3-Stufen-Plan: Zuckersteuer trifft Spezi und Limo – so teuer wird es im Supermarkt

 

Stand:

12.11.2026, 15:10 Uhr

Von: Sven Trautwein

Die Zuckersteuer ist vom Kabinett beschlossen – kommt aber erst 2028. (Symbolbild) © Sven Hoppe/dpa

Die geplante Zuckersteuer auf Erfrischungsgetränke wird auf 2028 verschoben – wie von der CSU gefordert. Doch drei geplante Steuerstufen sorgen für Zündstoff.

München – Für bayerische Brauereien, Brunnenbetriebe und Verbraucher im Freistaat bringt der jüngste Berliner Koalitionskompromiss zur Zuckersteuer mehr Vorbereitungszeit, aber auch veränderte finanzielle Rahmenbedingungen. Die Spitzen der Regierungsfraktionen von Union und SPD haben sich darauf verständigt, die Einführung der geplanten Abgabe auf zuckergesüßte Erfrischungsgetränke vom 1. Juli 2027 auf den 1. Januar 2028 zu verschieben. Gleichzeitig sieht die Einigung eine wesentliche Änderung bei der Staffelung vor: Statt der bisher im Kabinettsentwurf vorgesehenen zwei Stufen soll die Steuer künftig in drei Progressionsstufen nach dem Zuckergehalt erhoben werden.     

Mit dem Aufschub um ein halbes Jahr hat sich vor allem die CSU durchgesetzt. CSU-Landesgruppenchef Alexander Hoffmann hatte im parlamentarischen Verfahren wiederholt mehr Vorlaufzeit für mittelständische Hersteller gefordert. Im Freistaat sind alkoholfreie Erfrischungsgetränke wie Spezi, Limonaden und Schorlen für viele Betriebe längst zu einem wichtigen Standbein geworden. Bei Erdinger Weißbräu und weiteren bayerischen Betrieben hatte man vor empfindlichen Belastungen gewarnt. Durch die Fristverlängerung bis Anfang 2028 gewinnen Brauer und Brunnen nun Zeit, um Rezepturen schrittweise anzupassen.

Zuckersteuer in drei Stufen ab 2028: Diese Schwellenwerte gelten für Limonaden

Der geänderte Gesetzentwurf greift eine Initiative von Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) auf, stark gezuckerte Getränke über eine zusätzliche Progressionsstufe stärker zu belasten. Während Erfrischungsgetränke mit weniger als fünf Gramm Zucker je 100 Milliliter steuerfrei bleiben, orientieren sich die neuen Stufen an drei Grenzwerten:  Unter 5 Gramm Zucker je 100 ml: Steuerfrei

• Stufe 1 (ab 5 Gramm Zucker je 100 ml): Erste Abgabenstufe
• Stufe 2 (ab 7 Gramm Zucker je 100 ml): Mittlere Abgabenstufe
• Stufe 3 (ab 9 Gramm Zucker je 100 ml): Höchste Abgabenstufe

Klassische Cola-Getränke und viele traditionelle Limonaden oder Spezi-Mischungen, die typischerweise rund 10 Gramm Zucker pro 100 Milliliter aufweisen, fallen künftig in die höchste Progressionsstufe.

Was bleibt steuerfrei?

Der Gesetzgeber hält an geplanten Ausnahmen bei der Zuckersteuer fest. Unberührt von der Abgabe bleiben:   

• Zero- und Light-Getränke: Produkte mit rein kalorienfreien Süßungsmitteln bleiben abgabenfrei.
• Naturbelassene Säfte und Schorlen: Reine Fruchtsäfte ohne Zuckerzusatz, Milchmischgetränke und pflanzliche Drinks (Hafer, Soja, Reis) sind befreit.
• Alkoholfreie Brau- und Weinspezialitäten: Alkoholfreies Bier, alkoholfreier Wein und alkoholfreier Sekt sind explizit ausgenommen.
• Kleinbrauereien und Kleinhersteller: Betriebe mit einer Jahresproduktion von unter 70.000 Litern sind komplett befreit; für Hersteller mit bis zu einer Million Litern wird eine EU-Freistellung angestrebt.

Was kostet der Kasten im Getränkemarkt?

