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There are calls in the UK to the latest phenomenon to health and nutrition experts. The campaign group Action on Sugar to ban the "freakshake" - a "monstrous" milkshake with "grotesque" levels of sugar. Action on Sugar said the shake should banned from restaurants and cafes as it can up to 1,280 calories. An adult would have to go jogging for three hours to off those calories. Freakshakes usually full of sweetened whipped cream, chocolate bars, mini-doughnuts and even slices of cake. One freakshake contained 39 teaspoons of sugar. This is more than six times the daily amount of sugar for a 10-year-old, and the equivalent of four cans of Coke.

Freakshakes in Australia and around the world on social media. Two restaurants in the Action on Sugar report back and said they took nutrition seriously. One said it was to a national sugar-reduction programme and was not children with excessively high-calorie shakes. A restaurant spokesperson said: "Freakshakes only feature on our main menu and are not targeted at children. We our nutritional information online for guests to ....We regularly work with our suppliers to explore ways we can sugar levels in our dishes." A public health spokesman said the government to put a limit of 300kcal per serving on all shakes.