By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN

New York (CNN) — The Trump administration declared victory after Kraft Heinz, Skittles and General Mills made splashy announcements to remove artificial colors — even taking credit for Coca-Cola’s plan to replace high-fructose corn syrup with US cane sugar in a new version this fall.

“President Trump delivers on MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) push,” the White House said last month, touting the companies’ changes to “confront the chronic health crisis plaguing Americans.”

But nutritionists and public health researchers don’t buy the hype.

So far, companies have only made performative changes, they say, many of which were long in the works due to consumer demand for natural ingredients. Meanwhile, the administration’s funding cuts for health care, food s

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