Standard Process Vitamins

How many of us have fed our babies junk food disguised as baby food?

Lucky for me & mine, my Mum & Ma-in-law banned me from giving my baby anything processed till he was three...but this is awful... LONDON (Reuters) – Some baby foods contain as much sugar and saturated fats as chocolate biscuits or cheeseburgers, a British food pressure group said on Monday. Publishing results of a survey of more than 100 foods for babies and toddlers, the Children's Food Campaign said Farley's rusks were 29 percent sugar and some Cow & Gate toddler biscuits contained trans fats, which have been linked to heart disease. "The results of this survey are staggering," said Christine Haigh, spokeswoman for the CFC. "Many foods marketed for babies and young children are advertised as healthy. In reality, in terms of sugar and saturated fat content, some are worse than junk food." The CFC survey found that 100g of Farley's Original Rusks, made by Heinz, contained 29g of sugar, more than that contained in the same weight of some chocolate digestive biscuits. Heinz Toddler's Own Mini Cheese Biscuits contained 7.3g of saturated fat per 100g, more than the 6.7g in an equal weight piece of a McDonald's quarter pounder burger with cheese. Cow & Gate, which makes a range of baby and toddler formula milks and foods, responded to the survey by halting production of its baby biscuits. "In discussion with the Food Standards Agency we have already taken the decision to discontinue our baby biscuits, when we became aware of the presence of hydrogenated fat, which contains a very small amount of trans fats," a spokeswoman said. Heinz defended its Farley's rusks as an "ideal weaning food for babies from around four months." "Farley's Rusks have been enjoyed by generations of babies, and some adults too, for 120 years," it said in a statement. "Enriched with vitamins and minerals, the unique Farley's Rusk recipe has remained virtually unchanged." The CFC, part of food and farming campaign group Sustain, said it examined the nutritional content of 107 baby and toddler foods available in UK supermarkets in March. It found only half the products were low in saturated fat, salt and sugar, as defined in Britain's Food Standards Agency guidance.

Public Comments

1. Shocking yes, but Kids have had Farley's rusks now for many many years, and all have been fine haven't they If we followed ALL the "guidelines" all the time, we would all lead VERY boring life's!!!
2. Lol,and to think everyone was having a go at the mother feeding her kids Big Macs.When all along....
3. Nanny state sticking her nose in yet again,nothing wrong with Farley's rusks,my sons had them as have my grandchildren don
4. many of the old people alive today were fed on such baby foods i'm not worried about it, I fed all mine on rusks
5. Hi Faith Somehow we lived through it. Nothing wrong with investigating food quality but far too many scare stories are produced
6. don't listen to these scaremongers humans have been surviving for thousands without these idiots
7. The 'Nanny State',strikes again! Dosas - People in glass houses,shouldn't throw stones! ;)
8. Never. Feeding your kids processed food out of a can or jar is just plain laziness. And anyone who believes big business, when they say that processed foods they make are better than real fresh food, is an idiot.
9. It is probably a cause of obesity in later life organised by the junk food industry I am not joking, I took my son to Hospital in Tooting for a very minor operation and believe it or not there was a whole corner of a ward dedicated to a Donald McDonald's show. By co-incidence this was right next to the cardiac ward Well said GF, absolutely the right thing to do
10. never gave mine any thing that i did not cook my self
11. I always gave my daughter mashed up veg with a bit of cheese in it, rather than those disgusting baby food jars. They were hiduosly expensive and tasted vile anyway. And as for the rusk thing - surely all that stuff was in the chart thing on the side? Perhaps this is why we all have such an addiction to fats and carbs. It was established during our weening time!