# Americans narrowly support state lawsuits against ultra-processed food companies

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/health/americans-narrowly-support-state-lawsuits-against-ultra-processed-food-companies/

> Indexed question in Health.

## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted June 25 to 30, 2025, 54% of Americans supported state attorneys general bringing lawsuits against ultra-processed food companies to pay for health harms caused by their products. This includes 20% who strongly support and 34% who support.

About one in seven opposed the lawsuits (14%), with 10% who oppose and 4% who strongly oppose. Another 32% were neutral.

## Topline

To what extent to you support or oppose having state attorneys general bring lawsuits against ultra-processed food companies to pay for health harms caused by their products?

54% of Americans favor state lawsuits against ultra-processed food companies.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Support: 34.0%
- Neutral: 32.4%
- Strongly support: 19.6%
- Oppose: 10.0%
- Strongly oppose: 4.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-06-25 → 2025-06-30
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.8%
- Module: ICA Conference Omnibus Survey #2025-058
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-ica-2025.tiiny.co#public-support-for-legal-action-against-ultra-processed-food-companies](https://verasight-ica-2025.tiiny.co#public-support-for-legal-action-against-ultra-processed-food-companies)

## Citation

ICA Conference Omnibus Survey #2025-058, fielded June 25-30, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.8%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-ica-2025.tiiny.co#public-support-for-legal-action-against-ultra-processed-food-companies](https://verasight-ica-2025.tiiny.co#public-support-for-legal-action-against-ultra-processed-food-companies)