The Chancellor could introduce a milkshake tax in Wednesday’s Budget to combat child obesity. Rishi Sunak is considering whether the industry has done enough to remove sugar from the drinks.
And if he concludes it has not, he will hit milkshakes with the Soft Drinks Industry Levy. That will put an extra 24p on drinks containing 8g of sugar per 100ml and 18p a litre on those with 5-8g per 100ml.
Financial Secretary Jesse Norman said: “If industry has not made enough progress on reducing sugar, the Government may extend SDIL to sugary milk drinks.” As the Co-op’s Strawberry and Chocolate milkshakes contain 12g of sugar in 189ml bottles, they would escape the tax.
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