Panera to give all food additives the heave-ho

Amid growing consumer concern about the ingredients in foods purchased in restaurants and grocery stores, one of the nation's most successful fast-casual dining chains on Tuesday will announce plans to dump all artificial additives from its food menu by the end of 2016. That means no artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners and preservatives in any of the hundreds of food items it sells.

Panera also is working to remove high-fructose corn syrup from many of the beverages it sells, according to USA Today.

"I want to serve food that I want to eat," Ron Shaich, founder and CEO of Panera, told USA Today.

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