Da auf Verbrauchssteuern an der Ladenkasse zusätzlich die gesetzliche Mehrwertsteuer von 19 Prozent anfällt, schlagen die Steuersätze auf die Endverbraucherpreise durch, wenn Handel und Hersteller sie weiterreichen. Bei einem angenommenen Steuersatz von 32 Cent je Liter (wie im bisherigen Vorentwurf für stark gezuckerte Limonaden) verteuert sich eine Einliterflasche brutto um rund 38 Cent, ein Kasten mit zwölf Flaschen um rund 4,57 Euro.   

Sollte für die neu geschaffene dritte Stufe über 9 Gramm Zucker ein höherer Satz greifen, warnen Branchenvertreter vor noch deutlicheren Preissprüngen von fünf bis sechs Euro pro Kiste.

Debatte um Zusatzstufe: Industrie warnt vor Abkassieren – Verbraucherschützer fordern Rezepturwechsel

Die Einführung der dritten Progressionsstufe stößt bei den Getränkeherstellern auf deutliche Kritik. Detlef Groß, Hauptgeschäftsführer der Wirtschaftsvereinigung Alkoholfreie Getränke, erklärte gegenüber Bild: „Eine zusätzliche dritte Steuerstufe für klassische Limonaden macht die Zuckergetränkesteuer endgültig zur Abkassiersteuer. Eine Kiste Cola oder Limo verteuert sich deutlich um fünf Euro. Es geht offensichtlich nur um Geldbeschaffung.“

What are the main differences between Indonesians, Malaysians, and Filipinos?

Our differences were quite uncanny; maybe we looked pretty similar, but we were different. Indonesians and Malaysians could understand each other, but we were still distinct.

As an Indonesian, I can answer this based on my experience with my friends from that country, and I feel the differences between us. Here are the differences:

• Language: Indonesians speak Indonesia, Malaysians speak Malay, and Filipinos speak Tagalog. Indonesians and Malaysians can eerily understand each other, mostly from media such as Upin Ipin and other Malaysian cartoons or Indonesian music. But we don't understand the Filipinos.
• Religion: Indonesians and Malaysians were predominately Muslim, but the Filipinos were predominately catholic
• History: The reason our country was different was that a different European power colonized us in the past; the Dutch colonized us Indonesians, the British colonized the Malaysians, and the Spanish colonized Filipinos, then the United States.

But with all those differences, we still have much in common, like how we like our music and arts. The three of us love storytelling, folk art, and food, and well, don't get me started there, as we love eating rice and spices! And also coconut oil, our food was different, but we still have the same ingredients.

We were lovely, kind and friendly. We treat foreigners with utmost hospitality. It is within our blood to do, and we love to do it; that's why we were colonized back then: we were too kind to foreigners, haha.

I think that quite sums up the question about our differences and commonalities in a short answer: we love to mock each other in online games or online discussions, well we love to, not because we hate each other, but because that's what brothers do, they mock each other, but only them could mock each other, no other people could do that to their brother, only them. Our brotherhoods may look similar to how the Canadians treated the Americans or Australia; it's also the case with Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, three Southeast Asian brothers.

Sources: Philippines_Ball in X. Link: Philippines_ball (@PhilippinesBall) on X

---

Thank you for reading my short answer about three brothers from Southeast Asia; I hope you enjoyed my writing, and don't forget to upvote the answer, as it is significant to me. Thank you, and have a nice day!

CAREER DOUBTS

 

SO TO SAY

By Klaus Döring

Feeling confused about your career is very common. It usually happens when your internal values, skills, and goals do not match your current reality or the options in front of you.

 

You may experience doubts as soon as you start your studies simply because you do not know enough about the many career paths that are available to you ...

Realize that doubt is a normal part of the achievement process. Doubt happens to all of us. Sometimes, you'll set big career goals and then actively prevent yourself from achieving them. You may even get close to achieving these big goals, but then, right before you do, you'll blow everything up.

Start conducting exploratory interviews. Attend industry conferences, and network with key organizers, asking one or two for their time to learn more about their own personal career path. Find a mentor from whom you can get direction, who can assess your strengths and interests and help you brainstorm new career paths.

Career is a rapid motion. A course of action. Sure! A professional conduct in life. Even a progress through life. Here we are! That means, a careerist is one, who rushes widely and makes his own personal advancement as well as his (or her) own aim in life!

What can we do, if "career doubts" won't go away? First allow me to quote my bible, especially Jude (Watching out! Sounding an alarm!), who writes in the style of a teacher who is watching a freight train bear down on his student's driver. Yes, bells ring out: "Be merciful to those who doubt." (Jude :22).

My parents always wanted me to become a banker. So far so good. Why not? Maybe I would have been much happier in my job during those times. Maybe not? I wanted to be a journalist already at the age of 6... . Believe it or not.

