'I think it's a good move': Some items to be eliminated for purchase through SNAP

WPTV

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — WPTV is listening to many of you on how difficult it has been to stay afloat through the rising costs of groceries.

The financial challenge has turned some families rely on the supplemental nutrition program, known as SNAP, which helps pay for grocery bills.

But changes are coming on what you're allowed to purchase.

In a nationwide push to make "America Healthy Again," soda, candy, energy drinks and prepared desserts will no longer be allowed to be purchased using SNAP money starting Jan. 1, 2026.

They're items United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said taxpayers shouldn't have to pay for.

He released a statement which reads in part:

"For years, SNAP has used taxpayer dollars to fund soda and candy -- products