Too much sugar for your sweet baby — a look at ready-made meals and food pouches

Ready-made foods and food pouches for infants are often high in sugar, watery, and much less nutritious than is claimed, and purées may hinder development of motor and chewing skills and also hand co-ordination

As much as 41% of meals for babies and toddlers has too much sugar.

Recent research from the University of Leeds found that 41% of meals marketed at toddlers and babies had too-high sugar levels.

Investigators at the university’s School of Food Science and Nutrition assessed 632 baby food products, evaluating their claimed ingredients and marketing, and found that 21% of ready-to-eat fruit products, cereals, and meals were too watery and didn’t provide adequate nutrition.