How healthy and tasty are the new frozen 'Ozempic meals'?

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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...

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