Nestle Moves to Eliminate Artificial Colors and Flavors From Chocolate Candy

Earlier this week, Nestle USA announced a commitment to remove all artificial flavors and colors from its line of chocolate candy products by the end of 2015. The move comes as a response to research conducted by the brand that indicated a strong preference for the removal of these artificial ingredients from its products. The popular Nestle Crunch bar will now use real vanilla instead of artificial vanillin. Butterfinger’s new recipe will be replacing Red 40 and Yellow 5 food coloring with annatto, a natural food coloring that’s derived from the seeds of the achiote tree. Annatto is commonly used to color various cheeses and will help maintain Butterfinger’s signature orange center. It’s worth noting that there are anecdotal cases of food allergies related to annatto, many of which link to irritable bowel syndrome. In this letter to the editor of the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, a retired immunologist urges more studies be done on this potential link between an anna
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