California became the first state in the nation to prohibit four food additives found in popular cereal, soda, candy and drinks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a ban on them Saturday.

The California Food Safety Act will ban the manufacture, sale or distribution of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and red dye No. 3 — potentially affecting 12,000 products that use those substances, according to the Environmental Working Group.

The legislation was popularly known as the “Skittles ban” because an earlier version also targeted titanium dioxide, used as a coloring agent in candies including Skittles, Starburst and Sour Patch Kids, according to the Environmental Working Group. But the measure, Assembly Bill 418, was amended in September to remove mention of the substance.

  • @[email protected]
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    231 year ago

    Well that’s terrifying. If you don’t live in California you’ll still have to watch for it after the law takes affect but it should be used a lot less.

    • JJROKCZ
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      291 year ago

      Most brands will reformulate and all their products will be compliant rather than making a California only version and a rest of the us version. They aren’t going to just stop serving California either, it’s the largest economy in the nation and if it was on its own it would be roughly equivalent to Germany gdp wise

      • @candybrie
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        11 year ago

        Yes, but counting on that when you have a life-threatening allergy isn’t the smartest move.

        • JJROKCZ
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          71 year ago

          If you have a life threatening allergy you should be reading the ingredients of everything regardless

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          Of course we are nott saying that he should stop checking, just that it probably will be used in less fewer products.

            • TheRealKuni
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              31 year ago

              Thank you. Less vs fewer is one that bothers my brain.