https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/bundesregierung-zuckersteuer-ausweitung-100.html
Sugar tax The federal government wants to introduce a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The logic initially seems straightforward: the more sugar, the higher the tax; the less sugar, the healthier the population. But then the finance ministry expanded the concept. Now the levy is also intended to be imposed on Cola Zero, drinks with sweeteners, fruit nectars, smoothies, and even oat milk.