Weight loss drugs are everywhere, and food manufacturers are paying attention. Nestlé just launched frozen meals tailored for people on weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. We tested out their teriyaki chicken meal to see how it tastes.
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00:00It's very chickeny looking.
00:03This line of foods just came out a couple of days ago, so we're gonna try it out and
00:07see how it tastes.
00:08People are increasingly on these injectable weight loss drugs where they just aren't hungry
00:14anymore and so they're eating less junk food, their taste preferences are changing.
00:19Big food companies are aware of this and so Nestle has just released a line of frozen
00:25prepackaged meals for people on these drugs like Osempic or Wigovi.
00:30This is a teriyaki chicken meal with white meat chicken, broccoli, sweet potatoes, bell
00:36pepper, pineapple, and a sweet sauce.
00:39Oh my gosh, it is definitely super frozen.
00:55All right, oh my gosh, I can smell the pineapple for sure.
01:04Let's compare.
01:05If you're on Wigovi or like one of these other weight loss drugs, this might look like enough
01:11food for you, but it's pretty small.
01:15It's not like the driest chicken I've ever had, which is nice.
01:20I wouldn't say like I would reach for this, but it's fine.
01:24I can see how if you didn't have that much of an appetite, you just weren't interested
01:29in eating, you're not interested in cooking.
01:33This is obviously a very like protein-y, chicken-y thing that you could have in the middle of
01:38the day and not have to worry as much about muscle loss and some of these other problems
01:43that people on these drugs have sometimes.
01:45So a lot of people will do like a protein shake for breakfast, but you can't just have
01:49like three protein shakes a day, that would get super monotonous and boring.
01:53I mean, it's less than $5 and you can just grab it from the freezer and go, so it really
01:58is designed to just be attractive to someone who's looking for like a small meal to eat
02:03at work.
02:04Nestle said they want this to be an option for like anyone, even if you're not on these
02:08weight loss drugs.
02:09When I spoke with Nestle, they were talking about how they're always noticing what's trending,
02:14what's new.
02:15So they're kind of leaning into like what's trendy for like fitness, portion control,
02:20and all of those things.
02:21I spoke with a dietician who is not affiliated with Nestle and she said if she was working
02:27with someone for weight loss, she would actually recommend even more protein per meal, like
02:31maybe 30 grams at a minimum.
02:35But because people on these drugs just like aren't that hungry, I think if there was more
02:39protein in here, it would actually be like too filling, too challenging for them to eat.
02:45They also have like a decent amount of vitamin A, some potassium, just trying to make sure
02:50that these people who are, again, not eating nearly as much as they used to are getting
02:55enough nutrients into their body.
02:57The one thing that the independent...