Infant Foods: Sugar
Commons · Question 31732 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of infant and baby products with high sugar content.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 26 Feb 2025
Data shows that babies and young children are eating too much sugar, and that some commercial baby foods, particularly finger foods, contain added sugar or high sugar ingredients. This does not align with the recommendations from the independent Scientifi...