Sugar Pollution: Curbing sugar supply for health and environment

In the UK, this supply chain consists of British Sugar, the sole manufacturer of refined sugar from sugar beet in the UK, and Tate & Lyle, the only importer of cane sugar into the UK. [...] BOX 1: WHO’S WHO IN THE BRITISH SUGAR INDUSTRY British Sugar: The sole manufacturer of refined sugar from sugar beet in the UK, and in practice the sole buyer of the UK’s sugar beet crop. [...] A consumer boycott of West to the Caribbean – and the foundations of an industry Indian sugar in the early 1790s in the name of abolition that undergirded the growth of the British Empire were mobilised more than 300,000 Britons30. [...] Image credit: Feedback Sugar Pollution: Curbing sugar supply for health and the environment 7 SUGAR POLLUTION: ENVIRONMENT, FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTH The following section lays out the negative impacts on people and the planet associated with sugar consumption and production in the UK. [...] Given the oversupply of sugar present in the UK prior to the negotiation of the deal, this remarkable influx is entirely at odds with the UK’s goal to reduce obesity rates and lower the consumption levels of HFSS foods.