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Skittles will no longer be made with titanium dioxide, a color additive that has drawn scrutiny for potential health risks, the parent company of Skittles, Mars Wrigley, confirmed with multiple news outlets.

Mars Wrigley said that it stopped using the color additive for Skittles sold in the United States at the end of last year.

Mars Wrigley did not respond to a request for comment from NTD prior to publication.

The removal of titanium dioxide—used to make food shiny or more brightly colored—comes after years of criticism regarding its presence in the candy.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent “Make America Healthy Again” <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WH-The-MAHA-Report-Assessment.pdf">report</a> highlighted concerns about the additive in foods.

The report, published earlier this month, spotlighted titanium dioxide and other food additives as a key concern for public health.

It said titanium dioxide is "widely used in a range of candies and sauces [and] may cause cellular and DNA damage."

California has been at the forefront of efforts to regulate food additives. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office welcomed the news of Skittles’ reformulation in a <a href="https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1927839851514155125">post</a> on X, noting that the Golden State was the first to ban certain additives used in processed foods sold within its borders.

<a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB418">Assembly Bill 418</a> now prohibits the manufacture and sale of products containing Red Dye No. 3, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil, or propyl paraben—chemicals already outlawed in 27 nations in the European Union, according to the bill’s author, Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel. An earlier version of the bill <a href="https://a46.asmdc.org/press-releases/20230912-california-legislature-passes-first-nation-ban-dangerous-food-additives">initially sought</a> to include language banning titanium dioxide, but that chemical was removed from the final list of banned additives.

Mars <a href="https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/press-releases/remove-artificial-colors">previously announced</a> in 2016 that it would remove “all artificial colors” from its food products, citing evolving consumer preferences.

The company did not comment on whether consumers would notice any difference after the removal of titanium dioxide.

Despite ongoing state-level efforts to ban the ingredient—including the high-profile 2023 attempt in California that was ultimately defeated—titanium dioxide remains legal in the United States at the federal level.

Melanie Benesh, vice president of government affairs at the Environmental Working Group (EWG), credited state-level actions, rather than federal regulation, with pressuring companies like Mars to change their recipes, according to a 2023 EWG <a href="https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2023/05/public-health-groups-urge-fda-cancel-approval-titanium-dioxide">news release</a>.

“The EU decision to ban titanium dioxide should have set off alarm bells at the FDA, but the agency has failed to take action. It shouldn’t take a formal petition to get the agency to protect consumers,” Benesh said in a statement at the time, referring to a petition for the chemical to be banned from its use as a color additive in food.

In a recent <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14kp3rdreeo">interview</a> with the BBC, she said the FDA has yet to take any action on the toxic substance.

“The FDA has said a lot of things about food additives but we have not seen them take any enforceable actions yet,” she said. “What has unquestionably made a difference is all of the action at the state level.”

Skittles, which have ranked among the world’s most popular chewy candies, were <a href="https://www.mars.com/en-se/about/history">invented</a> in the UK and have been made in the United States since 1981. Mars’ Wrigley division bought the brand in 2009. In 2022, the company faced a class-action lawsuit over titanium dioxide in Skittles, which was dismissed.

Mars did not respond when asked whether the removal of titanium dioxide would apply to Skittles sold outside the United States.

“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,” a company spokesperson said in a statement to media outlets. “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.”

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