No true north without sugar: food industry calls for fact-based nutrition policy
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The German Food Association and the Federation of German Food and Drink Industries (BVE) are launching their campaign "No true north without sugar". With this initiative, the associations are reacting to current political proposals by the black-green state government in Schleswig-Holstein to introduce a sugar tax.
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The aim of the campaign is to promote a fact-based debate on nutrition policy and to firmly reject populist approaches that interfere with the recipe sovereignty of food manufacturers. A state levy would hit the very core of product development without any proven health effect.
Christoph Minhoff, Managing Director of the BVE and Food Association, emphasizes: "In the north, people know what tastes good. Nobody needs a sugar tax here. Recipe sovereignty belongs in the kitchens of food manufacturers and not in political debating chambers. The health benefits of such taxes are questionable. None of the frequently cited modeling studies meet the scientific requirements that would be necessary for political decisions. A real improvement in people's quality of life can only be achieved through education, exercise and a diverse range of products."
With the claim "No true north without sugar", the BVE and the German Food Association (Lebensmittelverband Deutschland) make it clear what impact a sugar tax could have on regional products, traditional recipes and food diversity.
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