Additional Coverage:
- NYT’s fact-check of RFK Jr.’s claims about popular breakfast cereal stuns social media (foxnews.com)
Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has claimed that the breakfast cereal Froot Loops contains several artificial ingredients in the U.S. but has fewer in Canada. However, the New York Times fact-checked his statement and found that the ingredient lists are similar, with the exception of some natural colorings in the Canadian product.
Kennedy’s nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services has raised concerns among some medical professionals and Democrats, who believe his skepticism of vaccines poses a threat to public health.
Critics have mocked the New York Times for their fact-check, arguing that it actually supports Kennedy’s claim about artificial ingredients being included in the U.S. version of Froot Loops.