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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “This agency does not know how many ingredients there are in…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

RFK. Jr. pins America's obesity on ultraprocessed food, calls it "poison" | 60 Minutes

Published February 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:34

That loophole was hijacked by the industry, and it was used to add things, thousands upon thousands of new ingredients into our food supply in Europe. There's only 400 legal ingredients. This agency does not know how many ingredients there are in American food. We do not know. They do not know. The estimates are between 4,000 and 10,000. We have no idea what they are. How do we know what is safe to eat? (04:34–04:40)

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Asserts that the agency does not know the number of ingredients in American food.

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“The estimates are between 4,000 and 10,000 [ingredients in American food].”
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“It's because we're being given food that is low in nutrition and high in calories and it's making, it's destroying our health.”
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“There is no way for any American to know if a product is safe if it is ultra processed.”
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