Popular milk-based treats will rise in price by up to 26p a litre unless they overhaul their recipes to contain less sugar.
The tax, first introduced by George Osborne when he was chancellor, is designed to encourage firms to use less sugar in their drinks. Since it first took effect in 2018, most of the best-known fizzy drinks have cut their sugar content and started using more artificial sweetener instead.
The Treasury has now confirmed that it plans to go ahead with the change – which will apply to sweetened yoghurt drinks as well as milkshakes – in a bid to push companies to use less sugar.
The Treasury said that concerns taxing milkshakes would reduce children’s calcium intake had proven to be misguided, adding: “Whilst young people still do not consume the recommended level of calcium, milk-based drinks are not a significant contributor to intakes.
The threshold at which drinks get hit by the tax will fall from 5g of sugar per 100ml of liquid to 4g, the Government also said.
Treasury minister James Murray said: “We are determined to reduce the hassle of the tax system for British businesses and taxpayers.”
In future HMRC will administer business rates and council tax directly, meaning that companies only have to deal with one Government body to pay the tax they owe.
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