Denmark's Fatty Foods Tax is in Effect 7.76K Seth Abramovitch 10/04/11 01:48AM Filed to: Health Health Obesity Diet Taxes Nutrition Food Europe Denmark As of Saturday, the Danish government is charging a surtax of 16 kroners per kilogram ($6.27 per pound) of saturated fat in high-cholesterol grocery items. That's almost a whole kroner per danish! The goal's to curb heart disease, not obesity.