By John Glenday

Amidst mounting pressure to implement some form of sugar tax to counter Britain’s spiralling obesity epidemic Unilever chief Paul Polman has weighed into the debate by saying there is scant evidence such a levy would make a jot of difference.

Unliver, the food giant behind brands such as Wall’s and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream as well as Hellmann’s mayonnaise, suggested that thinking on the matter by the likes of NHS England was ‘too simple’, citing the case of Mexico which has seen no clear improvements despite introducing a similar tax.

Polman has opted to take Unilever down a different Read full story ›

Source: The Drum