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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip • 29 days ago

Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge

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Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge

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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip • 29 days ago

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Exclusive: Co-author of analysis for WHO calls on government to control the food industry rather than being subservient to it

Exclusive: Co-author of analysis for WHO calls on government to control the food industry rather than being subservient to it

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29 days ago
Let's not. They'll just fill them with sweeteners instead and everything will taste like ass. Personally, whenever I have the odd fizzy drink I buy the stuff with sugar and pay the extra. The rest of the crap can get into the sea.

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