Sugar tax: Scordamaglia (Italian supply chain), useless and harmful tax increases food inflation

Published May 13, 2024

Tridge summary

The article highlights concerns raised by And Scordamaglia about the criticism of specific foods and the potential for increased consumption of artificial foods. He defends the sugar beet supply chain in Italy, which is seen as a model of the circular economy, and warns that a new food tax could increase food inflation, disproportionately affecting families already struggling to buy quality, nutritious food.
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And Scordamaglia continues: "Lashing out indiscriminately against a single food, without thinking about the diet as a whole, is not only dangerous because it paves the way for a series of approved and artificial foods, but it is also deceptive towards consumers. A damage that also has repercussions on our sugar beet supply chain, which we remember is a perfect model of circular economy and integration with a national production of around 240 thousand tons of sugar, a surface area of 30 thousand hectares, which makes the Italian one the sugar supply chain among the most innovative in Europe”. And ...
Source: Agricolae

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