An Advocacy Group Is Trying To Stop The World From Having Milkshakes

Express - Milkshakes containing a “remarkable” 39 teaspoons of sugar should be banned, a campaign group has said.

The Toby Carvery’s Unicorn Freakshake topped a list published by Action on Sugar of sugary milkshakes served at restaurants and fast food outlets in the UK, with one serving coming in at 1,280 calories.

The 39 teaspoons of sugar is more than six times the recommended amount of sugar for a 10-year-old and more than four cans of Coke.

Two so-called freakshakes – a mixture of milkshake and assorted toppings – from Five Guys were second and third on the list, with 37 and 30 teaspoons in the banana and chocolate mix-in and cherry mix-in respectively.

Action on Sugar said the survey’s findings revealed “grotesque levels of sugar and calories” and called for a ban on all milkshakes that exceeded 300 calories per serving.

“The food and drink industry – including restaurants, manufacturers and retailers – has a key role in helping to tackle this by reducing the amount of sugar we buy and consume, and we hope to see them step up to the challenge.”

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Hey Action on Sugar, I have an idea for you. Pay close attention now:

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Trying to ban milkshakes because you think they’re too sugary? Who made you the boss of me? Who made you judge and jury? If people want to get a milkshake with a gallon of ice cream, whole milk, and an entire batch of cookies on top, that ain’t your business.

And I thought this might be a small issue. Maybe it’s actually no big deal. But as it turns out, it’s WORLD NEWS.

If this can happen in the UK, it can happen here. They let boobies on TV over there. They allow cursing in music over there. But they are trying to take milkshakes out of paying customer’s hands over there. So this a billion % can happen here in the US of A. We have advocacy groups for got damn everything. And some of them I agree with because for the most part, people are dumb and most need help making good decisions. But yes, I’m bias, because I love milkshakes, but also I’m not so dumb that’d I’d drink one every day and have diabetes and an amputated leg by the time I’m 40 years old. And not to get so serious, but that’s the problem, we have so many people that have no self control that the government tries to enforce laws so we don’t all get obese and die early. But please, let me have my milkshakes. Take cake instead. Cake stinks.