In a major win, huge American food companies are rapidly reformulating their products to comply with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” campaign.
Tyson Foods became the latest corporation to announce sweeping ingredient changes on Monday. The company will eliminate high-fructose corn syrup from all its products by the end of 2025, joining a growing list of U.S. food companies responding to the Trump administration’s push for cleaner ingredient labels.
“We continuously review and assess our product portfolio to ensure the highest quality products that meet the needs of consumers,” said Donnie King, CEO of Tyson Foods.
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The Arkansas-based company, which produces Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm products, will also remove sucralose, titanium dioxide, and synthetic antioxidants BHA/BHT from its brands by the end of 2025. The company noted that all ingredients being removed are FDA-approved and safe to use.
Tyson had already removed petroleum-based synthetic dyes from its domestic branded products earlier this year, ahead of the FDA’s deadline for food manufacturers to eliminate six remaining synthetic dyes by the end of next year.
“As a recognized leader in protein, none of the products Tyson Foods offers through our school nutrition programs include petroleum-based synthetic dyes as ingredients,” King said during the company’s earnings call.
The meat producer joins a wave of corporations making similar changes in response to Kennedy’s campaign to eliminate artificial additives from America’s food supply. Kennedy has been particularly critical of the amount of sugar consumed in the American diet and has said updated dietary guidelines will advise Americans to eat more whole foods.
Coca-Cola announced in July it would begin selling a cane sugar version of its signature product in the United States after President Donald Trump encouraged the company to make the switch from corn syrup.
“We’re going to be bringing a Coke sweetened with U.S. cane sugar into the market this fall,” Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey told investors, but said it would only “complement” existing products made with corn syrup.
PepsiCo has been ahead of the trend, selling a cane sugar version of its namesake drink called Pepsi Real Sugar for about a decade. The company announced this year that it will also begin selling Pepsi Prebiotic Cola made with cane sugar.
Other major brands have followed suit. In-N-Out announced it will switch the ketchup used in its stores to one made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup.
The industry-wide shift comes as many companies are reversing decisions made in the 1980s when they switched from cane sugar to corn syrup due to federal corn subsidies that made the alternative domestic product cheaper than sugar made abroad.
PepsiCo has also joined the synthetic dye elimination effort. Their company CEO announced in April that popular snack foods like Lay’s and Tostitos “will be out of artificial colors by the end of this year.”
The corporate changes represent a significant victory for Kennedy’s public health campaign.
The FDA first called for the removal of red dye from foods, dietary supplements, and medicines in January. The agency has set a deadline for food manufacturers to eliminate six synthetic dyes – FD&C Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5, FD&C Yellow No. 6, FD&C Blue No. 1 and FD&C Blue No. 2 – from the food supply by the end of next year.