Teachers have noticed that there are a lot of "Fruit Boxes" in lunch boxes lately, some of these fruit drinks have almost eight teaspoons of sugar in one serve.

Golden Circle Sunshine Punch is advertised as "perfect to fit in a school lunch box" yet contains 30.6 grams of sugar in a 250ml package compared to Coca-Cola's 26.5 grams of added sugar per 250ml.

These drinks are not 100 per cent fruit juice and they are high in added sugar, and they are not recommended for children.

The drinks are marketed with labels including "no artificial flavours or colouring" and have pictures of fruit on the packaging while not making it clear that the products are high in added sugar.

Australian dietary guidelines recommended children should eat whole fruit, and when that was not available then half a cup of 100 per cent fruit juice each day was next best.

It is absolutely against the dietary guidelines to be giving children drinks that have added sugar. 

Pop Tops 250ml Orange Fruit Drink contains 27.5 grams of added sugar, Coles 250ml Orange Fruit Drink contains 27.3 grams of added sugar, and Pop Tops 250ml Apple Fruit Drink contains 26.8 grams of added sugar.

Apples and oranges are ready to go, and that's the best thing for kids; that's the healthiest option.