Sugar High: Food Watchdog Wants Efteling to Stop Offering Unlimited Soft Drink Refills
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Consumer organization Foodwatch demands that Efteling immediately stop its unlimited soft drink package. For 17 euros, visitors to the Dutch amusement park can tap soft drinks all day long using a special cup. According to the food watchdog, the park is thereby encouraging extreme sugar consumption and brand loyalty to Coca-Cola among children. Efteling responded with surprise and has no intention of stopping this.
Sugar high: Food watchdog wants Efteling to stop offering unlimited soft drink refills
Foodwatch wants Efteling to stop offering unlimited soft drink refills. The food watchdog received multiple reports from visitors saying that the theme park encourages people to consume an excessive amount of sugary drinks.
Soft drinks are promoted at Efteling, and this does not sit well with some visitors. After all, the more sugary drinks you consume, the more sugar you ingest. In De Kwestie, we present our readers with a question or statement regarding this. Feel free to respond below as well.
For 17 euros, you can refill your soft drinks all day long at Efteling. Food watchdog Foodwatch believes that this tempts children into excessive soft drink consumption and calls on the amusement park to stop unlimited refills.
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destentor.nlDoctors and health organizations are calling on Efteling to immediately stop offering unlimited soft drinks. For 17 euros, visitors can tap sugary drinks all day long. "As far as we are concerned, that is absolutely outrageous," warns the Gezonde Generatie, a partnership of 23 health foundations, in conversation with this site.
The Efteling just doesn't seem to be able to get rid of Foodwatch. After the battle against child marketing in the park and a Coca-Cola hotel room, the 'food watchdog' has now found a new target: the unlimited soft drink package. This is striking, as other amusement parks also offer unlimited drinks. So why exactly does the Efteling have to bear the brunt? Foodwatch is an organization dedicated to healthy and safe food. Previously, they succeede…
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