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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Sat 2 Mar 09:01
Jenni “thicko” Minto, Minister for Public Health, has included porridge and other oat based breakfast cereals in a proposed list of junk foods which could be controlled by sanctions on promotion and product placement.
Can’t stand it myself, but unsurprisingly this is causing much consternation and furious sporran twitching…
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Sat 2 Mar 09:25
It`s the instant porridge oats pots that ar loaded with sugar that she is referring to.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: Wotsit
Date: Sat 2 Mar 09:41
Aye, but Parboiled is in on the secret that any amount of sugar is rendered harmless by the simple addition of an oat.
The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy.
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Sat 2 Mar 10:17
Yes I see that has been clarified now…but only after a furious backlash. Anyway what the eff is to with her and her nannying ilk if some folk prefer the convenience of ready to eat products?
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Topic Originator: Wotsit
Date: Sat 2 Mar 10:25
I think it makes perfect sense that we tax more dangerous products at a higher rate to offset the increased costs to the NHS.
Asking people to cover the cost of their lifestyle choices is actually a pretty conservative notion.
The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Sat 2 Mar 11:29
Quote:
Parboiled, Sat 2 Mar 10:17
Yes I see that has been clarified now…but only after a furious backlash. Anyway what the eff is to with her and her nannying ilk if some folk prefer the convenience of ready to eat products?
Whats the issue with buying cheaper, healthier porridge oats, then just adding the sugar that you want yourself? 🤔 rather than buying a ready meal version of them…
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sat 2 Mar 11:40
The wider issue here is that the food industry and their allies in the food retailing industry would be quite content to slowly kill us all in the pursuit of profit if left to their own devices. Business doesn`t like government interference (unless it`s dishing out public money to them) but sometimes it`s necessary to protect the masses.
Post Edited (Sat 02 Mar 11:44)
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Sat 2 Mar 11:57
The masses…how patronising
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Sat 2 Mar 12:05
Just read that LA. Shame they’ll likely die younger.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Sat 2 Mar 12:27
Any way who would put sugar in porridge .. Its salt !!
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sat 2 Mar 12:47
The issue I have with this and sugar tax is it doesn`t make healthier options cheaper. As we`ve seen with sugary drinks, the sugar one just goes up in price. Pepsi quietly removed a lot of sugar from normal Pepsi last year and replaced it with artificial sweeteners. Did the price drop? Did it hell.
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Sat 2 Mar 12:54
Hear hear! It has got to be salt every time, BPP.
Mind you, my grandfather liked a spoon of treacle in his porridge. They had odd tastes back then. He also had an addiction to sweeties called Oddfellows, which I haven`t seen in a very long time.
:)
I think a sugar tax is a pretty good idea. It follows the same principles as a cigarette tax, which was spectacularly successful here in Australia. I was shocked to discover that a packet of 30 cigarettes costs $60 here in Oz, which explains why only 10% of the population smoke today.
If consumers can be similarly weened off sugar products, the health benefits for everyone would be enormous.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Sat 2 Mar 12:55
Quote:
jake89, Sat 2 Mar 12:47
The issue I have with this and sugar tax is it doesn`t make healthier options cheaper. As we`ve seen with sugary drinks, the sugar one just goes up in price. Pepsi quietly removed a lot of sugar from normal Pepsi last year and replaced it with artificial sweeteners. Did the price drop? Did it hell.
Also, look at the small print on the bottles where they have introduced artificial sweeteners. Many, such as IRN BRU, now have a warning about causing behavioural problems in children with ADHD
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Sat 2 Mar 13:02
Careful with the salt,linked to high blood pressure. You cannae win..
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Sat 2 Mar 13:44
You`ll be surprised to know that the head of British Sugar is married to a Tory MP!🤔😲
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sat 2 Mar 15:33
Quote:
red-star-par, Sat 2 Mar 12:55
Quote:
jake89, Sat 2 Mar 12:47
The issue I have with this and sugar tax is it doesn`t make healthier options cheaper. As we`ve seen with sugary drinks, the sugar one just goes up in price. Pepsi quietly removed a lot of sugar from normal Pepsi last year and replaced it with artificial sweeteners. Did the price drop? Did it hell.
Also, look at the small print on the bottles where they have introduced artificial sweeteners. Many, such as IRN BRU, now have a warning about causing behavioural problems in children with ADHD
I believe that`s the colouring rather than the sweetener but I can`t say I`m a fan of sweeteners. Taste horrid.
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