Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on ultra-processed foods: warns against

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Americans should limit ultra-processed foods, and his administration pushed the first-ever federal definition of “ultra-processed foods” to final interagency review in 2026, per The MAHA Report.

Kennedy’s stated reasoning is that ultra-processed products — formulations of industrial ingredients rarely used in home cooking — are a central driver of chronic disease, and that limiting them is the core of his “eat real food” message in the January 7, 2026 Dietary Guidelines. The definition, once finalized, would give federal policy a formal basis for distinguishing these products.

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