The scam is always the same: Many foods that are aimed at children are often advertised as healthy, but they contain far too much sugar. This is also due to the fact that some of the advertising is misleading. Ökotest took a closer look at 40 children’s foods and warns: Parents have to be very careful. The label “no added sugar” sounds tempting, but it’s not true.
It starts with the little ones: Alete, for example, offers biscuit-flavoured baby porridge to drink as well as baby biscuits from the eighth month. Both products are sweetened, including the Milupa milk porridge Stracciatella from Danone. Such products should not exist for infants under the age of one. “No added sugar” just means that no refined sugar has been added. Syrup, juice concentrates and thick juices do, they are not healthier.
The Quetschies, which parents like to buy, also contain a similar amount of sugar as the biscuits. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), processed fruit should contain no more than 10 percent sugar per 100 grams. It doesn’t matter that it’s fructose. Even that is not healthy in this amount. The Quetschie products exceed the recommended value of the WHO.
It continues with breakfast cereals: The sad record holder is a classic. With a 40-gram serving of Kellogg’s Frosties, kids have eaten 99 percent of the recommended amount of sugar they shouldn’t exceed in a day. After such a breakfast, there aren’t really any more sweets left.
The situation is similar with yoghurts with fruit content, parents should also pay close attention to the sugar content here. As is the case with tomato sauces, which are specially advertised for children, or ketchup, whose advertising is aimed specifically at children. These products contain far too much sugar. But there is a positive example that shows that it works if. you want: The Ppura children’s tomato sauce organic does not require any sweetening additives such as apple juice concentrate.
You can read the whole test here!
