Daily Mail: Just half a can of Coca Cola will exceed daily recommended sugar levels if new guidelines - backed by experts - are introduced. The new move would see the daily recommended sugar intake slashed to just 14g a day - the equivalent of three sugar cubes. It comes amid calls to ban sugary foods from schools as part of a radical new plan to combat obesity. Leading academics have said vending machines selling sweets and fizzy drinks should also be removed from public places. They have also called for a 'sugar tax' to increase the retail price of sugary drinks and sugar-rich foods by at least 20 per cent.
Current guidelines from the World Health Organisation set a maximum of 10 per cent of total energy intake from free sugars, with five per cent as a 'target'. Free sugars are defined as those added artificially to foods such as fizzy drinks and confectionery, rather than naturally occurring sugars found in fruit. This equates to around 50g of free sugars (10 cubes) per day as the maximum, with 25g (five cubes) as the target
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