StillSmart

Re: Sugar tax

2016-03-18T07:34:56+00:00

no no no nooooooo don;t get me started.

In my first rant I resisted going down that route. Yes I agree. This is like that other baloney a low-fat diet. What a good idea that turned out to be.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:34 am

Re: Sugar tax

2016-03-17T19:35:43+00:00

Isn't aspartame also a carcinogen, how does this stuff get passed as food??!

Statistics: Posted by Benoit — Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:35 pm

Re: Sugar tax

2016-03-17T19:29:00+00:00

Maybe that will cause an epidemic of depression:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-n ... 01/?no-ist

Statistics: Posted by chill — Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:29 pm

Re: Sugar tax

2016-03-17T18:09:50+00:00

Good point. Even more spare sugar

I personally think it will be completely pointless.

All the manufacturers will replace the sugar with aspartame ( or whatever artificial sweetener they choose) , and very few of them will pay any sugar tax whatsoever. They have two years to come up with a new recipe now even your slowest, most bureaucratic corporation can manage that.

...... and back in the room. Rant over.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:09 pm

Re: Sugar tax

2016-03-17T15:12:46+00:00

If anything, the reduced demand for sugar from the fizzy pop Giants may keep the cost down, the reason it's so low at the moment is due to the low oil price.

Lots of sugar was produced while the oil price was high in order to make a bio ethanol fuel that would be more economical than petrol.

However with the oil price being so low, the demand for the sugar disappeared creating a huge over supply.

Statistics: Posted by Anavrin — Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:12 pm

Re: Sugar tax

2016-03-17T12:58:37+00:00

Icefever wrote:
Will this tax affect the base price of sugar in the stores?? the kg bags we buy??

I don't think so, I understand it only applies to sugar content of fizzy drinks.

Worth stocking up at the moment as prices are lower than I can ever remember. I'm paying between 39 and 45p a kilo. Wasn't it nudging 90p only 2-3 years ago?

Statistics: Posted by GrunthosTheFlatulent — Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:58 pm

Re: Sugar tax

2016-03-17T06:27:54+00:00

Benoit wrote:
How long til it comes into force mash?

According to the Telegraph in two years...but what's to stop anyone adding a spoonfull or two into a glass or tin of Coke???

Will this tax affect the base price of sugar in the stores?? the kg bags we buy??

Statistics: Posted by Icefever — Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:27 am

Re: Sugar tax

2016-03-16T20:14:43+00:00

How long til it comes into force mash?

Statistics: Posted by Benoit — Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:14 pm

Sugar tax

2016-03-16T19:25:51+00:00

Noooooooooooooo.

That is the end of making high alcohol fluorescent filth from Fanta then.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:25 pm