The effects of health-related food taxes on the environmental impact of consumer food purchases: secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial in a virtual supermarket.

To measure the effects of health-related food taxes on the environmental impact of consumer food purchases in a virtual supermarket. This is a secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial in which participants were randomly assigned to a control condition with regular food prices ( Three-dimensional virtual supermarket. Dutch adults (≥ 18 years) who were responsible for grocery shopping in their household ( GHG emissions (-7.6 kg CO A nutrient profiling tax based on Nutri-Score reduced the environmental impact of consumer food purchases. An SSB tax did not affect the environmental impact in this study.