The MAHA Movement for Healthier Food Has a Ways to Go
There’s more attention on the dangers of food dyes, but policymakers fall short of action.
The Make America Healthy Again movement includes a push to remove artificial dyes from foods.
Photographer: Oliver Contreras/AFP/Getty Images
Each year, Bloomberg Businessweek produces a series of stories focused on The Year Ahead. (See the sensible guide to 2026.) But here at Businessweek Daily, we’re not ready to give up on 2025 yet. We asked some of our regular newsletter writers to review major themes, moments and players in the news for a series we’re calling The Year Behind. Today, Deena Shanker, who writes the Extra Salt column for Businessweek, looks at the rise of the Make America Healthy Again movement, particularly its plan to take artificial coloring out of what we eat. Plus: Battery maker CATL pushes forward into new markets.
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