Nando's is being forced to scrap its popular bottomless drinks option for high-sugar beverages as part of new Government strategy to tackle obesity. New legislation states that restaurants must not offer volume price promotions on specified HFSS food - which includes refills of soft drinks. Customers will be allowed to buy individual glasses of high-sugar drinks such as Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite - however will not be able make those beverages bottomless. Experts at Zhengzhou University in China found those who consumed sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened drinks were more likely to die young. Households consumed 10 per cent less sugar from soft drinks the following year, but sales of soft drinks overall remained unchanged.

Source: Daily Nation April 14, 2022 13:47 UTC