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Infant Foods

Commons · Question 10507 · Tabled 22 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 31 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish guidance on the sugar and salt content of baby foods.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 31 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...