Warnings over sugar in store meal deals

♦ Supermarket meal deals are crammed with up to 30 tablespoons of sugar and contain more than 800 calories, campaigners have warned.

Action on Sugar is calling for retailers to drastically cut the sugar in popular “any sandwich, snack and drink” combination deals by excluding high sugar drinks and confectionery that carries a red traffic light label.the worst offending combination found was sold by Whsmith of a sandwich, a Mountain Dew Citrus Blast and Skittles Crazy Sours containing 855 calories and 30 teaspoons of sugar.

♦ The number of children under the age of 10 needing hospital treatment due to tooth decay is twice as high as the number needing help for a broken arm, according to new analysis.