Childhood Obesity Campaigners Call for a Sugar Tax on Chocolate, Sweets and Cereals

A target to cut sugar in children’s snacks and meals has been missed by the food industry, in an ‘abject failure’ to tackle child obesity.

The Government’s controversial Childhood Obesity Plan called on companies to cut sugar in products such as breakfast cereals, cakes and yoghurts by 20 per cent by 2020.

The programme was fiercely criticised for being voluntary, with no measures forcing the food industry to act.

Now a new report reveals companies have fallen well short of the 20 per cent sugar reduction – managing only 3.5 per cent by 2020.

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