(FILES) Chocolates are seen on display on a stand during the opening day of the Salon du Chocolat de Paris 2024 (2024 Paris Chocolate Fair) in Paris on October 29, 2024. . Last week, French MPs in committee added an amendment to the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) for 2025 providing for a tax on processed food products linked to their sugar content. Its fate between now and the final vote on the Social Security Financing Bill is uncertain. In mid-October 2024, the Institut Montaigne recommended in a report that VAT on various sweet products should be harmonised at 20% to finance the fight against food insecurity. Dark chocolate, currently taxed at 5.5%, was targeted. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)