When SpongeBob SquarePants skips onto shelves in boxes of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese next year, he may be a little less, well, yellow than your kids are used to. 

Kraft has revamped its character-shaped product line for 2014, according to company spokeswoman Lynne Galia. The new versions will have six additional grams of whole grains, be lower in sodium and saturated fat, and will use spices instead of artificial food dyes to recreate the pasta's famous yellow-orange color. 

"Parents have told us that they would like fun Mac & Cheese varieties with the same great taste, but with improved nutrition," Galia said in an e-mail. 

The company will remove Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6 from boxes containing pasta shaped like SpongeBob SquarePants and those with Halloween and winter shapes. Two new shapes of the popular pasta -- Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" from Dreamworks -- will also be free of food coloring, Galia said. 

Check out Eatocracy's recipe for homemade Mac & Cheese 

The Center for Science in the Public Interest hailed Kraft's decision on Friday. Michael Jacobson, the center's executive director, said he is pleased with the announcement but is "puzzled" as to why Kraft would not change its iconic elbow-shaped macaroni product as well. 

"As Kraft has today shown, it is clearly possible to make macaroni and cheese without these harmful chemicals," Jacobson said in a statement. 

The company tries to offer a wide variety of choices to consumers, Galia responded. "Making ingredient changes isn't as simple as it would seem," she said. "All of the ingredients must work together to deliver the distinctive taste, appearance and texture consumers expect and love from Original KRAFT Mac & Cheese. Our fans have made it clear they won't settle for anything less."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was taken out of Kraft products?
2. What did Kraft remove?
3. What is Kraft discontinuing hte use of?
Q2:
1. What new shapes of pasta are there?
2. What are the new shapes of macaroni?
3. What shapes of macaroni are being introduced?
Q3:
1. Will the new macaroni shapes be free of food coloring?
2. Will there be zero food coloring in the new macaroni shapes?
3. Will Kraft's macaroni shapes feature no food coloring?
Q4:
1. What does Michael Jacobson do?
2. What is Michael Jacobson's job?
3. How is Michael Jacobson employed?
Q5:
1. How many grams of whole grains are in the new macaroni?
2. How many grams of whole grains does Kraft feature in its new products?
3. What amount of whole grains does Kraft put into its new macaroni?
Q6:
1. What is giving Kraft products their yellow color instead of food dyes?
2. What has Kraft replaced food dyes with in order to achieve the yellow color of their macaroni?
3. How is Kraft making its macaroni yellow now that it's not using food dyes?
Q7:
1. What action did Kraft take in 2014?
2. What change did Kraft make in 2014?
3. What happened at Kraft in 2014?
Q8:
1. Who said that Kraft tried to offer variety?
2. Who commented on Kraft's attempt to offer variet?
3. Who said that Kraft was trying to be more diverse with its products?
Q9:
1. What puzzled Michael Jacobson?
2. What was odd to Michael Jacobson?
3. What did Michael Jacobson have trouble understanding?
Q10:
1. Who employs Michael Jacobson?
2. Who is Michael Jacobson's employer?
3. Where does Michael Jacobson work?
