Some soft drinks contain so much sugar the Government should set reduction targets in order to tackle obesity, health campaigners said. The call comes after 79% of supermarket fizzy drinks were found to exceed the recommended daily amount of sugar.
The UK "needs to consumer less sugar" and the Department of Health "eagerly awaits" advice from health and nutrition experts due to be published later this month, before it decides which measures to take.
A Department of Health spokeswoman explained:
Its invisible when you drink it, but a coalition of doctors and nutritionists says there is far too much sugar in soft drinks.
A recent study has found that ginger beer flavoured drinks 'contain the most sugar' compared to other fizzy drinks, including Coca Cola.