U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week praised Mom’s Meals, a company that ships $7 heat-and-eat dishes to Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries, calling its products a “solution for making our country healthy again” after touring the firm’s Oklahoma plant. The endorsement was delivered in a video posted to his official account and aligns with Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” campaign, which urges Americans to curb processed foods. An Associated Press review of Mom’s Meals’ nutrition labels found the dishes—such as chicken bacon ranch pasta and French-toast sticks—contain the chemical additives and levels of sodium, sugar and saturated fat that Kennedy frequently blames for chronic disease. Marion Nestle, a nutrition professor at New York University who examined the menu for AP, said every item she reviewed was “loaded” with ultraprocessed ingredients that could be recreated more healthfully with whole foods. Mom’s Meals spokeswoman Teresa Roof countered that the company omits synthetic dyes, high-fructose corn syrup and certain preservatives, describing its fare as a “healthy alternative” for home-bound patients. HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon offered similar support. The debate highlights tensions inside Kennedy’s own department as it spends untold millions of federal dollars on medically tailored meals that critics say run counter to the secretary’s anti-ultraprocessed message.