Walmart said Wednesday it is scrapping synthetic dyes and other artificial ingredients from its store brands, including Great Value, Marketside, Freshness Guaranteed and Bettergoods, by January 2027.
The Arkansas-based retailer is the latest to ditch artificial dyes amid Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” push – and perhaps the most influential, since Walmart is the country’s biggest grocery chain.
Walmart’s Great Value, alone, is one of the largest consumer brands in the country – racking up billions of dollars in sales each year. 4
Walmart also plans to gradually eliminate about 30 other ingredients, including some artificial sweeteners and preservatives, from more than 1,000 products, according to a Wall Street Journal report .
The shift is