Sugar Tax

[MikeyBikey]

I get the impression this is working to a limited degree but cannot help but feel it needs extending. We have a cafe selling milk shakes near us and a dedicated milk shake bar. Their concoctions though seem mighty unhealthy. Start with milk, added ice cream, add a Mars bar, whisk and top with cream. Half a day's or more calories in one hit!

 

[mikeyB]

The sugar tax is collected from industry, and only applies to soft drinks. It’s easy to apply taxes to industry, but you can’t go collecting sugar tax from every Mr Whippy van or ice cream parlour.

It’s far easier to insist on food establishments to display the calorie and carb count on drinks such as you describe. Then you could accurately judge the bolus needed to cope with that delicious sounding drink.