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Sugar Tax Drives Cross-Border Shopping: 'While Health Effects Remain Uncertain'

De Telegraaf24 September · 06:151 hour ago

Dutch consumers strongly oppose a proposed sugar tax, with research commissioned by the food industry showing that 45 percent reject any price increase resulting from the levy. Additionally, three-quarters of respondents refuse to accept a price hike exceeding five percent, indicating significant resistance to the policy despite its intended public health benefits.

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