Hill March 19, 2025
- RFK Jr. urging restaurants to switch to beef tallow over seed oils
- Beef tallow is $6 per kilogram compared to $4 per liter of vegetable oil
- Critics argue using beef tallow could increase heart disease risk
The “Make America Healthy Again” initiative, led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., aims to revamp the U.S.’s dietary guidelines and food industry practices.
Kennedy has repeatedly targeted ultra-processed foods as the primary culprit behind a range of diseases that afflict Americans, particularly children. He vowed in a Senate confirmation hearing to focus on removing such foods from school lunches for children because they are reportedly “making them sick.”
The former independent presidential candidate has...