Chocolate manufacturer Cadbury has come under fire for plans to launch a chocolate for sports equipment scheme to be introduced at the beginning of May.

The scheme has been criticised by the Food Commision as it revealed that if children consumed all of the promotional chocolate bars issued by Cadbury, they would consume more than two million kg of fat.

The report also criticises sports minister Richard Caborn for endorsing the chocolate marketing scheme.

Kath Dalmeny, research officer for the food commission said: 'Most schools are working hard to improve school meals, teach children about good nutrition and provide healthy snacks. Yet here we have a sports minister explicitly endorsing a scheme to get teachers to urge children to eat more fat and sugar. Talk about contradictory policies.' Cadbury's will launch its drive in May with children collection tokens from brands such as Crunchie, Flake, Double Decker, Wispa and Fruit & Nut in exchange for their schools in exchange for sports equipment