Overview

• Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol met with Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy on June 19 to discuss deeper collaboration on the MAHA initiative.
• The coffee chain agreed to remove artificial dyes, flavors, high fructose corn syrup and sweeteners from its food and beverage offerings.
• Under its ‘Back to Starbucks’ plan, the company has cut 30 percent of menu items and is trialing sugar-free lattes topped with protein-rich cold foam.
• The FDA has launched a phase-out of petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the U.S. food supply with voluntary support from manufacturers.
• General Mills and Kraft Heinz pledged this week to eliminate FD&C artificial dyes from their products within the next two years.