the sugar content of a soda pop Can be too low? In a dispute on this question, the competent authority has articulated.
Hamburg - to the low sugar content of a soda the Hamburg-based manufacturer of Lemonaid, the authorities direct. The responsible local authority: bezirksamt Hamburg-Mitte not going to complain about the lemonade for the time being, said Hamburg's health authority on Thursday. At the same time, health Senator Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks (SPD) announced that on the Federal level to ensure "that the guidelines for food with regard to possible adverse health a Minimum, of the income tax act be reviewed". Food with little sugar should not be punished, "but in the normal case be".
warning due to too little sugar in the soda
A Office of the district center had not warned Lemonaid, because a Lemonade type of scene-the manufacturer, containing the prescribed minimum sugar content of seven percent and thus against the guiding principles for soft drinks was a violation. The manufacturer has been advised, either the product rename, or the sugar content. Lemonaid was rejected.
"The current case shows that The guidelines for soft drinks in some areas is not understandable and run counter to our strategy for the sugar avoidance, as well as for the health-conscious diet," said Prüfer-Storcks. It was "a piece from the great house that the guiding principles of the Commission want to protect for food, although the concept of lemonade, but at the same time, the reduction of sugar to counteract."
dpa
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Date Of Update: 12 January 2019, 12:02
