Articol: http://www.channel4.com/news/denmark-introduces-fat-tax-on-food
Denmark is the first country in the world to introduce a tax on foods with saturated fat, in an attempt to encourage healthy eating.
Foods which contain more than 2.3 per cent saturated fat will be affected, including butter, dairy and some Danish pastries, as well as meat and pre-cooked fast food.
Each kilogram of saturated fat will be taxed at £1.84 (16 kroner), meaning that the price of a small pack of butter will rise by the equivalent of 25p, while an average burger will cost around 9p more.
The tax was approved by parliament to help increase life expectancy in Denmark, which is currently below the OECD average at 79 years.
However, in terms of obesity levels, Danes are well below the 15 per cent European average, with only 10 per cent of their population above the obesity threshold.
In September, Hungary introduced a new tax known locally as the "hamburger law", but that only involves higher taxes on prcoessed foods, such as soft drinks, salty snacks and food flavourings.
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