Of course it did. Sure why not heavily tax fruit, bread, pasta and cereal. /s
vinceswish on
Can’t enjoy anything because some (huge percentage of the population) can’t control themselves. Take a jog, cook dinner, don’t let yourself go people :/
Dookwithanegg on
Is it the tax that’s driving the reduction or the new recipes that are invariably worse-tasting due to the replacement of a portion of sugars with artificial sweeteners instead?
Edit to add: We can probably glean something by looking at how well full-sugar drinks like Coca Cola and Red Bull are faring in comparison to Pepsi or 7-Up, etc.
BrickEnvironmental37 on
They ruined Lucozade. Unforgivable
Willing-Departure115 on
In a pub 40 years ago: Did you hear they’re planning on putting up the price of cigarettes? What next. Nanny stateism gone wild.
The state gets involved in your lifestyle choices when the external costs of them are borne by society.
27% of the population are obese and north of 55% are overweight. It shortens lifespans, increases illness (the impacts of which, like smoking related illnesses, get paid for by everyone in the health and welfare system) and is entirely avoidable. Nudges like taxes on sugary drinks, make industry and consumers change their way. Nudges on alcohol have helped us reduce consumption by about a third in twenty years, from near the top of the per capita table to about mid ranked in Europe, for example.
Interesting to see it working!
Able-Exam6453 on
You’re telling me, and it’s not the tax, it’s the revolting sweeteners in pretty much all available squash.
CumBlastedYourMom on
No. I just buy bigger bottles and throw them in the river
Such bullshite. The only fizzy drink that hasn’t completely replaced their recipe with aspartame and other artificial shite is coke. Every other fizzy drink in Ireland now has aspartame and many other artificial sweeteners, ruining the taste.
I’m happy to take the price to get proper stuff. The tax did nothing but prevent me from drinking Fanta, 7-up and any other soft drink
J_dizzle86 on
It’s not because of the tax. It’s because they taste like piss now.
Tip – Some chinese takeaways sell cans of Fanta from Denmark and it’s full sugar.
McSchlub on
Lots of people hate the sweetener taste, though it doesn’t bother me personally.
However having recently switched up my diet and moved to 0cal stuff to scratch my sweet tooth itch I can say that the diet/zero sugar Pepsi is the best tasting of the lot. Much much better than diet coke etc.
I don’t know what devilry is in it but it’s fuckin great.
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>The [Irish Heart Foundation](https://www.irishtimes.com/tags/irish-heart-foundation/) called for a Government commitment to extend the sugar sweetened drinks tax now to all high-sugar foods.
Of course it did. Sure why not heavily tax fruit, bread, pasta and cereal. /s
Can’t enjoy anything because some (huge percentage of the population) can’t control themselves. Take a jog, cook dinner, don’t let yourself go people :/
Is it the tax that’s driving the reduction or the new recipes that are invariably worse-tasting due to the replacement of a portion of sugars with artificial sweeteners instead?
Edit to add: We can probably glean something by looking at how well full-sugar drinks like Coca Cola and Red Bull are faring in comparison to Pepsi or 7-Up, etc.
They ruined Lucozade. Unforgivable
In a pub 40 years ago: Did you hear they’re planning on putting up the price of cigarettes? What next. Nanny stateism gone wild.
The state gets involved in your lifestyle choices when the external costs of them are borne by society.
27% of the population are obese and north of 55% are overweight. It shortens lifespans, increases illness (the impacts of which, like smoking related illnesses, get paid for by everyone in the health and welfare system) and is entirely avoidable. Nudges like taxes on sugary drinks, make industry and consumers change their way. Nudges on alcohol have helped us reduce consumption by about a third in twenty years, from near the top of the per capita table to about mid ranked in Europe, for example.
Interesting to see it working!
You’re telling me, and it’s not the tax, it’s the revolting sweeteners in pretty much all available squash.
No. I just buy bigger bottles and throw them in the river
Obesity or cancer, great choice…
[https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/](https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/)
Such bullshite. The only fizzy drink that hasn’t completely replaced their recipe with aspartame and other artificial shite is coke. Every other fizzy drink in Ireland now has aspartame and many other artificial sweeteners, ruining the taste.
I’m happy to take the price to get proper stuff. The tax did nothing but prevent me from drinking Fanta, 7-up and any other soft drink
It’s not because of the tax. It’s because they taste like piss now.
Tip – Some chinese takeaways sell cans of Fanta from Denmark and it’s full sugar.
Lots of people hate the sweetener taste, though it doesn’t bother me personally.
However having recently switched up my diet and moved to 0cal stuff to scratch my sweet tooth itch I can say that the diet/zero sugar Pepsi is the best tasting of the lot. Much much better than diet coke etc.
I don’t know what devilry is in it but it’s fuckin great.