Nestlé USA completes removal of FD&C colors across USA portfolio

USA – Nestlé USA has announced it has fully eliminated Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) colors from its food and beverage portfolio, achieving its commitment to do so by mid-2026. 

With this milestone, Nestlé USA’s entire portfolio is now free of FD&C colors. In recipes where these ingredients were previously used, the company has removed or replaced them with alternative solutions while maintaining the quality, taste and experience people expect.

Updated recipes are already arriving on shelves, and consumers can check product labels for more information. 

This effort is rooted in Nestlé’s long-standing dedication to evolve its offerings with changing consumer needs and preferences.

Over the past decade, the company has worked to simplify recipes, enhance ingredient transparency, and expand choice across its brands—offering today’s consumers a variety of options across taste, nutrition, convenience and price points.

“Consumers expect more choice, more transparency, and products they can feel good about,” said Marty Thompson, CEO of Nestlé USA. “We will keep evolving in ways that matter to them, while strengthening trust in our brands and offering high-quality food and beverages. Eliminating FD&C colors from our portfolio is one more way we continue to meet those expectations while delivering the quality people know and expect from Nestlé USA.” 

This work reflects Nestlé USA’s ongoing commitment to quality and transparency, evolving with consumer preferences and delivering tasty, nutritious, high-quality food and beverages, today and for generations to come. 

Over the last decade, the company has been actively removing synthetic colors from its products and working to identify alternative solutions in recipes where they are still used. The work is scheduled to be completed within the next 12 months.

Recently, Nestlé released its dairy plan on how it is helping dairy farmers reduce GHG emissions through practices that offer some of the greatest opportunities, including lower-carbon feed and manure management.

The company is working with 130,000 dairy farmers, over 200 suppliers and a wide range of partners to support the transition of dairy farming and help fulfil its mission of providing nutrition to billions of people.

The report explains Nestlé’s comprehensive approach to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, advancing regenerative agriculture, strengthening farmers’ livelihoods, improving animal welfare and increasing productivity across dairy farms in more than 40 countries.

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