Lunchbox favourites loaded with salt, sugar

PARENTS could be packing more than 12 teaspoons of sugar into their children’s lunch boxes by giving them snacks designed for kids, a consumer campaign group has claimed.

Mon, 16 Nov, 2009 - 00:00

Rosa Silverman

Which? assessed the nutritional content of items that fit into children’s lunchboxes and found some were “full of salt and sugar”.

The Which? report found that:

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