RFK Jr. Promoted A Food Company He Says Is Healthy. Their Meals Are Ultraprocessed.

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post/AP

Jul 8, 2025, 04:51 AM EDT


WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday praised a company that makes $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees.

He even thanked Mom’s Meals for sending taxpayer-funded meals “without additives” to the homes of sick or elderly Americans. The spreads include chicken bacon ranch pasta for dinner and French toast sticks with fruit or ham patties. “This is really one of the solutions for making our country healthy again,” Kennedy said in the video, posted to his official health secretary account, after he toured the company’s Oklahoma facility last week.

But an Associated Press review of Mom’s Meals menu, including the ingredients and nutrition labels, shows that the company’s offerings are the type of heat-and-eat, ultraprocessed foods that Kennedy routinely criticizes for making people sick.

The meals contain chemical additives that would render them impossible to recreate at home in your kitchen, said Marion Nestle, a nutritionist at New York University and food policy expert, who reviewed the menu for The AP. Many menu items are high in sodium, and some are high in sugar or saturated fats, she said.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-ultraprocessed-foods_n_686cda64e4b0c11188c96747

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A hypocrite? You don't say.

[yardwork]

1. Our resident RFK Jr. fluffers will rush to explain, I'm sure.

[twodogsbarking]

2. He's eating the bears, the whales.

Soylent Green for everyone.

[IronLionZion]

3. He's completely full of it, like everyone else in this administration

That company must have paid him for his endorsement

[JoseBalow]

9. It's a bullshitocracy

[Leghorn21]

4. Oh, NOMS!!

https://selfpay.momsmeals.com/content/BrowseMeals.aspx?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=PrivatePayMarketing&utm_content=Brand&utm_term=mom%27s%20meals&matchtype=e&network=g&device=c&vsrefdom=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=11246885744&gbraid=0AAAAACUfM3q7oCLSJ8kxUW_LiOCthjV0Q&gclid=CjwKCAjwg7PDBhBxEiwAf1CVuwsLxRWdA-u2XvDIqOxxkV_SUFuHf9Q8CDM6wcUdhFWU-dbIIPtIixoCjkYQAvD_BwE

[riversedge]

5. I wonder if RFK jr is getting a kickback for advertising this product??

[Littlered]

6. The fact that they couldn't

Or chose not to name the items or particular processes leaves me skeptical .

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Go look for yourself

https://selfpay.momsmeals.com/content/BrowseMeals.aspx?_ga=2.149734006.1782900464.1711638637-30521748.1701725501

Their stipulation is that they don't have artificial colors, HFC, or "certain sweeteners or synthetic preservatives that are banned in Europe,", which is just nonsensical obfuscation.

And that doesn't mean they don't have meals that might be "high fat", "high sugar", or "high sodium" (the latter often being an artifact of preservatives), and they won't mention the addition of preservatives that are NOT banned in the U.S.

It's not an issue of whether people would want or not want to eat these but it's the hypocrisy and snake oil salesmanship with the obsessing over "healthy" and then doing a "wink wink" at a favored company that isn't quite living up to that standard.

ETA - here is one I knew would be a red flag -

General Tso's Chicken with Vegetables and Rice

From the Nutrition Facts -

Nutrition Facts:
1 servings per container Serving Size 1 Meal
Amount per Serving Calories 400

(snip)

Sodium 900mg 39%

(snip)

Recommended sodium/day has generally been 2,300 mg (and preferably 2/3rds of that).

[Littlered]

10. I did,

I read that same article yesterday. And immediately recognized it as click bait. That was my point.

I picked something I would be likely to order, as I am calorie conscience after using Noom to lose 85 pounds. I wasn’t going to wade through their entire menu, don’t have the time.

Fwiw, I just went to the freezer and picked two random cafe steamers. One was 800, and the other was 580. These are generally considered to be one of (if not the most) healthy diners you can get at the store.

If that sodium number is your point. You just lost the “highly processed “debate. We all want to hate Kennedy, but I’d rather hate him for things that truly matter.

Anyway this ingredient list looks good to me.

Garam Masala, Chicken Thigh, Coriander Seeds, Garlic, Turmeric, Nigella Seeds, Butter, Fenugreek, Red Onion, Cumin, Avocado Oil, Broccoli , Cardamom, Garlic, Cinnamon, Canned Tomato, Sugar, Heavy Cream, Basmati Rice, Kosher Salt, Clove, Espelette Pepper , Lime Juice, Greek Yogurt, Ginger, Red Bell Pepper
Contains milk, soybeans.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. The "problem"

is that you have a Secretary of Health Human Services, a Department I used to work for for over 30 years, pushing what is being revealed as a scam with a ridiculous acronym - "MAHA" - while undermining that sentiment with "endorsements" of companies that don't really represent "healthy", not to mention the whole anti-vax bullshit.

[Nigrum Cattus]

8. Apparently everyone misunderstood

rfk Jr. was talking about his bank account. He meant
that corp. was healthy for his bank account.