The report's recommendation today (July 17) that Brits should halve their overall energy intake from free-sugars to 5% resulted in a Twitter storm of demands for the industry to work harder to make food healthier.
That's despite food and drink industry leaders claiming they had already worked hard to make food and drink healthier and provide more portion sizes for consumers.
Free-sugars were being added to foods by manufacturers, said Anne Betty RNutr, but they were also naturally found in fruit juice, honey and syrups.
Others questioned whether the report would pave the way for taxes on sugar, with Sarah Archibald commenting: "SACN reports sugar intakes should be <5%. Is it time for pricing policies?"
Consuming a can of full-sugar coke would put Brits over their daily sugar intake under SACN's recommendations, said Andrew Dockerill.
Catherine Collins, a full-time National Health Service dietitian, said she was in no doubt that sugar in drinks contributed to weight gain in kids and contributed to adult excess calorie loading.
Meanwhile, here's a selection of the top tweets about the SACN report from this morning.