{"id":4347,"date":"2025-11-15T09:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/doritos-and-cheetos-debut-nkd-options-without-artificial-colors-or-flavors\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T09:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T09:26:26","slug":"doritos-and-cheetos-debut-nkd-options-without-artificial-colors-or-flavors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketsfortress.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/doritos-and-cheetos-debut-nkd-options-without-artificial-colors-or-flavors\/","title":{"rendered":"Doritos and Cheetos debut &#8216;NKD&#8217; options, without artificial colors or flavors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-20406e\" class=\"body-graf\">PepsiCo announced on Thursday that its Cheetos and Doritos brands will be offering &#8220;colorless&#8221; alternatives.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b75d69\" class=\"body-graf\">The company said in a press release that the new snack products will be made without artificial flavors or dyes, dubbing them as &#8220;Simply NKD.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboolaReadMoreBelow\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"anchor-18a8b0\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cNo color, no artificial flavors, same intensity \u2014 that\u2019s Simply NKD. Doritos and Cheetos are pioneering a snacking revolution, or a renaissance, if you will,\u201d PepsiCo chief marketing officer Hern\u00e1n Tantardini said in a statement. &#8220;We are reinventing our iconic \u2014 and most famous \u2014 brands to deliver options with the bold flavors fans know and love, now reimagined without any colors or artificial flavors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-403f57\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-11\/251113-doritos-natural-mn-1515-331fda.jpg\" alt=\"Doritos\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\"><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Doritos Nacho cheese, left, next to new Simply NKD Nacho Cheese.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Brielle Patton \/ D3 Studio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-e88f25\" class=\"body-graf\">The product launch comes amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/rfk-jr-announces-plans-remove-artificial-dyes-nations-food-supply-rcna202184\" target=\"_blank\">pressure by federal regulators<\/a>, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who say the government will phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation&#8217;s food supply products by the end of next year. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-862cbd\" class=\"body-graf\">It also comes amid broader concerns from parents and some scientists that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/food-dyes-ban-rfk-jr-west-virginia-fda-rcna197180\" target=\"_blank\">food dyes are harmful to children<\/a>, a link the Food and Drug Administration says it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/color-additives-information-consumers\/color-additives-questions-and-answers-consumers\" target=\"_blank\">monitoring, but hasn\u2019t established<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-dfb2f8\" class=\"body-graf\">PepsiCo made no mention of the upcoming regulation or concerns over food dyes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-bd1eab\" class=\"body-graf\">The Doritos and Cheetos snacks will not actually be colorless, according to images released by the company. Instead, their color will be a pale yellow, resembling corn chips. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-322b2a\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2025-11\/251113-cheetos-mn-1520-a69c71.jpg\" alt=\"Cheetos Flamin\u2019 Hot Crunchy, left, next to new Simply NKD Cheetos Flamin\u2019 Hot Crunchy.\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\"><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Cheetos Flamin\u2019 Hot Crunchy, left, next to new Simply NKD Cheetos Flamin\u2019 Hot Crunchy.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Brielle Patton \/ D3 Studio<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-b302a4\" class=\"body-graf\">PepsiCo said the Simply NKD products will be available in Doritos Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch flavors, and Cheetos Puffs and Flamin&#8217; Hot flavors.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cd07eb\" class=\"body-graf\">They can be pre-ordered immediately and will be in stores on Dec. 1, according to the company.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c22d6c\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">&#8220;If we can reinvent Doritos and Cheetos, imagine what\u2019s next,&#8221; PepsiCo said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PepsiCo announced on Thursday that its Cheetos and Doritos brands will be offering &#8220;colorless&#8221; alternatives. The company said in a press release that the new snack products will be made without artificial flavors or dyes, dubbing them as &#8220;Simply NKD.&#8221; \u201cNo color, no artificial flavors, same intensity \u2014 that\u2019s Simply NKD. 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