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[-] Fades@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Gotta enshrine laws to protect the capitalists!

They say its about unhealthy food and drink, but why are drink refills considers a health issue to the point of requiring law? Plenty offer more than just unhealthy soda and trash like that.

Health Secretary Eluned Morgan has launched a consultation to restrict "promotions of food products high in fat, sugar and salt".

Article specifically calls out some names:

It includes a proposal to prohibit retailers from offering free drink refills, which many high street restaurants including Nando's and Five Guys offer.

Taking Five Guys for example they offer coca cola freestyle:

https://www.fiveguys.com/menu/Drinks

https://www.coca-colafreestyle.com/choices/?filter1=all%20drinks

Which offers options such as minute maid lemonaid, vitamin water, etc. with non-sugar options. This law would punish those same drinks in the name of health.

[-] b34k@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I got a solution for you, and it’s free: Drink water.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 17 points 4 months ago

That's not really a solution at all. You don't order a soda with your lunch because you think "I'm so dehydrated", you order a soda because you think "This will taste nice". People are allowed to want flavor.

[-] b34k@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Flavor comes from my steak and my bacon Brussels sprouts, not my beverage.

And actually sodas don’t “taste nice”. Go keto for a few months and break that sugar addiction. The next time you try a soda you’ll realize they’re all sickeningly sweet and not fit for human consumption.

[-] SlowRoastedMadness@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Uh-huh, but that's ignoring the sugar-free options the other user said. I like flavored drinks with my food, i drink enough water throughout the rest of the day.

[-] xep@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago

I'm sorry you're getting downvoted for speaking the truth. It's frightening how much sugar is in our diet.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Sorry, bacon is carcinogenic and not fit for human consumption so we're banning that too.

[-] b34k@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I can always cure and smoke my own pork belly, should the govt decide I can’t get it at a store…. Just like someone can take sugar and other garbage and put it into their water should they so desire.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 4 months ago

Also, water is not free. It’s normally provided at no cost to the consumer in a restaurant, but it isn’t free.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago
[-] Rev3rze@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

All they're saying is that water treatment costs money. Not that you should buy nestle stolen and bottled water...

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's much less than a cent per litre anywhere in the US, the quantities used for drinking are essentially free

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

coca cola freestyle

The nice expensive machines standard fast food places are removing in the US. Too many freeloaders?

[-] cdf12345@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

Couldn’t you just say “10 refills included in the price of the beverage”.

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

I support banning customer refills, but that’s cuz they’re gross.

If you just spent the past 30 minutes applying your germs to a cup, the last thing I want you to do is go back up the soda machine and splash that shit all over the nozzles.

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