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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GP)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 March 2025

Debate

Soft Drinks Industry Levy

Contribution

My Lords, research by the First Steps Nutrition Trust shows that parents believe that baby foods are strongly regulated. In fact, there is no legal threshold for the amount of sugar in baby foods in the UK; there is only a threshold for the amount of added sugar. If a large quantity of concentrated fruit juice is added, we end up with baby foods that have implicit labels on them suggesting that they are healthy but they contain more sugar than Coca-Cola. In the UK, 61% of two to five year-olds’ energy comes from ultra-processed foods. Will the Government look to get significant, important regulation for baby foods?

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