Try buying Annie's mac and cheese!

Uh, hello people! BOTH are adding coloring! Natural cheese is white, not yellow, regardless of adding natural color. You can buy white American cheese, but not cheddar or colby. Why is that? Make your own mac and cheese with real cheese and stop buying processed foods. To complain about one bad thing about a product is ridiculous when the whole product is bad! Delete processed foods from your kids diets and Moms and Dads, start cooking again!

Lisa Leake's blog encourages giving up processed foods. For many different reasons not everyone follows a real food diet. This is from Lisa's blog regarding the petition:

"We want to take a moment to share that this petition is honestly much bigger than just macaroni and cheese or even Kraft. There are many large US companies that use artificial dyes – as well as other additives – in their food products here that are not used overseas. Everyone from General Mills to Kellogg’s to Pepsi, and of course Kraft, have formulated safer, better versions of their products for other countries and this petition is a vehicle to let these companies know it’s time for American consumers to get the same.

Our petition in particular is focusing on an iconic food product like Kraft Macaroni and Cheese because we thought this would be the best place to start to generate public awareness. If Kraft, the largest US-based food company, takes the lead by voluntarily removing potentially harmful – yet unnecessary – artificial food dyes our hope is that the others will follow suit. Whether or not you buy or eat this product think of those who do (the average consumer assumes products on grocery store shelves are completely safe and seldom reads ingredient labels). The UK version, which we made and sampled ourselves, is dyed with natural colors (paprika and beta carotene) and looks and tastes almost exactly the same. This is not about taking away anyone’s beloved mac and cheese."

Thanks Phaedra for sharing that blog post.

I'll tell you what the problem is with children these days. It's not due to dye or allergies or the honorable Brothers Kraft. The problem is an out-and-out lack of punishment, a dependence upon coddling, and a society built upon sass!

The day parents stop feeding their children Mac-o-Ronis and Nuggeted Poultry -- replacing these frivolous and un-earned treats with a steady diet of beets, porridge, and spankings -- is the day children will settle down and get serious!

They had there 15 minutes of fame. If they don't like the product don't buy it. Perhaps find a recipe for Mac and Cheese and make your own.

this is hear say and not fact:
Roxanne Junge, who manages Glenview Farmers Market and is the vice president of the Illinois Department of Public Health Farmers Market Task Force, told Glenview Announcement, yellow dye is an allergen that could make people sick and shared an example of North Shore farmers market vendor, who was shut down because a child got sick from the vendor’s pickles that used yellow dye but did not label it on the container.

Not only does this affect children.........I am 66 years old and about 15 yeas ago started breaking out with hives. Had chronic hives for year and a half before I was finally diagnosed with yellow # 5 and #6 allergy. It is hard to find foods.............from pickles to to toothpaste, shampoos, body lotions act. ( I could go on and on). this my question.........why is it in products.......just to make them more appealing???? We do no need dyes in our food and body products!!!!! Also was told that the compund in yellow dye is also in asprin and ibuprofen so I can not use those either.

I whole heartedly agree these additives should be taken out of all foods and I completely understand the argument if you want better healthier food buy organic or make your own (I do not buy processed foods) but there is another side. Many people in this country are working very hard and many have 2 or 3 jobs and buying cheap foods to keep their family fed and not making from scratch is a must for some people so we do need to open everyone's eyes and make manufactures accountable and stop adding harmful chemicals and dyes to our food. And further more the government needs to dole out more money to organic farmers and less to conventional farmers so organic food prices can come down and more people can afford them!