The Trump administration is proposing a new 'Blue Apron-type' program to ship food stamp recipients boxes of canned and packaged goods – but the government's plan will hold the kale and other fresh ingredients.

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney described the program, which would hand out food boxes to recipients who get a $90 or greater food benefit per month, invoking the popular mail-order meal business.

'I don't want to steal somebody's copyright, but a Blue Apron-type program where you actually receive the food instead of receive the cash' is how Mulvaney described it.

According to the Trump administration's 2019 budget, the boxes would contain shelf-stable milk, peanut butter, juice, canned meat poultry or fish, pasta, cereals, and canned fruits and vegetables.

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney called the new food stamps proposal 'a Blue Apron-type program where you actually receive the food instead of receive the cash'

The plan goes along with a $213 billion cut over a decade to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food stamps and electronic transfers that can be exchanged for food items.

'It lowers the cost to us because we can buy prices at wholesale, whereas they have to buy it at retail. It also makes sure that they're getting nutritious food. So we're pretty excited about that. That's a tremendous cost savings,' Mulvaney told reporters.

Brooklyn residents receive free food as part of a Bowery Mission outreach program on December 5, 2013. The Christian ministry says it have seen a spike in need since food stamps to low-income families were reduced in November with cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

A Harlem resident looks at a color coding system before choosing free groceries at the Food Bank For New York City on December 11, 2013

The government's Harvest Box would include canned food and shelf-stable milk

In this photo illustration, a Blue Apron box sits on the porch of a house on June 28, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts

But the so-called 'America's Harvest Box' is already coming under criticism from those who say it won't live up to high-end standards and denies choices to people getting the benefit.

Blue Apron ships chilled meats, fish, and vegetables to people's doors so would-be chefs can follow instructions to assemble international meals.

On the menu this week are Beef Medalions and Scallion Salsa Verde with potatoes and broccoli, Greek Chicken with olive tapenade, and Salmon and Dukkah-Spiced Vegetables with orange and endive.

The government's food box contains made-in-the-U.S.A. products, but the feds haven't spelled out whether it would be shipped, whether boxes would be tailored to different recipients, and how it would organize the supply chain.

The program is a way to find savings amid a $213 cut over a decade in food stamps programs

SWEET: Juice would be included in the government's boxes, which would go to those who get $90 or more of food aid per month

COLD COMFORT: The boxes would include shelf-stable milk that doesn't need refrigeration

Said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue in a statement: 'USDA America's Harvest Box is a bold, innovative approach to providing nutritious food to people who need assistance feeding themselves and their families -- and all of it is homegrown by American farmers and producers.'

He added: 'It maintains the same level of food value as SNAP participants currently receive, provides states flexibility in administering the program, and is responsible to the taxpayers.'

DO YOU HAVE BLUE APRON IN A CAN? Recipe cards from a Blue Apron Holdings Inc. meal-kit delivery are arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. The Agriculture Department program would provide food boxes to assistance recipients

Current programs allow qualified recipients to exchange food stamps or digital transfers for food item

The plan is part of the Trump administration's 2019 budget

“Holy mackerel," Kevin Concannon, who ran the program in the Obama administration, told Politico. "I don’t know where this came from, but I suspect that the folks when they were drawing it up were also watching silent movies.”

“It boggles the mind how that would play out,” Kathy Fisher of Philadelphia’s Coalition Against Hunger told the Washington Post. “We know SNAP works now, when people can choose what they need. How they would distribute foods to people with specialized diets, or [to people in] rural areas … It’s very expensive and very complicated.”

Blue Apron said it had no comment when asked for a response.