by JUSTIN CREMER
The ‘fat tax’ slaps on a 16 kroner charge per kilo of saturated fat
With the introduction of the ‘fat tax’ on the first of October, Danish consumers knew their wallets would be taking a hit on products such as butter, cream cheese, and other foods with high saturated fat content.
What wasn’t known was that supermarkets would use the tax to fatten their bottom line.
A price check of eight supermarkets, carried out by weekly newspaper Søndagsavisen with co-operation from the Tax Ministry, revealed that prices on many fatty foods were raised significantly higher than warranted by the tax’s introduction.
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