{"id":240034,"date":"2026-04-21T07:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240034\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:05:17","slug":"florida-restricts-snap-benefits-amid-health-push-purchases-of-candy-soda-energy-drinks-no-longer-allowed-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240034\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida restricts SNAP benefits amid health push; purchases of candy, soda, energy drinks no longer allowed &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Florida has implemented changes to what people may purchase through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Monday, residents from the Sunshine State are banned from using SNAP to purchase of soda, energy drinks, candy and ultra-processed desserts.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative seeks to redirect federal funds toward more nutritious food choices to improve public health.<\/p>\n<p>Retailers across the state that don\u2019t comply after the initial grace period could face significant penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Florida has implemented changes to what people may purchase through the federal Supplemental Nutrition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-240034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}