SNAP junk food restrictions are spreading across the United States, with 12 states now blocking purchases of soda, candy, and other foods deemed unhealthy.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, supported around 41 million Americans per month in 2024, providing a monthly stipend to buy groceries at participating stores. With the conservative Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement leading the charge, there has been a renewed push to limit what SNAP users can buy with their benefits.

So far, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah have had approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban certain types of unhealthy foods from being bought with SNAP benefits. All, barring Colorado, are Republican

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