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Save A Lot plans to remove seven artificial dyes from all of its brands by the end of next year, the discount grocery chain announced last week.
Some grocery store products, such as Crystal Falls sparkling drinks and Kurtz salad dressings, already contain no synthetic colors, and the company expects that all 113 products it plans to remove dyes from will no longer contain synthetic colors by the end of 2027.
Save A Lot Dye is working with its suppliers to phase out its own brand products, including Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Red 3. All of these products were targeted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for removal from the national food supply as part of the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” plan.
Save A Lot said it is prioritizing stopping use of Red 3, whose approval the FDA revoked in January 2025. Products that currently contain the dye will no longer contain it by the end of 2026.
The grocer noted that reformulated products may look different if they no longer contain petroleum-derived dyes. However, the company said its quality assurance team is working with its suppliers to ensure the “overall taste or quality” of the adjusted items is not altered.
Save A Lot’s announcement that it will remove artificial food dyes from its private label products follows Walmart’s announcement in October that it plans to stop using synthetic dyes and 30 other ingredients commonly found in ultra-processed foods in its store brand foods by January 2027.
Synthetic food dyes have been around since the 1800s and are widely used, but they have recently come under criticism for being linked to health problems such as cancer and behavioral problems in children.
