UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health

A federal excise tax of a penny-per-ounce on sugar-sweetened beverages would generate over thirteen billion dollars in revenue per year, according to an estimate derived by researchers at the Rudd Center. In collaboration with researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago, researchers at the Rudd Center have updated the Center’s Revenue Calculator for Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes, an online tool which offers estimates of revenue from taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.