Each week, Ben Hopkinson looks back at what’s happened the past 7 days and what was trending on Twitter with the Maritime Hashtag Minute. This week’s #MaritimeHashtagMinute was #Porridge after it was announced that Starmer’s Labour are to pass a law to stop junk food being advertised before the 9pm watershed. The outcry is that porridge should not be banned. View the Tweets below:
The law that comes into force next October to tackle childhood obesity also bans ads for products traditionally seen as healthy including muesli and porridge ⬇️https://t.co/dZRnIu9w3d
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) December 3, 2024
So we can drink #milk with #Bovaer added but my god kids MUST not eat #porridge! The government have totally lost the plot I’m sure sweeten porridge is better than junk food 😥 pic.twitter.com/g5FNmCBuBr
— rattycastle (@rattycastle) December 3, 2024
Surely not? If it’s just proper porridge oats then this is an absolute joke. I appreciate there may be brands pre loaded with sugar (but I still don’t think I it’s that bad) but healthy locally grown produce full of nutrients, protein and naturally gluten free- oh yeah and… https://t.co/oM2vnCxZU5
— Ben Aveling- Radmore Farm (@Radmore_farm) December 3, 2024
Porridge, whether sweetened or not, is not food. Definitely not healthy food.
— Danny (@danny_knight) December 3, 2024
It spikes your insulin, makes you hungry and contributes to you becoming diabetic at some stage in your life.
Junk food
When I saw just the headline Starmer bans #porridge in advertising - watershed I just thought ….
— Gambling_time4change (@GTime4change) December 3, 2024
I eat porridge /oats almost daily and my son has since a toddler, I understand if it’s part of the ban junk food advertising & it’s ONLY the very sweetened & refined porridge..,… pic.twitter.com/kb6QIytJKc
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