Let’s be real and honest with ourselves about health and diets: we’ve all had it “up to here” with being lied to and manipulated, am I right?

It’s one of the main reasons why more and more people are choosing to do their own research, grow their own food, and move away from the big brands that could be poisoning us right under our noses.

“Big Ketchup” Is About To Make A Major Change

You may have heard about or seen the health changes America is undergoing through various outlets. It’s all apart of the “Make America Healthy Campaign” and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a press release that the era of big companies poisoning our kids is over.

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“For too long, some food producers have been feeding Americans petroleum-based chemicals without their knowledge or consent,” Human Health & Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in a press release, “These poisonous compounds offer no nutritional benefit and pose real, measurable dangers to our children’s health and development.”

“That era is coming to an end.”

Several dyes including Food Drug & Cosmetic Green No. 3, FD&C Red No. 40, FD&C Yellow No. 5, and others are expected to be out of our food supply by the end of 2026.

Other companies will be removing FD&C Red No. 3 out before 2027.

Montana Store Shelves Will Look Very Different, Very Soon

This basically means all of those beloved foods we enjoy that we’re used to seeing colored red will no longer be the red we’re used to seeing. It’s possible that foods like ketchup will have a hint of natural red colors but it’ll be interesting to see how other foods like Jell-O and Kool-Aid will look by then.

According to CNBC, Kraft Heinz Co. is on-board to remove the dyes by 2027 and it remains to be seen what “colors” will start populating our pantries and refrigerators.

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