High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations.

ABSTRACT: The aim was to determine whether commercial baby foods marketed within Europe (up to 36 months of age) have inappropriate formulation and high sugar content and to provide suggestions to update European regulations and recommendations as part of a nutrient profile model developed for this age group. The latter was produced following recommended World Health Organization (WHO) steps, including undertaking a rapid literature review. Packaging information from countries across the WHO European region was used to determine mean energy from total sugar by food category. The percentage of products containing added sugar and the percentage of savoury meal-type products containing pureed fruit were also calculated. A total of 2,634 baby foods from 10 countries were summarised: 768 sold in the Unit

SUBMITTER: Hutchinson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7729710 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature