ALDI, America’s fastest-growing grocer, announced today it is expanding its ingredient standards by removing an additional 44 ingredients from its private label food, vitamin and supplement products, including select artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, and sweeteners. This move deepens its long-standing commitment to providing shoppers with products they can feel good about adding to their carts.
More than a decade ago, ALDI removed 13 ingredients and became one of the first national grocers to remove certified synthetic colors from its exclusive products in 2015. For 50 years, shoppers have trusted ALDI for its quality, on-trend private label products at low prices. These changes build on that legacy as ALDI further strengthens its standards across its private label portfolio to eliminate a total of 57 ingredients from its products by December 2027. Every ALDI-exclusive product must meet the company’s rigorous sourcing, testing and ingredient standards.
“At the heart of our private label products is a commitment to listening to our customers and continually improving the products they bring into their homes,” said Scott Patton, Chief Commercial Officer, ALDI. “Based directly on customer feedback, we are proud to take meaningful steps to make it even easier for families to fill their carts with confidence by delivering simpler ingredients while continuing to provide the quality and value they expect from ALDI.”
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Ingredients
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| Brominated Vegetable Oil FD&C Blue No. 1 – Brilliant Blue FCF FD&C Blue No. 2 – Indigotine FD&C Green No. 3 – Fast Green FCF FD&C Red No. 2 – Amaranth, Citrus red FD&C Red No. 3 – Erythrosine FD&C Red No. 40 – Allura red AC FD&C Yellow No. 5 – Tartrazine FD&C Yellow No. 6 – Sunset yellow FCF Monosodium glutamate Orange B Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) Synthetic Trans Fatty Acid | Acesulfame K Advantame Anisole Aluminum sodium sulfate / Sodium aluminum sulfate Azodicarbonamide (ADA) BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) Bromated Flour Butylparaben Calcium Bromate Calcium propionate Calcium sorbate Canthaxanthin Cyclamates Diacetyl (Synthetic) Dioctyl Sodium Sulfocsuccinate (DSS) Ficin Lactylated esters of mono and diglycerides Lye Methylparaben Morpholine Neotame Olestra Phthalates Potassium aluminum sulfate Potassium benzoate Potassium bisulfite/bisulfate Potassium Bromate Potassium metabisulphite Potassium nitrate Potassium nitrite Propylene Oxide Propylparaben Simplesse (brand name) Sodium aluminium phosphate acidic / Aluminum sodium phosphate Sodium ferrocyanide (Yellow Prussiate of Soda) Sodium hydroxide Sodium propionate Sodium stearyl fumarate Stearyl tartrate Sucroglycerides Talc Titanium Dioxide |
Clean food
- What ingredients are you removing?
ALDI will eliminate an additional 44 ingredients from all ALDI exclusive food, vitamin and supplement products by December 2027, for a total of 57 ingredients.
These ingredients will no longer be permitted in any ALDI private label food product, either as a direct ingredient or as part of a composite ingredient.
- Why are you removing these ingredients now?
Evolving our ingredient standards is one more way we deliver the quality, affordable food assortment our shoppers expect. Formalizing this updated list ensures consistent standards across every category and provides our suppliers with clear expectations well ahead of the December 2027 deadline. - How will I know when products are reformulated?
Reformulated products will roll out in phases between now and December 2027. As changes are completed, updated ingredient information will be reflected directly on packaging, giving shoppers continued transparency into what’s in their cart. - Will products taste different? How do I know the quality won’t change?
We are working closely with supplier partners to ensure reformulations meet our quality benchmarks. We continuously evaluate our products, tasting them up to five times annually, to ensure our products meet or beat the quality of pricier national brands. - Will prices increase with new formulations?
As always, we remain dedicated to offering our shoppers quality products at the lowest possible prices. By working closely with suppliers to find efficiencies across our supply chain and store operations, we will continue to create savings that we pass back to customers.