West Virginia Watch, Yahoo News – Beginning New Year’s Day, West Virginian residents who rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can no longer use their benefits to purchase soda.
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The state’s SNAP ban includes regular soda, diet soda and zero-calorie soda, but does not include water, milk, juice and energy drinks. The state defines soda as “any carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage that contains water, a sweetening agent, flavoring, and carbon dioxide gas to create carbonation.
The Trump administration approved West Virginia’s SNAP soda ban waiver along with that of several other states this year.
