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M&M Maker Rejects HHS Call To Drop Synthetic Dyes — Trade Group: 'People Can Buy Alcohol And Cigarettes…But Colored Candy Is An Issue?'

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants synthetic food dyes out of the American food supply. But one of the nation's most recognizable candy giants — Mars, the maker of M&M's and Skittles — isn't ...
Reuters

Exclusive: M&M maker may shake up McFlurry, Blizzard, Snickers Pie

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES - Mars Inc, the one-time maker of king-sized chocolate bars, is considering taking its M&Ms out of sugary dessert treats, including McDonald's McFlurry. An industry source ...
Washington Examiner

M&M maker Mars gives Smithsonian $5M for exhibit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Candy maker Mars Inc. is donating $5 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to create a new gallery focused on business and innovation in the United States ...
NBC New York

Kellanova, based in Chicago, houses many brands, including Pringles, Town House, MorningStar Farms and Rice Crispies Treats.

M&M's maker Mars is buying Kellanova, the maker of Cheez-Its and Pop-Tarts, for nearly $36 billion, vastly expanding the number of household-name brands under one roof. Kellanova was created last year ...
U.S. News & World Report

Texas Probes M&M Maker Mars Over Use of Synthetic Food Dyes

(Reuters) -Texas' attorney general said on Wednesday he has begun investigating Mars, which makes M&M's and Skittles candies, for its alleged refusal to remove synthetic food dyes from its products.