Alleged sales and per-meal charges
Speaking at an event marking 100 days of work in South Jakarta on October 29, 2026, Sudaryono said he uncovered the practice after taking over the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) on July 22. Before his appointment, he had repeatedly heard of kitchen points being offered at those prices, with numerous foundations acting as intermediaries, Kompas.com reported.
Sudaryono alleged that individuals within BGN's previous administration had set up foundations to claim kitchen points despite having no money to build or operate them. Meanwhile, investors seeking to establish kitchens could not obtain access through BGN.
Some foundations did nothing beyond holding those claims, he said, yet demanded Rp 500, Rp 1,000 or Rp 1,500 for every meal distributed. The charges applied to thousands of servings each day, taking money away from kitchen operations and food for beneficiaries, according to Sudaryono.
He had raised the issue earlier. On July 31, detikFinance reported that Sudaryono said BGN had coordinated with the Attorney General's Office (Kejaksaan) for further investigation. Officials from the previous BGN administration were suspected of approving foundations without the capital to build kitchens. Those foundations allegedly sold kitchen points to investors and required per-portion payments, which he said pressured partners to reduce operating costs and food quality.
Agreement reviews and a route to replace foundations
Sudaryono said BGN is revising its cooperation agreements to reassess what foundations and partners actually contribute. He described the intended arrangement as one in which partners or investors finance and build the facilities, then establish a foundation to distribute government aid.
BGN will give priority to partners willing to invest, build facilities and operate kitchens, he said. Agreements with foundations that have no role would be terminated regardless of who owns them. He cited President Prabowo Subianto's direction to support foundations that devote effort and resources to building and sustaining government programs.
Kitchen partners already have a way to seek a change. On October 5, BGN announced that it had opened a portal where partners could apply to replace an overseeing foundation that contributed nothing to kitchen operations. They could also submit evidence of payments to that foundation, according to DDTCNews.
Program reach and meal funding
By September 30, MBG had served more than 57 million beneficiaries through 27,486 Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPGs) in 38 provinces, ANTARA News reported. Spending from the state budget totaled Rp 153.2 trillion, representing 66.9 percent of the Rp 229 trillion allocation.
In October, the government changed the incentive paid to each SPPG from a flat Rp 6 million a day, regardless of output, to Rp 2,000 for each meal distributed, according to ANTARA News.
The total allocation per serving is Rp 15,000: Rp 2,000 for investor incentives, Rp 3,000 for operating expenses and Rp 10,000 for raw food ingredients.
