Overview
Colombia now has a tiered tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), reaching 20% for high-sugar products by 2025. Using the 2015 National Survey of the Nutritional Situation of Colombia, researchers estimated taxed and untaxed beverage intake from BEFORE implementation. This baseline creates a reference to measure how sugary sweetened beverage consumption changes because of the new tax policy.
Research Paper:
Consumption of Sugary Beverages by Adults Prior to Sugary Drink Tax in Colombia: An Analysis of the National Nutrition Survey 2015 Michael Essman, Carlos R. Soto Diaz, Luis Carlos Forero Ballesteros, Mercedes Mora-Plazas, Luis Fernando Gomez, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Nutrients 2026, 18(5), 716; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18050716
