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> What's the "fruit juice problem"? The fruit juice problem is that fruit juice is basically just sugar water but nobody in the general public seems to realize
by ebg13 6y ago
> What's the "fruit juice problem"?
The fruit juice problem is that fruit juice is basically just sugar water but nobody in the general public seems to realize or care and medical associations continue to drop the ball. The American Academy of Pediatrics only recently started saying to not give children juice. The American Heart Association should be hammering that drum loudly when talking about sugar in drinks...but they don't.
> At the end of the day, it's a sugary beverage. Why shouldn't it be taxed in the same way as any other sweet drink.
Correct, it _should_ be taxed. But municipalities keep exempting it despite extremely high sugar content because people are brainwashed into thinking that fruit juice is healthful and magically forgetting all the sugar.
- alistairSH 6y agoGot it, I thought the parent comment was arguing for the status quo (keeping fruit juice untaxed). The other thing that amuses me is the size of juice servings in the US vs UK. I enjoy a glass of OJ with breakfast. In the UK, that's a little "half-size" glass and in the US it's a full-size water glass (pint?). I much prefer the UK size (though admittedly, I'm also consuming coffee and water at the same time).