{"id":117428,"date":"2025-05-23T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=117428"},"modified":"2025-05-24T10:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T14:41:44","slug":"usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.<\/p>\n

News release from the State of Indiana:<\/p>\n

USDA Approves Indiana\u2019s Waiver to Remove Sugary Drinks from Taxpayer-Funded SNAP Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indianapolis, Indiana (May 23, 2025) \u2013 Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore taxpayer-funded SNAP dollars are spent on sugary drinks and candy than on fruits and vegetables. Indiana is proud to lead the way in the Make America Healthy Again agenda by making this common sense move to return the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to its intended purpose: nutrition.\u201d \u2014 Indiana Governor Mike Braun<\/p>\n

Soda is the number one commodity purchased with SNAP benefits. Purchases of sugary drinks, desserts, and candy exceed the combined sales of fruits and vegetables on SNAP. Children enrolled in SNAP consume 43% more sugary drinks than non-SNAP recipients with similar incomes.<\/p>\n

Indiana was among the first states in the country to apply for this waiver to remove soft drinks and candy from SNAP benefits.<\/p>\n

At the event rolling out Governor Braun\u2019s Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative, HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI urge every governor across America to follow your lead by signing similar executive orders in their states to improve nutrition standards in SNAP, increase transparency around food dyes and additives, implement physical fitness tests in schools, expand farm-to-school programs, and embrace the full scope of your transformative health agenda. Together, we can Make America Healthy Again.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

Related Images:<\/h3>
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7107],"tags":[33708,33713,32526,31451,1153,33710,33709,33712,22394,33707,32507,2057,33711],"class_list":["post-117428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indiana-governor","tag-brooke-rollins","tag-farm-to-school-programs","tag-food-dyes-and-additives","tag-indiana-governor-mike-braun","tag-indianapolis-indiana","tag-make-america-healthy-again","tag-make-america-healthy-again-agenda","tag-physical-fitness-tests-in-schools","tag-snap-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program","tag-sugary-drinks","tag-u-s-secretary-of-health-and-human-services-robert-f-kennedy-jr","tag-usda-united-states-department-of-agriculture","tag-waiver-to-remove-soft-drinks-and-candy-from-snap-benefits"],"yoast_head":"\nUSDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits - AroundFortWayne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits - AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-23T18:00:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-24T14:41:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"67slparker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"67slparker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"67slparker\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2\"},\"headline\":\"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-23T18:00:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-24T14:41:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Brooke Rollins\",\"farm-to-school programs\",\"Food Dyes and Additives\",\"Indiana Governor Mike Braun\",\"Indianapolis Indiana\",\"Make America Healthy Again\",\"Make America Healthy Again agenda\",\"physical fitness tests in schools\",\"SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program\",\"sugary drinks\",\"U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\",\"USDA United States Department of Agriculture\",\"waiver to remove soft drinks and candy from SNAP benefits\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Indiana Governor\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/\",\"name\":\"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits - AroundFortWayne\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-23T18:00:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-24T14:41:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg\",\"width\":550,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"description\":\"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"AroundFortWayne\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2\",\"name\":\"67slparker\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"67slparker\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/wptest\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/67slparker\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits - AroundFortWayne","description":"Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits - AroundFortWayne","og_description":"Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.","og_url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/","og_site_name":"AroundFortWayne","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","article_published_time":"2025-05-23T18:00:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-24T14:41:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":550,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"67slparker","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_site":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"67slparker","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/"},"author":{"name":"67slparker","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2"},"headline":"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits","datePublished":"2025-05-23T18:00:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-24T14:41:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/"},"wordCount":286,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg","keywords":["Brooke Rollins","farm-to-school programs","Food Dyes and Additives","Indiana Governor Mike Braun","Indianapolis Indiana","Make America Healthy Again","Make America Healthy Again agenda","physical fitness tests in schools","SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program","sugary drinks","U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.","USDA United States Department of Agriculture","waiver to remove soft drinks and candy from SNAP benefits"],"articleSection":["Indiana Governor"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/","name":"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits - AroundFortWayne","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-23T18:00:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-24T14:41:44+00:00","description":"Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary soft drinks and candy from the taxpayer-funded nutrition assistance program, SNAP.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/tState_of_Indiana_side.jpg","width":550,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/usda-approves-indianas-waiver-to-remove-sugary-drinks-from-taxpayer-funded-snap-benefits\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"USDA approves Indiana\u2019s waiver to remove sugary drinks from taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","name":"AroundFortWayne","description":"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization","name":"AroundFortWayne","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"AroundFortWayne"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/60a1c82ca1de84bb660471939e6393b2","name":"67slparker","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0249a34fbb7d86a3c14c6ed43adaf57e3dd6443bb0428d4ed5fc62860779bc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"67slparker"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/wptest"],"url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/67slparker\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}