New tax opportunities from Denmark: tax the fats

As the first country, like, ever (we are led to believe), Denmark has today started the Fat Tax. 

There is an extra tax to be levied on all "fat" products - anything containing more than 2,3% saturated fat will be taxed.  This means anything from pizza to cheese - and some meats too. 

The tax is set at 16 DKR per kilo of saturated fat (around £2).  This means that the average family of Mum, Dad and 2,2 kids will spend an extra 1,000 DKR a year on food if they continue to buy fatty stuff.

Many countries have introduced sugar taxes, but Denmark did that years ago on sweets and chocolate, so they had to come up with something new. 

So, if you pop over to Denmark and wonder why your 'hotdog med det hele' suddenly costs quite a bit more, you'll know why.

While we are all for health, we do want to point out that Denmark's obesity rates in general run at about 10% lower than most EU countries so we're not sure how effective this tax will be...

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