The largest coffee chain in America is set to ‘Maha’ his menu, Robert F Kennedy Junior said.
Brian Niccol, CEO of Starbucks, told the HH -Secretary that he intended to change his recipes during a meeting on Tuesday, which described the coffee chain as ‘productive’.
The specific changes were not revealed, but Niccol has previously said that he wants the drinks from his chain to contain less sugar and ingredients for health-promoting ingredients possibly possibly includes protein powder.
RFK JR unveiled the meeting at X and said he was’ satisfied To learn ‘that Starbucks menus’ avoid artificial colorants, artificial flavors, corn syrup with high fructose, artificial sweeteners and other additives’.
Last week the chain revealed that it tested a sugar-free vanilla-latte with a cold foam of protein bananas, and earlier this year the sugar removed from its Matcha powder-then put 40 percent sale.
The chain also made the surcharge of 80 cents on his non-zuivel milk-which they said it was improving the customer experience.
Starbucks is the largest coffee chain in the US, with nearly 17,000 stores throughout the country – although it has recently seen sales.
The proposed changes are amid a ‘Maha-Isation’ of the American food supply, where large companies are hurrying to remove additives and artificial colorants from their products to be more in accordance with the Make America initiative of the new administration.
Displayed above is Robert F Kennedy Junior with Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol (right)
A spokesperson for Starbucks described the meeting between RFK JR and the CEO of the chain as ‘productive’.
They added: ‘At Starbucks we believe that the choice should come with confidence.
“Our various menu of high -quality foods and beverages enables customers to make informed food decisions, with transparency on ingredients, calories and more.”
The supporters of RFK JR quickly reacted angry with the move, but accused the HHS secretary of ‘supporting’ a large company and saying Starbuck’s’ movement was’ too little, too late ‘.
A commentator on X said: “Mr. Why are you doing this? There are 81 grams of sugar in the most popular drink from Starbucks.
‘Cool, they do not use dyes, or high fructose corn syrup, I am happy with that. But this is not what we are here to support. These companies must be ashamed of managing the chronic illness pidemy. ‘
A second said: “Mr Kennedy, that’s all great and so, but you realize that those drinks have an enormous amount of calories, which will do more harm than dyes and sweeteners.”
Others shared the long list of ingredients in Starbucks’ staples such as the sausage, cheddar and egg sandwich, including maltodextrin and xanthan gum, emulsifiers coupled to a higher risk of colon cancer and ammonium sulphate, an inorganic salt that is often used as a manureSerator.
Starbucks has regularly received criticism of the amount of calories in the coffee and their sugar content
Starbucks has regularly criticized the high calorie and sugar content of his drinks – with a high consumption of this coupled with weight gain.
The summer menu includes a berries ice drink called Summer Skies, with 26 grams of sugar per portion of 16 ounce, and a summer lemonade recrisse course, which contains 33 grams of sugar in a 16-essence portion.
The American Heart Association recommends that men do not consume more than 36 grams of added sugar per day and women do not do more than 25 grams per day.
During the 2024 elections, Starbucks spent more than $ 1.5 million in political lobby efforts, which donated $ 11,118 to the Trump campaign, Records suggestAnd more than $ 488,000 for candidates of the Democratic-inclusive $ 158,365 at the then vice-president Kamala Harris.
The coffee colossus is far from the only one that makes radical changes.
Earlier this week Kraft Heinz – the company behind Kraft Mac and Cheese and Heinz Ketchup – unveiled that it would remove artificial colors from its products in 2027.
And General Mills, who produces cheerios, also said that it would ban artificial colors from his food by the same year.
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