America’s losing battle against diabetes

Re:America’s losing battle against diabetes by joefife on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:11PM (#28170781)

Scotland introduced a sugar tax. As a result, many of the most popular products switched to sugar substitutes.

For example, Scotland is one of the few countries in the world where Coca-Cola is not the most popular fizzy drink. Irn Bru is.

Following the sugar tax, Irn Bru changed the recipe to use alternative sweeteners.

Some people complained, and there is an original version, but it is far more common to see the sugar free version used.

In this case, the tax works.

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Re:America’s losing battle against diabetes by qwertygnu on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:16PM (#28170851)

Are the alternative sweeteners any better for people's health and/or the environment? If not, then it's hard to say the tax "worked". If so, what are they?

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