Skip to content
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn

The Canadian Beverage Association

  • News & Media
    • Overview
    • Press Releases
    • Articles
    • Archive
  • Beverages
    • Overview
    • Soft Drinks
    • Juices
    • Water
    • Sports Drinks
    • Energy Drinks
    • Teas
  • Initiatives
    • Overview
    • Balance Calories
    • Clear On Calories
    • Guidelines
    • Recycling & Packaging
    • Stewardship
    • Regulatory information
    • Canada Plastics Pact
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • ▸
  • News & Media
  • ▸
  • Press Releases
  • ▸
  • Setting the Record Straight

For Media Inquiries

Please Contact:

Julia Caslin
julia@canadianbeverage.ca

Search

Follow Us

  •  
  •  
  •  

Categories

  • Aspartame
  • Balance Calories
  • Bottled Water
  • BPA
  • Caffeine
  • Calories
  • Clear on Calories
  • Energy Drinks
  • Environment/Recycling
  • Guidelines
  • Health
  • Hydration
  • Ingredients
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Low Calorie Sweetener
  • Marketing
  • Myths & Facts
  • Obesity
  • Sports Drinks
  • Sugar
  • Taxation
  • Uncategorized

Categories

Archives

  • November 2021
  • April 2021
  • January 2021
  • September 2020
  • April 2016
  • November 2015
  • January 2015
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • May 2014
  • March 2014
  • January 2014
  • September 2013
  • February 2013

Archives

Setting the Record Straight

Setting the Record Straight – submitted to the Calgary Herald

January 29, 2015

Advocating for a tax on Albertans’ grocery carts won’t stop with beverages. In Ontario similar groups are advocating for higher taxes on everything from grape juice to ice cream.

There is no jurisdiction in the world that has been able to link soft drink taxation with a reduction in obesity rates.

The Canadian Beverage Association (CBA) believes that education, not taxation, is the key to addressing obesity.

We know that obesity is a complex issue and experts, including Health Canada, agree that no single food or beverage can be held responsible for weight gain. The solution to obesity lies in encouraging a balanced lifestyle – not to simply target one product or one sector.

According to Stats Canada, 2.5% of all calories came from the consumption of soft drinks and today due to lower consumption of soft drinks in general and increased consumption of no and low calorie beverages that number is well below 2%. To put that in perspective salad dressing makes up 2.1 per cent and butter, margarine, oils and fats make up 3.4 per cent of our daily caloric intake.

CBA members are committed to working with the Canadian governments and other partners to identify meaningful solutions that will address the complex public health issue of obesity including our calorie labelling initiative, Clear on Calories.

Click here to learn more about Clear on Calories.

< Back To Overview

The Canadian Beverage Association

  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

CONNECT
WITH US

  • Home
  • News & Media
    • Press Releases
    • Articles
    • Blog Posts
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Beverages
    • Soft Drinks
    • Juices
    • Bottled Water
    • Sports Drinks
    • Energy Drinks
    • Teas
  • Industry Initiatives
    • Balance Calories
    • Clear On Calories
    • Guidelines
    • Recycling & Packaging
    • Stewardship
    • Regulatory information

© 2023 CanadianBeverageAssociation.ca

Web Development by Encoded Cloud