Lunchtime meal deals in supermarkets and high street shops are packed with as many as 30 teaspoons of sugar, according to research.

Some of the unhealthiest cereals contain more sugar than they did in 2012, with children eating up to the equivalent of seven and a half Cadbury fingers for breakfast, according to a charity.

Health officials should set targets for the reduction of sugar in fizzy drinks, experts have said after new research highlighted the “shockingly high and unnecessary” levels of sugar in cans of fizzy drinks.

A LITTLE of what you fancy does you good.

Pizzas, baked beans and canned spaghetti containing high levels of salt were named and shamed by the UK’s food watchdog today.