Why Parents Are Being Warned About Baby Food Pouches Sold in UK Supermarkets

Why parents are being warned about baby food pouches sold in UK supermarkets

Experts issue warning over ‘fruit smoothie’ baby pouches sold in UK supermarkets

Experts have sent a warning to parents about the high levels of sugar in baby food pouches

Spouted baby food pouches are more like sugary drinks/smoothies than nutritious food

Commercial baby foods in spouted pouches—intended to boost nutritional intake from the age of 6 months onward—are often more like sugary drinks and smoothies than nutritious food, finds an analysis of U.K. products, published online in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Some baby pouches with a lot of sugar ‘like fruit smoothies’, experts warn

Few baby foods sold in pouches 'meet the desired characteristics for complementary foods', researchers found.