通心粉亦称通心面，在国外已是极普通的面制品之一，我国上海、广州、天津等地也有少量生产。通心粉的种类很多，一般都是选用淀粉质丰富的粮食经粉碎、胶化、加味、挤压、烘干而制成各种各样口感良好、风味独特的面类食品
每一个选择，都是内心的取向。
据外媒报道，近日两名美国妈妈发起一场运动，要求卡夫食品公司停止向其在美国出售的芝士通心粉（Macaroni & Cheese）中添加可能致癌的两种人工色素。
据报道，两位妈妈发现，同样是芝士通心粉，在美国出售的产品含有两种人工色素黄色5号和黄色6号，然而在食品添加剂监管较为严格的英国，该产品却不含这两种色素。
部分原文报道如下：
Two mothers have launched a campaign demanding that Kraft remove the artificial food dyes in the U.S. version of its Macaroni & Cheese
Lisa Leake and Vani Hari, both from North Carolina, noticed that the brightly-colored pasta contains two synthetic substances - yellow 5 and yellow 6 - that add nothing to the flavor and may be dangerous to children's health.
They also discovered that the Illinois-based food giant makes the same product for consumers in UK but because of stricter regulations regarding additives, it is dye-free.