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The number of people suffering from diabetes has soared year by year. In recent years, more and more countries have begun to try to introduce a “sugar tax” with the intention of reducing the national sugar intake.

In Norway, where sugar tax has been implemented for a hundred years, per capita annual sugar intake has fallen to the lowest in 44 years in 2018. Norwegian Health Authority report states < /a>, Norway’s per capita annual sugar intake has dropped from 43kg in 2000 to 24kg in 2018.

Although we have not reduced the per capita intake to the recommended amount, we have reached the goal of reducing sugar that we originally planned to achieve in 2021.

Linda Granlund, Director of the Norwegian Department of Public Health said.

However, Norway began to establish a sugar tax in 1922 not for national health considerations, but for purely government revenue. In January 2018, the Norwegian government even increased the tax on candy and chocolate by 83% to 36.92 kr / kg (about RMB 27 / kg); and the tax on sugary drinks increased by 42% To 4.75 kr / liter (about RMB 3.5 / liter).

Under the new policy, the consumption of sugary drinks by the Norwegian people has fallen rapidly from last year to 47 liters per year per year. The highest value in history was in the late 1990s, with per capita consumption of sugar drinks reaching 93 liters/year. .

For reference, we can look at the taxation situation in other countries.

The tax on sugary drinks in the UK is 18-24 pence/liter (approximately RMB 1.6-2.1); in Mexico it is 1 Mexican peso/liter (approximately RMB 0.35); while Denmark cancels the sugar tax in 2013 Before, it was charged 1.64 kr / liter (about RMB 1.72 / liter).

In contrast, the taxation in Norway is still quite large. After the increase in sugar tax, the sales of soda in Norway suddenly fell by 11% . It is conceivable that Norwegian food and drinkers have a very high opinion on this, thinking that this will only further increase the number of people who buy sweets across borders.

Yes, because the sugar tax is too heavy, for many years, Norwegians love to go to Sweden next door to buy sweets. The latest report also shows that the data does not contain data on sweets and drinks bought across borders.

It is said that Sweden has set up a large store near the border between the two countries, filled with sugary food such as candy soda, waiting for Norwegians to go abroad to buy sweets.