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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...