Some bestselling yoghurts may be sold in smaller pots or have their sugar content cut as the health watchdog tries to tackle the obesity epidemic. Public Health England, which is in charge of part of the childhood obesity strategy, is concerned that flavoured yoghurts are part of the problem. It has suggested that manufacturers limit single-portion pots to 125g and wants sugar cut from an average of 11 per cent to less than 9 per cent by 2020. Muller Corner Trackstars, for example, are 135g and 13.8 per cent sugar while Petits Filous fromage frais are 11.9 per cent sugar. Public Health England has no power to…

Source: The Times November 16, 2016 02:06 UTC