Might As Well Feed Baby Some Hamburgers? Baby Junk Food
A recent study done by a British food pressure group shows that a lot of food for baby has about as much sugar and fat as sweets and hamburgers respectively.
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.
Although the same foods are often advertised as ‘healthy’ the study shows that they are anything but.
In fact some of the numbers are absolutely staggering, especially when compared to known unhealthy foods.
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.
One company used in the study has stopped making the unhealthy foods, Cow and Gate has stopped production on it’s biscuits.
Some companies however defend the high-fat products, Heinz for example is saying:
“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.”
Source for all quotes can be found at Reuters.
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