Research has found that a growing number of US states have been amending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to restrict recipients from purchasing sugary beverages and snacks. The government has approved 18 out of 31 states’ requests to place such bans. The study reveals that 31 US states took 40 different measures to limit what people can purchase with food stamps since SNAP lacks nutrition standards. Such actions include proposed bills, passed laws, and governors’ orders — mainly aimed at removing sugary products and ultraprocessed foods from the program.
