Infant Foods: Nutrition
Commons · Question 9896 · Tabled 17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking steps to improve the nutritional content of commercial baby food.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 23 Oct 2024
A 2019 evidence review showed that babies and young children are exceeding their energy intake requirement and are eating too much sugar and salt. Some commercial baby foods, particularly finger foods, had added sugar or salt, or contained ingredients tha...