In response to the Food and Drug Administration's ruling to stop using some artificial dyes, Gatorade is also removing artificial colors from Gatorade Zero Powder, Gatorade Thirst Quencher Powder, and Gatorlyte Powder later this spring, Del Pozzo confirmed.
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Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Look for arnica gels formulated without dyes, fragrances and parabens, which are chemical preservatives.
There was a push to use American dyes and colorants to stave off a deep economic recession—there wasn’t really any other choice—but the cold commercial reality dumped water all over that flag-waving parade.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
But that other supplier would have to try to reverse engineer that particular dye — formulas for dyes and colorants were, in spite of being in service to the war effort, still proprietary — and backward engineering color from a finished product is a crapshoot.
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