More than a dozen states have signed SNAP Food Restriction Waivers banning the use of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds for “non-nutritious items like soda and candy." Starting ...

Starting New Year's Day, some food-stamp recipients around the U.S. will be banned from using the government nutrition assistance to buy candy, soda and other foods. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and ...

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, ...

New USDA rules will ban SNAP recipients in Florida from buying soda, energy drinks, and candy starting in April 2026. At least 18 states will implement new restrictions on what can be purchased with ...

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Beginning Thursday, SNAP recipients in West Virginia will no longer be able to use their benefits to purchase soda. More than a dozen states applied for waivers from the ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Beginning January 1, as part of Indiana’s new “Smart SNAP” initiative, sugary drinks and candy will no longer be eligible to purchase with SNAP benefits. Soda, energy drinks, ...

New state-level restrictions on what SNAP benefits can buy are set to begin in 2026, with some states banning items like soda, candy, energy drinks, and other “unhealthy” foods. Expanded work ...

There are several changes coming to SNAP benefits in 2026, including stricter bans on what foods can be purchased Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been ...

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