Table 1.
Overview of industry submissions stance on the SSB tax
Industry actor submissions (n = 23) (100%) | Opposed (n = 16) (69,57%) | Oppose Specific Part (n = 6) (26,09%) | Neutral (n = 1) (4,35%) |
Support (n = 0) (0%) |
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Industry (n = 9) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Sugar industry (n = 1) | 1 | |||
Carbonated beverage industry (n = 1) | 1 | |||
Fruit juice and concentrates industry (n = 5) | 1 | 4 | ||
Other (=2) | 2 | |||
Industry association (n = 11) | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sugar industry (n = 4) | 4 | |||
Carbonated beverage industry (n = 3) | 3 | |||
Fruit juice and concentrates industry (n = 1) | 1 | |||
Other (=3) | 3 | |||
Industry-funded research (n = 3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Funded by sugar industry (n = 0) | ||||
Funded by carbonated beverage industry (n = 1) | 1 | |||
Funded by fruit juice and concentrates industry (n = 1) | 1 | |||
Funded by other (n = 1) | 1 |
Source: Author’s Construction