Snacks for babies

[Hafeez058]

Public Health England has sharply criticised baby and infant food manufacturers for loading their products with unacceptably large amounts of sugar and wrongly promoting them as good for health.

Details: amp.theguardian.com/society...

[Hidden]

Hi Hafeez, unfortunately manufacturers make these claims and the Hero food group make a lot of baby foods and specialist dietary foods including gluten free foods and they claim their mission is:

' the mission has always been to delight consumers by conserving the goodness of nature. It's what we do and what we're good at.'

They own the big gluten free wheat starch companies that sell bread made with wheat flour that has had the bulk of the gluten washed out with solvents so if you burn it while toasting it fizzes and bubbles so it isn't what I would call natural and wholesome...🤢

Please see:

hero-group.ch

A good post Hafeez. 😊

[Fran182716 Prediabetic in reply to Hidden]

Oh Hidden that sounds grim. No wonder you bake your own bread!

[Hafeez058 in reply to Hidden]

Ok, thanks

[Cooper27 Administrator]

I have heard recently, that babies develop a sweet tooth in the womb, because when mum eats sugar, it sweetens the placenta. These baby foods are just continuing the sweet craving the baby is often born with.

It's a great little loophole though: so long as it's "naturally occurring" it doesn't count.

[Want2BHappy3]

That's unfortunate, my daughter is Obsessed with my grandsons food. She made his baby food. Pretty much most of his food is Organic. No juice, some milk, lots of Water. No cookies,cakes and chips. She had a very unapproving look on her face when his doctor said candy Once a week was Okay????

[Zest]

Hi Hafeez058

An interesting post, thanks for sharing it.

Zest

[andyswarbs]

There has a been an ongoing decades long public health campaign to stop companies selling high-sugar foods to the public. In response companies have lobbied to government at ALL levels and ALL governments of all persuasions have conceded defeat year after year after year.

The closest win is self-regulation. So companies have been able to choose which "foods" they want to promote to kids. All they have to do is stick on some wording saying "healthy."

We all know that if a kid kicks up enough fuss in a supermarket their parent will give in. The companies know that. Get them while they are young....

The amount of sugar in this "health" food has stuck stubbornly around 30% for decades....

I was not aware the "game" has moved now down to baby food. But with a grandson I am aware that baby multi-vitamins & calpol etc - the biggest ingredient is sugar.

Sugar, more sugar....

[Penel in reply to andyswarbs]

Food companies are a disgrace when it comes to their promotion of “healthy “ eating. Sugar free calpol and multi-vitamins are now available.