Denmark to drop fat tax and shelve sugar tax plans By Mike Stones 29-Aug-2012 - Last updated on 08-Jul-2024 at 13:17 GMT Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email to a friend Denmark plans to drop its fat tax and shelve plans for a sugar tax The Danish government has revealed plans to drop its tax on saturated fats, introduced in October 2011, and shelve plans to introduce a tax on sugar from January 2013.