Sugar Tax Effect: 6 Million Euros in the Budget, but It Did Not Change Shopping Habits

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The new excise tax on sweetened beverages, which came into effect in January, has increased the price of most of them by 10 to 40 cents, and carbonated beverages by as much as a third, but this has not changed the habits of buyers. Syrups have become the most expensive, in some cases even double, and products that consumers did not expect have also become more expensive - cocoa powder, coffee products, yogurts. The Tax Inspectorate estimates tha…