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The notice reads: “Want Coca-Cola Classic? It’s one glass only.
“Based on new government laws, we’ve had to limit Coca-Cola Classic to one glass per customer.
“Still thirsty? Help yourself to any of our low-sugar fizzy Bottomless Soft Drinks.”
Under the new rules, any soft drinks that are low in sugar, for example ‘Zero’ alternative versions of most popular soft drink brands, can be drunk to one’s heart’s content.
I imagine that manufacturers of artificial sweeteners are in for a good time.
They should offer a loisence for 1 extra sugar drink if you finish your mushy peas.
Ol’ Nigel is chuckling his way in the front door, ffs. What is Labour doing?
An original consultation took place during 2018 as part of the previous government’s Child Obesity action, and legislation was finally passed in Parliament in December 2021.
The rules only came into force on Wednesday (1 October 2025).
The legislation was actually passed under the Johnson government:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry
I suppose that Labour could have passed a law canceling implementation, though.
Maybe now the UK will catch on to iced tea? Free refills!
As long as there’s no sugar, because it’s only sugary drinks being banned.
One 20 floz Arizona Ice Tea has 59g of sugar (2.95g per floz), one 12 floz Coca Cola has 37g (3.08g per floz).
If you think Ice Tea is somehow healthy, I got news for you.
59 / 37 = 2
it’s double healthy
Unsweetened tea is a thing. Sugar free iced tea is a thing. Herbal iced tea is a thing.
No sugar tonight (in my tea)
Begone, devil.
In order to be consistent they’ll need to start charging tax per lump of sugar as well.
There already is a tax on sugary drinks
Yes… that is the topic of discussion. I’m just saying it’s manifestly unfair if they apply that tax to refills of your cup at Nando’s, but don’t charge extra for each lump of sugar in a cup of tea.
How long before coca cola launch an unsweetened version and Nandos lets your Bring Your Own Bag (of sugar)?
If you put sugar in granulated or powdered solid form into soda, it’ll create a lot of convection points and the soda will rapidly foam up and lose a lot of its carbon dioxide.
You could use a sweet syrup instead.
This only affects sugary drinks, so their Zero and diet options should be exempt. Although a book I read recently was showing evidence that artificial sweeteners can also drive obesity, so we might start seeing things affecting those drinks too.
But yet people are still allowed to smoke?
I am failing to understand how come a choice of a person or bad parenting should be enforced. Like if a person wants to drink more of sugary drinks he likes, it is purely up to him, right? Or parents letting their children drink as much as they want. That shit is purely on a customer. Why would anyone regulate that? Focus on other things like littering, public smoking and drinking, drug selling. This hast to be one of the least important things to regulate.
They can drink as much as they like. There’s nothing stopping someone buying another drink.
Obesity is a huge public health concern that should be treated seriously and we should be steering our culture into making better health decisions.
Sounds like a good ‘nudge’ law - David Cameron would be proud
Well, yeah since Cameron was the one who introduced the legislation.
Keir must have heard about some voters he’s not lost yet.
If customers are allowed to help themselves then it’s totally unenforcible. It’s not like the restaurants are going to police this and a sticker isn’t going to deter anyone!
Pretty much no one will ever enforce it. It will be interesting to see what happens when some jobsworth does though.
I don’t fundamentally have a problem with this personally, but it’s one more nail in the coffin full of nails that is the labour party. Their timing is impeccable, as ever.
Obesity is one more thing destroying the NHS, besides politicians gutting it for parts, and not for the sake of your freedom but for the sake of keeping people addicted to product.
