Thanks, but why does it need to take so long? More importantly, why would ice cream need fake color? What flavor would warrant that?
The story also links to three other big food manufacturers who are phasing out these dyes... over multi-year periods.
olivierestsage•3h ago
Cynic in me says: "wait as long as possible and hope that the next administration doesn't care." I think there was a similar event recently with Apple vowing to make a big investment in US factory infrastructure or something, but the projected date was 2028.
Uvix•3h ago
It takes a while to experiment, find what replacement works best and how much of it to use, and then set up new supply chains for it.
As for what flavor would warrant dyes? Off the top of my head: Mint, peppermint, strawberry, orange sherbert, blue moon... I'm sure there's more.
wrboyce•2h ago
Ben & Jerry’s mint ice cream is white and tastes just fine.
barbazoo•2h ago
The question was about "need" and no flavor "needs" dye.
cung•2h ago
To top it off, the issue isn’t dyes, it’s artificial dyes. You can still dye your mint ice cream green, it will just be a slightly lighter shade of green.
Ekaros•2h ago
Maybe not ice-cream, but with other frozen products I could see that selling to kids is more effective when there is bright identifiable colours involved.
dtagames•3h ago
The story also links to three other big food manufacturers who are phasing out these dyes... over multi-year periods.
olivierestsage•3h ago
Uvix•3h ago
As for what flavor would warrant dyes? Off the top of my head: Mint, peppermint, strawberry, orange sherbert, blue moon... I'm sure there's more.
wrboyce•2h ago
barbazoo•2h ago
cung•2h ago
Ekaros•2h ago