Fruit Loops Without Food Coloring

Kellogg's Froot Loops cereal, sold in Canada and made with natural dyes (left), and Froot Loops cereal (right) sold in the U.S. and made with controversial artificial dyes. Business Food & Drink No more food dye in Froot Loops? Not so fast.

April 25, 2025 at 7:05 am 1 of 3 Servings of Froot Loops from Canada, left, and the United States. Your childhood favorite, but instead of dyes & refined sugar, these are naturally colored & sweetened with freeze dried fruits! This copycat cereal recipe is made with simple nourishing ingredients that you can feel feel good about eating. They're incredibly nostalgic to eat with a bowlful.

Canadian Froot Loops, left, Aldi's dye-free Fruit Rounds, center, and the U.S. version, which contains artificial food dyes. Video Your fruit loops might taste different soon, RFK Jr.

announces Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a ban on artificial dyes in food and drinks, changing the flavour of American favourites like fruit loops.

The Department of Heath and Human Services plans on phasing out petroleum. Kellogg investor Jason Karp called out the cereal maker for using "harmful artificial dyes, such as Red 40, Yellow 6, and Blue 1" in Froot Loops. Blue Froot Loops are absent in Canada, Europe, and other areas because they require artificial coloring and there's no good natural color substitute.

California has become the first state to ban public schools from serving food that contains dyes found in popular snacks such as Froot Loops. The new legislation, which was signed into law by Gov. Even if my children could have gluten, knowing what I know now, I would still buy the Freedom Foods Tropic O's over Kellogg's Fruit Loops.

The only way U.S. manufacturers are going to change is if informed consumers demand it and put their money where their mouth is (the gluten-free market is the perfect example of this). According to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, they have encouraged companies to use ingredients such as fruit or vegetable juice for coloring instead.

Here's a list of 11 foods that may be affected by the food dye ban.