Arizona's new Healthy Schools Act now bars public schools from serving store-bought birthday cupcakes and other treats containing common food dyes, and the only enforcement mechanism is a compliance list on a government website. The law, House Bill 2164, took effect at the start of the 2026, 2027 school year, which is already underway. It […] The post Arizona bans food dyes in public schools, ending the classroom birthday cupcake as parents knew it appeared first on American Almanac .
Arizona's new Healthy Schools Act now bars public schools from serving store-bought birthday cupcakes and other treats containing common food dyes, and the only enforcement mechanism is a compliance list on a government website. The law, House Bill 2164, took effect at the start of the 2026, 2027 school year, which is already underway. It forbids Arizona schools from serving or selling any food or beverage that contains one of 11 specified dyes and chemical additives. That list covers some of the most widely used colorings in American packaged food: red dye 3, red dye 40, yellow dye 5, yellow dye 6, blue dye 1, blue dye 2, and green dye 3. It also bans potassium bromate, propylparaben, titanium dioxide, and brominated vegetable oil. …Open
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. debuted a new online cooking series Wednesday aimed at proving Americans can eat real food for less than the cost of a fast-food combo, a direct challenge to critics who called his dietary overhaul too expensive for working families. "The Real Food Show," which began streaming […] The post RFK Jr. launches government cooking show to put new dietary guidelines on American dinner tables appeared first on American Almanac .
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. debuted a new online cooking series Wednesday aimed at proving Americans can eat real food for less than the cost of a fast-food combo, a direct challenge to critics who called his dietary overhaul too expensive for working families. "The Real Food Show," which began streaming on the HHS website July 30, pairs Kennedy with celebrity chefs to build meals around the administration's new Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The first episode features chef Andrew Gruel walking viewers through a recipe for crispy salmon cakes with apple, white bean, and green salad. Chef Robert Irvine joins the lineup for early episodes as well. The goal, Kennedy said, is meals that come in under $5 a…Open
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will debut a new online cooking series, "The Real Food Show" on Thursday, aimed at pushing whole foods over ultra-processed ingredients. NewsNation's Anna Kooiman has an inside look.
The latest nutrition guidelines urge Americans to avoid highly-processed food. But, when it comes to carbs, many people don't know which ones are ultra-processed. Here's an easy way to find out.
