Get ready to pay more for snacks, anything considered fattening and food and beverage items deemed generally unhealthful.

The French government needs money! Forget about them caring about the health and well-being of the people, they’ve blatantly come out and stated they will tax these foods because it will be another tool to help the country’s financial recovery.

What are they taxing? “Certains produits “trop gras, trop sucrés, trop salés qui ne sont pas de stricte nécessité” Products that are too fatty, too sugary, too salty, that aren’t of strict necessity will be taxed a whopping 19.6%. Even one of the last remaining affordable items in France, wine, will be subject to this tax. KWA?!

This law will not go into effect for a while, so you have some time to try to accept this new change, which will be hard to swallow for many junk food junkies.

Article: Le Monde

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