The cost of a can of Coca-Cola could more than double if the government takes up plans to hike the cost of sugary and salty foods.
The tax has been proposed by Henry Dimbleby, co-founder of the food chain Leon, who says how we eat is contributing to 64,000 deaths a year in England and driving wildlife loss and climate change.
He is today proposing a 'snack tax' that could hike the cost of sugary and salty food and raise up to £3.4billion for the Treasury per year.
The plans would see the cost of sugar rise by £6 per kg if used by companies making food to sell, and salt by £6 per kg.
If that happens, food manufacturers have tough decisions to make. They can keep their recipes the same and absorb the cost, or they can pass that cost on to shoppers.
If that cost is passed on, every gram of sugar would cost an additional 3p and salt would cost an extra 6p per gram.
It would mean the cost of many of our most-loved foods and drinks rising hugely.
Coca-Cola
A 330ml can of Coca-Cola, which costs around 60p to 90p, could cost an extra £1.05 as it has 35g of sugar in it.
This means a can would cost £1.65 to £1.95 if Coca-Cola doesn't change the recipe.
Cadbury's Dairy Milk
Dairy Milk bars may be unassuming at first glance, but they're the country's favourite chocolate by far.
A 45g bar currently costs 60p at Tesco, and this would rise to £1.37 under the new regime.
Greggs sausage roll
The iconic sausage roll currently costs £1, and is loved as a quick, hot and tasty snack available on almost all high streets.
But the cost of the roll could tip over the £1 mark with the new tax, which would add an extra 9.6p due to the salt content.
Ginsters pasty
Brits love Ginsters pasties, and eat around 180,000 of them a day.
A large pasty, weighing 227g, costs £1.30 in Tesco.
This would rise to £1.41, as the proposed new levies would add an extra 11.7p. The pasties currently each have 1.7g of sugar and 1.1g of salt.
Walkers crisps
A 45g grab bag of Walker's ready salted crisps costs 85p now.
But that could increase to around 90p, as the mooted tax would add an extra 3.6p for salt and 0.6p more for sugar.
Kellogg's Frosties
Tony the Tiger's time might be up if the tax goes through, as it would mean the cost of a 750g box of the cereal rises from £3 now to £3.87.
Mr Kipling French Fancies
Mr Kipling may make exceedingly good cakes, but the company's French Fancies might no longer be sold at an exceedingly good price.
An 8-pack of the cakes would cost you £2.20 in Tesco, but this could rise by an extra 49p, to £2.69 - that's 33p per cake, as opposed to 27p now.
But the government's food tsar said his proposals for a sugar and salt reformulation levy should not hike up prices for families, as food makers would simply change their recipes.
The costs of sugary treats could rise for another reason too, with chocolate prices set to rise by as much as 15p .
This means the price of the nation's favourite chocolate bar - Cadbury's Dairy Milk - could rise from 60p to 69p for a 40g bar even without the snack tax.
Sugar prices hit a four-year high last week, and could rise another 10% to 15% over the next six months.
This means the cost of making sweets, chocolate, fizzy drinks and cakes will all rise too.
Bad weather in sugar cane-producing countries like Brazil means less of the sweet substance is being made, so demand - and cost - is higher.
If manufacturers pass on even a 15% increase it would mean a big hike in the cost of sugary treats.
