Sugar tax anyone?

[Boo1979]

people are strange
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43245138

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Especially as we know it is the carbohydrate which piles the weight on, not just the sugar.
Still, if you can see it cheaper somewhere else then people will go to ridiculous lengths.
People still go on "booze cruises" even though booze is remarkably cheap.

 

[JohnEGreen]

even though booze is remarkably cheap

Not in Norway though nothings cheap in Norway except snow and Herrings.

 

[Grumpy ole thing]

YIKES...hope I'm nowhere near that with a rampaging hypo...I'd probably hoover the lot up (Packman icon here)

 

[Deleted member 308541]

I would like to see what would happen if any European / UK govt brought back sugar rationing, as was in place when I was a child during the the late 1940's to around 1953.

You would be in the lurch then all of you craving sweet tooth's, here you go suck on a saccharine tablet.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Not in Norway though nothings cheap in Norway except snow and Herrings.

I like Roll Mops, pass the jar please John...

 

[jlarsson]

The single biggest thing I miss from my home country, and more specifically proper liquorice rather than the nonsense sold over here with the exception of TotallySwedish and IKEA which are both in inconvenient locations for me to get to on a regular basis. I'm guilty of ordering large sums of it online every now and then to deal with cravings, and fortunately I'm one of these people with ridiculously high metabolism so I don't gain any weight from it, as long as I deal with the blood sugar I'm perfectly fine.
Learn to love salty liquorice, Britain.

 

[JohnEGreen]

All things Liquorice actually do sugar free liquorice

https://www.allthingsliquorice.co.u...ontent/side/liquorice-by-type/sugar-free.html

 

[jlarsson]

All things Liquorice actually do sugar free liquorice

https://www.allthingsliquorice.co.u...ontent/side/liquorice-by-type/sugar-free.html

How's the taste compared to the normal stuff? In my experience trying out sugar free sweets they tend to be pretty bland.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Learn to love salty liquorice, Britain.

I have eaten that a long time ago, but cannot remember where I got it from.

I like "lickerish" as the kids spelt it.

 

[UserABC2021]

Learn to love salty liquorice, Britain.

I love salty liquorice

When I lived in Poole there was a 'traditional' sweet shop that stocked it.

 

[CaspaB]

We already have a sort-of sugar tax. It's called dentist's bills for our children under six.

 

[DavidGrahamJones]

Learn to love salty liquorice, Britain.

Liquorice used to be grown in Pontefract, but stopped when cheaper imports were found. I did see an article in the Guardian, dated 2012, which mentioned a farmer who was starting to grow liquorice in that area again. I also saw one of those Michael Portillo railway journey programs where he visited a liquorice "farm" in Pontefract.

I don't think the British dislike salty liquorice, just didn't realise it was an option. Personally I'd go for the sugar free stuff which now my local pharmacist has stopped stocking it, is more difficult to get.

 

[greyrider]

I will get my sugar items from Amazon, they don't pay tax on anything!

 

[jlarsson]

Liquorice used to be grown in Pontefract, but stopped when cheaper imports were found. I did see an article in the Guardian, dated 2012, which mentioned a farmer who was starting to grow liquorice in that area again. I also saw one of those Michael Portillo railway journey programs where he visited a liquorice "farm" in Pontefract.

I don't think the British dislike salty liquorice, just didn't realise it was an option. Personally I'd go for the sugar free stuff which now my local pharmacist has stopped stocking it, is more difficult to get.

I have yet to meet any non-Swedes that didn't hate it when I've encouraged them to try my delicious Djungelvrål, majority of them have spit it out within a seconds. There is also plenty of video evidence on Youtube of people just not getting it.

 

[DavidGrahamJones]

majority of them have spit it out within a seconds. There is also plenty of video evidence on Youtube of people just not getting it.

I can't speak for all British people but personally I've avoided salt for so many years that I probably wouldn't like anything with loads of salt in.

"Average salt consumption in this country (Sweden) is two to three times higher than the safety limits recommended by the World Health Organisation, according to Professors Mattias Aurell, at Gothenburg University and A Erik G Persson at Uppsala University.

They say this is leading to growing health problems including high blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks."

Based on that little gem I daresay we're better off not re-introducing something like salt into the diet, I think we have enough problems with too much carbohydrate (including sugars) and different types of fat. Learning to love salty anything doesn't seem like a good idea really.

 

[Boo1979]

One Problem is that human beings as a whole, appear to rather like extremes of the taste spectrum when it comes to food be it sweet, salty, spicey etc etc
Ive always been much more on the hot & spicey foods end of the food spectrum - my younger days would see me happily munching on raw green chillies!. Ive never added salt to food and seem to reserve any likings I have for salty foods to nuts, specifically salted roasted almonds or pistachios

 

[jlarsson]

I can't speak for all British people but personally I've avoided salt for so many years that I probably wouldn't like anything with loads of salt in.

"Average salt consumption in this country (Sweden) is two to three times higher than the safety limits recommended by the World Health Organisation, according to Professors Mattias Aurell, at Gothenburg University and A Erik G Persson at Uppsala University.

They say this is leading to growing health problems including high blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks."

Based on that little gem I daresay we're better off not re-introducing something like salt into the diet, I think we have enough problems with too much carbohydrate (including sugars) and different types of fat. Learning to love salty anything doesn't seem like a good idea really.

Salt is definitely consumed heavily there, whether it's the direct cause to the high(er?) amount of high blood pressure etc I don't know. Salty liquorice is made from a different type of salt, ammonium chloride rather than natrium/sodium chloride, I have absolutely no idea whether that affects this in any shape or form, just throwing it out there.
While you didn't explicitly state this, I think it's a bit strong to knock down Swedes on consuming alarming amounts of salt when in Britain people regularly eat crisps and chips all the time. One of the more baffling things I learned when I moved here was that a pack of crisps was part of meal deals.

 

[Boo1979]

Salt is definitely consumed heavily there, whether it's the direct cause to the high(er?) amount of high blood pressure etc I don't know. Salty liquorice is made from a different type of salt, ammonium chloride rather than natrium/sodium chloride, I have absolutely no idea whether that affects this in any shape or form, just throwing it out there.
While you didn't explicitly state this, I think it's a bit strong to knock down Swedes on consuming alarming amounts of salt when in Britain people regularly eat crisps and chips all the time. One of the more baffling things I learned when I moved here was that a pack of crisps was part of meal deals.

Some brits ( not me tho) are fans of crisp sandwiches and ive seen colleagues putting their meal deal crisps into their meal deal sandwich and washing it all down with their meal deal coke!! - gross

 

[mojo37]

I will get my sugar items from Amazon, they don't pay tax on anything!

Brillant lol