If food is bad 3

(cont'd from last Wednesday's post)

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the main way the U.S. government gives food to the poor in America. What it's supposed to do: "SNAP provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their grocery budget so they can afford the nutritious food essential to health and well-being."

The aim is that the poor "can afford nutritious food"--so there are restrictions on which foods can be included under the program.

Given those priorities, you will be surprised to learn that: "Revenue from taxpayer-funded SNAP makes up nearly 20% of Coke’s annual US revenue, and 75% of SNAP goes to ultra-processed foods."

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How does this happen? Lobbying by big food companies who convince authorities to promote their bad foods. It's one of the factors in this author's claim that our U.S. food systems are making us sick and fat.

from Substack