Sentences with phrase «sugar drinks industry levy»

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«The soft drinks industry levy is ground - breaking policy that will help to reduce sugar intake, whilst funding sports programmes and nutritious breakfast clubs for children.»

The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) welcomes the Soft Drinks Industry Levy saying that it has successfully encouraged manufacturers to reduce sugar in their products.

It was this time last year that then chancellor George Osborne announced his intention to levy a sugar tax on the soft drinks industry and it is expected those levy rates will be announced today.

The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) was nicknamed the «sugar tax» by the media and online when it was announced at the 2016 Budget.

He was most recently seen in the media doing a spontaneous «sugar tax dance «after the British Government declared its levy on the soft drinks industry this Wednesday.

However, the government hopes this levy will encourage the entire food and drinks industry to play their part in developing products with lower sugar content.

So today I can announce that we will introduce a new sugar levy on the soft drinks industry.»

In the study, researchers modelled three ways that the soft drinks industry may respond to the levy: reformulating drinks to reduce sugar content, passing some of the levy to consumers by raising the price of sugary drinks, and using marketing to encourage consumers to switch to lower sugar drinks.