The pressure "to be" (or later NOT TO BE - thank you Mr. Shakespeare!), started early in my life. Not only my parents, also my peers and teachers began to exert their influences on me. Yes, I even didn't know yet where my inclinations lay. I only knew, I wanted to become a journalist... .

Suddenly being a doctor or a lawyer? Yes, I was interested in law and medicine at that time. I really got very lucky becoming an editor of German law magazines during my last 18 years in Germany. But I never became a lawyer - or doctor! Now, I would ask myself - who cares?

Fear of failure: Perfectionism and a fear of failure reinforce feelings of self-doubt. In a state of self-doubt, you may attribute your past successes to luck, downplaying your true abilities. (A term for this experience is imposter syndrome, which is when successful people feel unworthy of their wins.).

"The way that people pick up careers is incredibly  primitive," said Nicholas Lore, founder of the Rockport Institute, a career coaching firm, and author of "The Pathfinder". Strong tobacco, indeed. That's why so many people are indeed dissatisfied with their jobs. I wanted to be a journalist, but mass communications wasn't MY subject yet. Publishing house management - yes! Banker again? Once upon a time... .

Believe me, I always thought about a true calling for myself. Sure, people, whose careers aren't the fight fit, often  feel like impostors, as Professor Robert I. Sutton, an organizational psychologist at Stanford University in Palo Alto, said. Very, very well said, Sir.

Career doubts can be transformed into powerful motivators for growth. Learn how uncertainty can become your advantage.

The initial step towards handling career doubts is acknowledging them. Recognizing uncertainty as a natural part of career development can reduce stress and open avenues for growth. Analyzing the roots of these doubts helps in understanding underlying concerns.

Turning doubts into strengths involves a deep dive into self-assessment and introspection.

Embracing doubts can enhance resilience. Overcoming skepticism sharpens problem-solving skills and fosters adaptability. Each challenge faced and conquered adds to professional growth and self-awareness.

Cultivating resilience creates professionals who thrive under pressure and persist in the face of adversity.

Clear goals provide direction and focus during uncertain times. They channel energy into constructive endeavors and help measure progress objectively. Establishing both short-term and long-term goals acts as a roadmap to navigate career paths.

Revisiting and adjusting goals as conditions change ensures they remain relevant and achievable.

Career doubts present opportunities for learning. They prompt the pursuit of knowledge and skills that are integral to overcoming challenges. Engaging in continuous education and professional development is key.

Viewing doubts as catalysts for growth fosters an environment where learning is prioritized.

Meanwhile, I reached the age of 73. I am looking back. I still like to teach the new generation... .

+++

Questions, comments or suggestions? Email me: doringklaus@gmail.com or follow me on Facebook, Linkedin, X - (Twitter) or visit one of my websites www.germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www.klausdoringsclassicalmusic.blogpot.com .

10 Places You Should Stay Quiet

1. Stay quiet if you don’t know the whole story.

2. Stay quiet if you can’t control your feelings.

3. Stay quiet when you’re really angry.

4. Stay quiet if your words might ruin a good friendship.

5. Stay quiet if you don’t know much about the topic.

6. Stay quiet when someone is sharing their personal problems.

7. Stay quiet if you can’t talk without shouting.

8. Stay quiet if it will help keep your friendships strong.

9. Stay quiet if talking is just to make yourself feel good.

10. Stay quiet if what you say could break someone’s trust.

PHILIPPINES RANKS NO. 1 AS THE MOST DESIRABLE ISLAND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

The Philippines has secured the top spot as the World’s Most Desirable Island Country in the 25th Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards, presented by Wanderlust, the UK and Europe’s longest-running independent travel magazine.

The winners were revealed following an impressive 251,461 readers casting more than 8.2 million votes, reflecting the choices of Wanderlust’s dedicated and well-travelled readership.

Top 10 Most Desirable Island Countries:

1. Philippines

2. Barbados

3. The Bahamas

4. Ireland

5. Malta

6. The Maldives

7. Iceland

8. Fiji

9. Indonesia

10. Jamaica

This recognition celebrates the Philippines’ breathtaking islands, pristine beaches, crystal-clear waters, and extraordinary natural beauty, further strengthening its reputation as one of the world’s most desirable island destinations.

Source: Wanderlust – 25th Reader Travel Awards

#Philippines #Boracay #Palawan #Bohol #Siargao

S

May be an image of text

Shared post