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(FILES) A Coca-Cola logo is seen on a cup filled with Coke at a food court outside a Costco Wholesale warehouse store in Hawthorne, California, on August 27, 2025. The German government plans to introduce a sugar tax as part of measures to address its growing budget deficit in the coming years, according to a draft bill seen by AFP on April 28, 2026. Under the scheme, which is expected to be included in the 2027 budget, consumers of sweet drinks like Coca-Cola could be expected to cough up for the public purse.
Some manufacturers of sodas and other sweet drinks have responded to similar taxes in other countries by reducing sugar content and ramping up artificial sweeteners. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
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