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General Mills Sustainability Report

General Mills Highlights Sustainability Progress

Latest report details advances across food, planet and people
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
April 24, 2026

The company outlines progress on sustainability goals, from ingredient changes to emissions reductions. The report signals how large CPG players are aligning innovation with environmental and consumer priorities.



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GNT Colors in Glasses

GNT: Sustainable, Plant-Based Colors

EXBERRY plant-based color supplier GNT earns top sustainability award
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
January 16, 2026

EcoVadis, a leading global provider of business sustainability ratings, has awarded the EXBERRY color supplier a Platinum medal. The achievement marks another important step forward for the company following Silver and Gold medals in the previous two assessment periods.


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GNT Colorings Dessert Formats

GNT: Colors—To Connect

GNT research finds colorful foods, drinks help consumers connect, find comfort
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
December 15, 2025

As people worldwide navigate instability and digital overload, shared eating and drinking occasions are becoming a joyful way to come together, express identity, and feel grounded. This shift is transforming the look and feel of food and drink, putting color at the center of experiences that feel more social, expressive, and emotionally resonant. 


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General Mills to Eliminate Certified Colors from All Cereals and K-12 Foods by Summer 2026

With 85% of its portfolio already free from certified colors, the company commits to full removal across retail by 2027
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
June 27, 2025

For decades, General Mills has proven its reformulation capabilities and delivered products that delight consumers and meet a changing landscape. 


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Colorful Popsicles

Progressive Uses of Color in Food Product Development

Today's color makers are thinking outside of the box
Winston Boyd PhD
April 18, 2018
Color manufacturers are helping food, beverage processors develop the next generation of clean label products.
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Rainbow cake made with various food colorants

New Food Colorants for 2017

When it comes to adding new food colorants to the palette, the future looks bright
Winston Boyd PhD
February 17, 2017

Natural ingredients are the gold standard in the food and beverage industry today, and food colorants are no exception.


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Naturally red and purple carrots have extended the root's use as a colorant source beyond traditional orange and yellow

Natural Food Colors in Product Development

Where food colorants are concerned, there are unstoppable changes afoot in the industry
Winston Boyd PhD
June 17, 2016

The “natural colors only” movement resulted in sweeping reductions in the use of synthetic colorants and, understandably, a concurrent rise in interest in naturally derived food colorants.


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Colorants Market Expected to Reach $809.4 Million by 2019

A noted trend exists towards natural colors based on increase in the health conscious consumers
May 7, 2015
The North American food & beverages colorants market is estimated to be dominated by the U.S., followed by Canada in 2014.
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Coloring Within the Lines

The appearance of any food or beverage has an enormous impact on the consumer’s evaluation of its quality, freshness, palatability and healthfulness
Winston Boyd PhD
April 9, 2015
When a chef prepares a dish, he/she pays attention to more than just execution of a recipe or cooking process.
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Healthy Food Colors

Carotenoids for Color
Elizabeth Pelofske, Contributing Editor
January 14, 2015
The idea of “safe” or “healthy” food colors is not new. Fueled in part by popular mythology about “unsafe” food coloring and hyperactivity in children, consumers remain choosy about color ingredients in food. Attendees at a recent Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminar learned about carotenoid color options
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