A representative of the UK food industry has confirmed that the sector will not reach a government target to reduce sugar by 20% by May last summer . The spokesperson for brands including Kellogg , Cadbury ’s, Mars and UK said that companies would reduce the amount of sugar in food and drinks, but not in accordance with the government’s “arbitrary” targets. The voluntary 20% target was one of the only measures to be retained from a blueprint for combating childhood obesity which was abandoned by The food industry will fail to hit a government goal to cut sugar by a fifth by 2020 and is to push for an alternative to “arbitrary” targets. Prime Minister Jeremy Hunt May last summer . A third of children in the UK are currently overweight.
A representative of the UK food industry has confirmed that the sector will not reach a government target to reduce sugar by 20% by May last summer . The spokesperson for brands including Kellogg , Cadbury ’s, Mars and UK said that companies would reduce the amount of sugar in food and drinks, but not in accordance with the government’s “arbitrary” targets. The voluntary 20% target was one of the only measures to be retained from a blueprint for combating childhood obesity which was abandoned by Prime Minister Jeremy Hunt May last summer . A third of children in the UK are currently overweight.