Eighteen States Ban Buying Soda With Food Stamps, Because Sugar Is The New Crime
KEY POINTS
- •Starting in 2026, 18 states will restrict SNAP benefit purchases of soda, candy, and sugary beverages to promote healthier diets.
- •Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' campaign drives these new SNAP restrictions.
- •Advocacy group FRAC warns states haven’t provided clear guidance, leaving SNAP recipients unsure what items are still allowed.
Starting 2026, eighteen brave states—including Arkansas, Florida, and Hawaii—are turning SNAP benefits into the world’s strictest snack police, banning sodas, energy drinks, candy, and suspiciously sugary 'prepared desserts.' Iowa's ban is so hardcore it even targets vitamins, chewing gum, and anything less than 50% juice, leaving shoppers to guess what’s allowed—because clear rules are so 2025. The mastermind behind this sugar crackdown is none other than HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., merging his 'Make America Healthy Again' campaign with his notorious vaccine mandate skepticism. Meanwhile, advocacy groups like FRAC point out that no one actually knows which sweet treats are off-limits yet, so SNAP users might just be winging it next grocery run.
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When government starts vetoing your soda but keeps silent on what exactly you can buy, SNAP becomes America's most confusing diet plan.
18 states banning candy and soda on SNAP starting 2026: because nothing says compassion like a government sugar intervention plan with no instruction manual.
RFK Jr. mixing 'Make America Healthy Again' with 'Guess What’s Banned on SNAP Now?' because life’s too sweet and apparently, too confusing.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/31/2025 | Author: Alex Bitter
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