Kraft to remove artificial dyes from 3 products

The change doesn’t affect Kraft’s plain elbow-shaped macaroni and cheese with “original flavor.”

The packaged-food company, which also makes Oscar Mayer and Jell-O, said the revamped recipes aren’t a response to a petition on Change.org that asked it to remove artificial dyes from its famous macaroni and cheese kits. That petition, which was posted in March, had more than 348,000 signatures on Thursday.

The creator of the petition wasn’t immediately available for comment.

Kraft’s new recipes, which begin shipping early next year, will be for its macaroni and cheese varieties that come in shapes; they include the SpongeBob Squarepants, Halloween and winter shapes. Two new shapes will also be added.

The company said it plans to use spices such as paprika for coloring, rather than the combination of artificial dyes it currently uses.

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