Kellogg to Cut Artificial Ingredients in Cereals

Kellogg, the largest breakfast cereal maker in the world, said Tuesday that it will no longer use artificial flavors and colors in its cereals and snack bars by the end of 2018.

The 109-year-old company behind Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies says that currently 75 percent of its North American cereals do not use artificial colors and that more than half do not use artificial flavors, Reuters reports.

Kellogg is the latest cereal company to curb artificial ingredients on account of health concerns and a growing preference in the U.S. for less-processed cereal options. In June, Cheerios maker General Mills said by next year it plans to make 90 percent of its cereals without artificial colors or flavors, up from roughly 60 percent currently.

[Reuters]

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