ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2019
Labelling changes in response to a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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- Exploring the sugar-sweetened beverage tax (SSBT) pass-through rate in the Irish hospitality sector.BMC public health · 2024Article
- An examination of Ireland's sugar sweetened beverage tax (sugar tax) in practice.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- The Impact of the Sweetened Beverages Tax on Their Reformulation in Poland-The Analysis of the Composition of Commercially Available Beverages before and after the Introduction of the Tax (2020 vs. 2021).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Tax awareness and perceived cost of sugar-sweetened beverages in four countries between 2017 and 2019: findings from the international food policy study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- Potential impact of gradual reduction of fat content in manufactured and out-of-home food on obesity in the United Kingdom: a modeling study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
- The impact of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages on cola purchasing in Catalonia: an approach to causal inference with time series cross-sectional data.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2021Article
- The ethics of excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.Physiology & behavior · 2020Article
- Higher Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Retail Prices After Excise Taxes in Oakland and San Francisco.American journal of public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the changes in sugar and energy labelling of carbonated sugar-sweetened soft drinks after the implementation of a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
methodsWe visited nine main supermarkets before (May 2014) and after (April 2018) the tax came into effect and obtained data from product packaging and nutrition information panels of carbonated sugar-sweetened soft drinks. We used the paired
findingsWe obtained data from 166 products in 2014 and 464 products in 2018, of which 83 products were the same in both years. Large variations in stated sugar content were found between the different carbonated sugar-sweetened soft drinks in both 2014 and 2018 for all products and for the 83 products. The mean sugar content of the 83 products decreased by 42% between 2014 and 2018, from 9.1 g/100 mL (standard deviation, SD: 3.3) to 5.3 g/100 mL (SD: 3.5;
conclusionThe significant decreases in the labelling of sugar and energy content of carbonated sugar-sweetened soft drinks after the levy came into effect suggest this tax has been effective. The sugar content of drinks still varied considerably in 2018, suggesting further reductions in sugar content of these drinks is possible. The levy thresholds should be reduced and the tax increased to drive further reformulation of soft drinks to reduce their sugar content.
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