Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S.

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Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S.
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Kellogg’s is waging a war here over Tigre Toño and Sam el Tucán.

A 2019 policy requires companies that make unhealthy foods to include warning labels on the front of any boxes they sell in Mexico to educate consumers about things like excess sugar and fat. Any food with a warning label — like Kellogg’s Fruit Loops or its Frosted Flakes, which typically contain more than 37 grams of added sugar in a 100-gram serving — is also banned from including a mascot on its packaging.

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Wait, wait - does that mean we're going to lose the Coca-Cola polar bear?!

[Actually, they'll probably just release the Christmas version in a collectable polar-bear-shaped bottle to get around this... ]

Coca Cola has "just" 9% of added sugar and therefor probably counts as "healthy food" in the US.

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