![]() ![]() When people use food stamps to buy energy drinks and candy I honestly just wanna smack them over the head. Not asking “can energy drinks, beer or smokes be covered by foodstamps” #TotalRepublicanMove That’s a luxury item … You don’t NEED an every drink - Grant November 1, 2013 Kandis Ramsay November 1, people on food stamps shouldn’t be buying energy drinks…. ![]() So what does the general public think about this program change? Here are some of the typical Twitter responses to the my favorite is when people use their food stamps card for fountain pops and energy drinks. USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).Energy drinks that have a supplement facts label are classified by the FDA as supplements, and are therefore not eligible.Energy drinks that have a nutrition facts label are eligible foods.Department of Agriculture guidelines say that the word “nutrition” makes a Monster Energy drink a food product and therefore food stamps eligible.įood and Drug Administration guidelines for energy drinks have revealed the following: Monster Energy was following the an idea from Red Bull, that company changed the world “supplement” to “nutrition.” As if the changing of that word magically made the beverage better for our health or nutritional in any way. Under current laws “supplements” are not allowed to take advantage of the food stamps program. Several months ago the Monster energy drinks brand removed that single word to its nutritional label and then like magic, food stamps users could buy the drinks. The change, which many people say is an attempt to game the food stand system, is the removal of the word “supplement.” A new change to the labeling found on energy drinks have made them food stamps eligible. ![]()
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