Vegemite To Be Banned

A report that is due to be tabled in June is recommending extra taxes on "energy-dense" foods. It also suggests regulating fat, salt and sugar content in food and drink, banning advertising of unhealthy foods to children and eliminating them from school vending machines.



According to a spokesman for the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC), this would mean a possible ban on sugar-rich preserves and jams, high-fat products such as soft cheeses and high salt products, like Vegimite!



Now, while this may sound a lot like the apparent ban on Vegemite in the US a few years ago, it is a bit different. The AFGC, which represents 80 per cent of the highly processed food, drink and grocery products sector, would appear to be using Vegemite as a "Poster Child" of what would be banned. Honestly, no Australian Government is going to ban Vegemite - Just imagine what Sam Kekovich would say! (Be sure to play the video). Things such as soft cheeses and olive oil will not be banned, these products have not siginificantly changed in hundreds of years.


What is likely to be banned is products with ingredience lists like this:



Corn, vegetable oil, chese powder, salt, buttermilk powder, wheat flour, whey protein concentrate, tomato powder, flavour enhancers (621 - MSG!, 627, 631), onion powder, whey powder, garlic powder, dextrose, sugar, mineral salt (339), food acids (270, 330), flavour (natural), spices, colours (129, 150, 110) - Thats a packet of Doritos.

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