renaissance moment for health in America,” said Marty Makary, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, at a press conference.
According to Michael Dykes, the President of the International Dairy Foods Association, around 40 makers of ice cream and frozen milk desserts would remove seven petroleum base from their products by 2028. The colors are red 3, red 40, green 3, blue 1, blue 2, yellow 5 and yellow 6. The trading group would not identify the companies, although Turkey Hill Dairy Chief Andy Jacobs had joined the meeting.
The national focus on artificial food dyes is “a good step”, but the civil servants should ignore not larger known participants in chronic diseases, including the additional sugar and saturated fats, which can often be found in ice cream, said Deanna Hoelscher, a nutrition expert at the University of Texas.
“Just taking out or changing the source of food dye will not necessarily make it a healthy option,” she said. “It is still a meal that should be consumed in moderation.”
However, Makary also indicated that new federal guidelines that are expected later this year would question fixed connections between saturated fat and heart diseases, which ended “70 years of demonizing natural saturated fat”.
The average American eats about 4 gallon ice cream per year, said the IDFA.
Health representative have long demanded to remove artificial dyes from food, and quoted mixed studies that show that they can cause some neuro -Shavioral problems such as hyperactivity and attention problems in some children. The Food and Drug Administration has claimed that approved dyes are safe and that “most children have no adverse effects” when consuming food.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the dyes and put the manufacturers under pressure to remove them from food. In their place, the manufacturers made of dyes that are made should be used from Fruit juices, plant extracts and other sourcesFederal official said.
The FDA has approved New natural color too In the past few months, including a new blue color from the fruit of the Gardenia, which was announced on Monday. Gardenia (Genipin) Blue is approved for sports drinks, sweets and certain other products, said the agency.
On Monday, Makary also sent a letter to food manufacturers in which they are “encouraged” to accelerate the distance of the dye known as Red 3 was forbidden In January. Up to 2027, food manufacturers have to remove the dye caused by laboratory rats, but not in humans.
Some food companies have announced that it will set artificial dyes, but it will not rely on voluntary measures than on regulatory requirements, said Thomas Galligan, a scientist of the Center for Science in the public interest, a consumer representation.
“Talking is cheap,” said Galligan. “It is easy for companies to make promises to look as if they are compliant and create a good will among consumers and the Trump administration, but it remains to be seen whether they will actually get through.”
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