Festina Drinks recognises the growing consumer focus on health and wellness. In collaboration with our manufacturer, we’ve reformulated our own-label products to reduce sugar content. Most Festina-branded drinks now contain under 5g of sugar per 100ml, making them Sugar Tax friendly without compromising taste.
Sugar Tax Levy
What is Sugar Tax?
The UK sugar tax, also known as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), is a tax on pre-packaged drinks that contain added sugar.
It was introduced to reduce the amount of sugar in soft drinks and tackle childhood obesity. It's an example of a "Pigovian" tax, which aims to address market failures caused by harmful products.
Festina Drinks is proud to be sugar tax-free on all our house-branded products!
Full sugar Pepsi is the only product that we supply which is included in the Sugar Levy, and will be taxed £17.28 for 12Ltr Pepsi.
For more information you can visit the Government’s Soft Drink Industry page here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/soft-drinks-industry-levy-comes-into-effect