(NewsNation) — As Nestle announces that the company will remove artificial dyes from its foods by 2026, a public health professor says more companies should follow suit and make foods Americans can thrive on while staying affordable.
The “big, beautiful bill” currently being worked on in Congress proposes changes to SNAP benefits including food stamps, raising concerns over how low-income Americans will be able to afford healthier foods the “Make America Healthy Again” report suggests Americans need.
“The burden should be on the companies, it shouldn’t be on us,” Jerold Mande, the CEO of Nourish Science, said during a Wednesday appearance on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” “If they’re going to sell food in a store, it’s the law that they need to do the testing and ensure that it’s eaten as they intend it to be. So if it’s a snack food eaten every day or a ready to eat meal, you need to be able to eat that and thrive and not get sick.”
Mande added that the government needs to hold the companies accountable in making healthier foods.
A study published by Nourish Science shows 86% of Americans have a low quality diet. Mande said a grade was given to participants about their daily diet, and found that most of the people in the study scored low.
“We can tell that that’s [MAHA report] is accurate by how sick we are,” Mande said.