Concerns over sugar levels of savoury baby food

New search suggests that the range of commercial foods on sale for babies has grown rapidly in recent years with their sugar levels are still too high.

Although fewer foods are now being marketed to infants aged four months, there are far more snack foods for babies being sold and the sweetness of savoury foods is worrying..

Parents are encouraged to offer homemade baby foods, however 58% of UK babies are estimated to receive commercial baby foods between the ages of 6 and 12 months.

The latest study is published in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

In their previous research in 2013, a team of researchers from the University of Glasgow’s College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, reported concerns about the nutrition quality and recommendations in food labels of these foods.