The tax will be imposed in line with the volume of the sugar -
sweetened drinks a company produces or imports.
Not exact matches
Tesco's move goes way beyond what
companies in the U.S. have done to reduce the consumption of sodas and
sweetened drinks, but that may soon change.
The carbonated soft
drinks offer a twist on the traditional flavor of Coca - Cola and are
sweetened with cane sugar, the
company says.
The
company already announced it would remove full - calorie,
sweetened drinks from schools worldwide by 2012.
Yet by presenting the product as somehow life - enhancing or life - affirming, Coca - Cola cloaks the
company's real purpose of selling a mass - produced and mass - marketed
sweetened cola
drink.