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Wait, Are Potato Chips Getting Healthier?

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So many companies are joining the MAHA movement.     Last week I wrote about the major changes Walmart is making to 1,000   Great Value foods .     Pepsi is joining the movement as PepsiCo is revamping its iconic   Lay’s potato chips , one of America’s top selling brands of potato chips.     Everything from ingredients to packaging is changing.   🥔  Ingredient Overhaul:   Lay’s is stripping away artificial flavors and colors across its core chip lineup. That means no more synthetic dyes or mystery additives. Instead, you’ll find: No artificial flavors or colors : Lay’s is removing all synthetic additives from its U.S. chip portfolio, including Lay’s Classic, Baked, and Kettle Cooked varieties.  No more artificial colorings on  barbecue chips  . Natural replacements : Chips will be flavored and colored using  ingredients  like spices, fruit and vegetable extracts, yeast, herbs, and plant-based colo...

Walmart Joins the MAHA Movement: 1,000 Products to be Reformulated

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So many companies are revising their food products in response to Robert F. Kennedy’s MAHA movement.    Walmart  has announced they will be removing synthetic foods dyes as well as 30 other ingredients from the Great Value store brand by January 2027.    This would affect about 1,000 food products.   🧪  Food Dyes Being Eliminated Walmart plans to phase out the following synthetic  dyes  from Great Value and other private-label brands:          Blue No. 1 and No. 2           Green No. 3           Red No. 3, No. 4, and No. 40           Yellow No. 5 and No. 6           Citrus Red No. 2           Orange B (hasn’t been used for  decades )             Canthaxanthin Why?    Because artificial food dyes have been linked to a variety of health concerns such a...