One of the world’s most famous candies will no longer have a dangerous ingredient linked to cellular and DNA damage.
A spokesperson for Mars Wrigley, which is based in New Jersey, informed Fox News this week that the company has removed the potentially dangerous and addictive titanium dioxide from Skittles in America.
The news comes following a report released by the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission last Thursday. The commission, chaired by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., addressed chronic diseases, especially those in children.
The report listed several potentially concerning food additives, including titanium dioxide. It noted that titanium dioxide is “widely used in a range of candies and sauces (and) may cause cellular and DNA damage.”
“Our commitment to quality is what has enabled Mars to be enjoyed by consumers for over a century, and nothing is more important than the safety of our products,” the Mars Wrigley spokesperson told Fox News.
“All our products are safe to enjoy and meet the high standards and applicable regulations set by food safety authorities around the world, and that’s something we will never compromise on,” the spokesperson added.
Titanium dioxide is used in foods to make them look whiter and more opaque. In 2022, the European Union banned it following a report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that pointed to the additive’s genotoxicity.
That same year, Mars’ Wrigley faced a class-action lawsuit over the use of titanium dioxide in Skittles, which was dismissed.
Back in September 2024, Kennedy posted an informative video below on how the FDA is signing off on the alleged poisoning of Americans.
“When it’s the government that approves the poisons in our food, a few people get very, very rich,” said Kennedy. “And the toxins end up in every supermarket aisle.”
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Despite Skittles not using titanium dioxide anymore, there are still over 4,300 candies containing the additive according to Fox News.
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