to the low sugar content of a soda the Hamburg-based manufacturer of Lemonaid a draw to the authorities. The responsible local authority: bezirksamt Hamburg-Mitte not going to complain about the lemonade for the time being, said Hamburg’s health authority on Thursday. At the same time, health Senator Cornelia Prüfer-Storcks (SPD) announced that on the Federal level to ensure “that the guidelines for food with regard to possible adverse health a Minimum, of the income tax act be reviewed”. Food with little sugar should not be punished, “but in the normal case be”.
the Office of the district center had not warned Lemonaid, because a Lemonade type of scene-the manufacturer, containing the prescribed minimum sugar content of seven percent and thus against the guiding principles for soft drinks was a violation. The manufacturer has been advised, either the product rename, or the sugar content. Lemonaid was rejected. The star had reported on Wednesday exclusively on the Amtsärger. Numerous media had taken up the case.
“The current case shows that The guidelines for soft drinks in some areas is not understandable and run counter to our strategy for the sugar avoidance, as well as for the health-conscious diet,” said Prüfer-Storcks. It was “a piece from the great house that the guiding principles of the Commission want to protect for food, although the concept of lemonade, but at the same time, the reduction of sugar to counteract.”
Exclusive Fairtrade-Limo Bizarre authorities trouble: Lemonaid is not a more lemonade – because too little sugar is criticised in it
The district office of Hamburg, in the Fairtrade Limo of the “Lemonaid” little sugar – and threatens her Status as a lemonade should not be withdrawn. The beverage manufacturer, is appalled.
By Daniel Bakir bak / DPA
