Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10507

Infant Foods

Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 31 October 2024

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

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

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...

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