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Jessica Glenza

Kennedy touts ultra-processed meals he once called ‘poison’

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Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks in Washington DC on 23 June 2025. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters

Robert F Kennedy Jr, promoted a company whose meals contain ultra-processed ingredients – which he has repeatedly railed against – on his “Make America healthy again” tour.

The US health secretary appeared at an enormous food plant in Oklahoma for a company called Mom’s Meals, which makes 1.5m “medically tailored” meals each week and ships them all over the country.

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