Tyson Foods said on Monday it will stop using certain ingredients, like high-fructose corn syrup, in its products by the end of 2025 in the U.S.
Food companies are seeking alternative ingredients in response to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” campaign that aims to eliminate artificial dyes from packaged foods sold in the country.
Kennedy has also been critical of the amount of sugar consumed in the American diet and has said that updated dietary guidelines will advise Americans to eat “whole food.”
Coca-Cola has also decided to introduce a cane-sugar sweetened version of Coke in the U.S., after President Donald Trump pushed for a change.
The meatpacker said on Monday it will also stop using ingredients such as sucralose, titanium dioxide and the sy