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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 th

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 1y 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 1y 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 1y ago
  Ben & Jerry’s mint ice cream is white and tastes just fine.
  - noahjk 1y ago
    In fact, I've always felt that white mint chocolate chip was more premium, but it's definitely gone out of style a bit. I also believe it tasted slightly different - at least the bryers, it was maybe more of a spearmint?
- barbazoo 1y ago
  The question was about "need" and no flavor "needs" dye.
  - cung 1y 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.
    - whycome 1y ago
      You can get dark natural
Ekaros 1y 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.
- polski-g 1y ago
  Kids don't have money. You aren't selling it to them.
wormius 1y ago
I see you're not from the midwest/Michigan. Superman flavor is the answer.
teeray 1y ago
> why does it need to take so long? So they can wait for US regime change and not do it
evanjrowley 1y ago
I'm a sucker for Sloan's "Circus" ice cream flavor. It tastes like cotton candy, is mixed together with gummy bears, and is a very unnatural blue color: https://www.goldbelly.com/restaurants/sloans-ice-cream/circus-cotton-candy-ice-cream-5-pints https://www.goldbelly.com/restaurants/sloans-ice-cream/circu...
- AnimalMuppet 1y ago
  At Coldstone, there's some flavor (I forget the name) that I call "Cherenkov". I mean, it's a bit lighter of a blue, but... that's not a normal color for ice cream.

olivierestsage 1y 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 1y 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 1y ago
Ben & Jerry’s mint ice cream is white and tastes just fine.
- noahjk 1y ago
  In fact, I've always felt that white mint chocolate chip was more premium, but it's definitely gone out of style a bit. I also believe it tasted slightly different - at least the bryers, it was maybe more of a spearmint?
barbazoo 1y ago
The question was about "need" and no flavor "needs" dye.
- cung 1y 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.
  - whycome 1y ago
    You can get dark natural

Ekaros 1y 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.

polski-g 1y ago
Kids don't have money. You aren't selling it to them.

wormius 1y ago

I see you're not from the midwest/Michigan. Superman flavor is the answer.

teeray 1y ago

> why does it need to take so long? So they can wait for US regime change and not do it

evanjrowley 1y ago

I'm a sucker for Sloan's "Circus" ice cream flavor. It tastes like cotton candy, is mixed together with gummy bears, and is a very unnatural blue color: https://www.goldbelly.com/restaurants/sloans-ice-cream/circus-cotton-candy-ice-cream-5-pints https://www.goldbelly.com/restaurants/sloans-ice-cream/circu...

AnimalMuppet 1y ago
At Coldstone, there's some flavor (I forget the name) that I call "Cherenkov". I mean, it's a bit lighter of a blue, but... that's not a normal color for ice cream.