WASHINGTON, DC – Building on a broader national effort to improve the quality of the American food supply, dozens of ice cream producers have announced plans to remove synthetic food dyes from their products by 2028.

The announcement to eliminate artificial dyes comes less than a week before the National Ice Cream Day on July 20.

Dozens of U.S. ice cream manufacturers are pledging to eliminate the use of artificial food colors from their ice cream products made with real milk by the end of 2027.

US ice cream makers are planning to eliminate a number of artificial colors from their products by 2028, representing another milestone for Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his push to remove the additives from the nation’s food.

Dozens of ice cream makers pledged on Monday to remove artificial dyes from their products by 2028. The move is the latest voluntary effort by U.S. food manufacturers to heed calls from the Trump administration to remove synthetic dyes over potential health concerns.

TUESDAY, July 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — About 90% of the ice cream sold in the U.S. will no longer contain artificial dyes by 2028, federal health officials announced.

Companies were not named but International Dairy Foods Assn. says they represent ‘more than 90% of the ice cream’; Consumer Brands also works to end colors in school foods.

Dozens of U.S. ice cream producers are planning to remove artificial colors from their products by 2028, a dairy industry group and government officials said on Monday.

The companies that have signed on to the goal produce 90% of the nation's ice cream and frozen dairy desserts.

The producers, which together make more than 90 percent of ice cream sold in the US, are the latest to make changes since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared war on concerning food products.