Kennedy<\/a> wrote. \u201cBut isn\u2019t it reasonable to ask whether a drink loaded with 180 grams of sugar is safe?\u201d<\/p>\nHis comment came in response to Maura Healey, who earlier shared an image referencing the historic Texas Revolution. The image showed the 1835 \u201cCome and Take It\u201d flag\u2014symbolic of resistance during the revolution\u2014with a Dunkin\u2019 cup added.<\/p>\n
Rally speech calls for ingredient transparency<\/p>\n
Healey\u2019s post followed Kennedy\u2019s appearance at the Eat Real Food Rally in Austin on February 26, where he said he intends to pressure major coffee chains to provide data demonstrating the safety of highly sweetened beverages.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the rally, Kennedy specifically mentioned Starbucks and Dunkin\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cShow us the safety data that shows that it\u2019s OK for a teenage girl to drink an iced coffee with 115 grams of sugar in it,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019re gonna be able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The remarks reflect Kennedy\u2019s broader push to scrutinize ultra-processed foods and beverages as part of his health policy agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. renewed his criticism of sweetened coffee drinks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[64806,18794,161265,163,161267,85,46,161266,543,161262,507,161261,16891,73274,161260,161264,161263,19755],"class_list":{"0":"post-325929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-consumer-safety","9":"tag-dunkin","10":"tag-eat-real-food-rally","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-policy-agenda","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-maura-healey","16":"tag-nutrition","17":"tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr-us-health-secretary","18":"tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr","19":"tag-safety-data","20":"tag-starbucks","21":"tag-sugar-content","22":"tag-sugary-beverages","23":"tag-sugary-beverages-safety","24":"tag-sweetened-coffee-drinks","25":"tag-ultra-processed-foods"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}