Food Taxes

Simmonds, Philippa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3929-4934 (2025) Food Taxes. In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham ; Massachusetts, pp. 284-286. ISBN 9781800887428

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Abstract

Food taxes have been levied in societies around the world for millennia. Purposes include generating revenue, improving public health, and more recently, reducing environmental harm. Many current issues in food taxation can be illustrated via taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), which have been introduced in over 40 countries globally, and meat taxes, which are often discussed as a mechanism to reduce high meat consumption in industrialised Western countries such as the UK and the USA. Critics of taxation tend to highlight concerns around fairness and scientific uncertainty. Advocates of taxation tend to emphasise positive impacts on consumption and health benefits for low-income groups. Debates around food taxes are likely to continue as we seek solutions to interconnected health and climate crises. Further research is needed to better understand the impacts of health-motivated food taxes on consumption, health, and food production.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > Countryside and Community Research Institute
Depositing User:	Anna Kerr
Date Deposited:	30 Sep 2025 10:26
Last Modified:	30 Sep 2025 10:26
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15371

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