High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations
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Resumo: | 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 United Kingdom, over 200 each from Denmark (319), Spain (241), Italy (430) and Malta (243) and between 99–200 from Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Estonia and Slovenia. On average, approximately a third of energy in baby foods in these European countries came from total sugar, and for most food categories, energy from sugar was higher than 10%. Use of added sugars was widespread across product cat egories, with concentrated fruit juice most commonly used. Savoury meal-type purees did not contain added sugars except in United Kingdom and Malta; however, fruit as an ingredient was found in 7% of savoury meals, most frequently seen in UK products. Clear proposals for reducing the high sugar content seen in commercial baby foods were produced. These suggestions, relating to both content and labelling, should be used to update regulations and promote product reformulation. |
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High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendationsBaby FoodsCommercial FoodsFood PackagingComplementary FeedingInfant FoodNutrition PolicySugarsDietary GuidelinesChildhood ObesitySegurança AlimentarComposição dos AlimentosEstilos de Vida e Impacto na SaúdePortugalThe 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 United Kingdom, over 200 each from Denmark (319), Spain (241), Italy (430) and Malta (243) and between 99–200 from Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Estonia and Slovenia. On average, approximately a third of energy in baby foods in these European countries came from total sugar, and for most food categories, energy from sugar was higher than 10%. Use of added sugars was widespread across product cat egories, with concentrated fruit juice most commonly used. Savoury meal-type purees did not contain added sugars except in United Kingdom and Malta; however, fruit as an ingredient was found in 7% of savoury meals, most frequently seen in UK products. Clear proposals for reducing the high sugar content seen in commercial baby foods were produced. These suggestions, relating to both content and labelling, should be used to update regulations and promote product reformulation.This work on sugar contents of baby food formed part of a wider project funded by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe to develop a draft nutrient profile model development to support‘ ending inappropriate marketing of commercially available com plementary foods for infants and young children aged up to 36 months’. The University of Leeds provided further funding for JH to summarise the sugar in baby food information into a journal manuscript.Wiley Open AccessRepositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de SaúdeHutchinson, JayneRippin, HollyThreapleton, DianeJewel, JoKanamäe, HaidiSalupuu, KristinCaroli, MargheritaAntignani, AngeloPace, LucienneVassallo, CharleneLande, BrittHildonen, ChristinaRito, Ana IsabelSantos, MarianaGabrijelcic Blenkus, MojcaSarkadi-Nagy, EszterErdei, GergoJanet, E. CadeBreda, João2021-03-12T18:59:09Z2020-08-302020-08-30T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7430engMatern Child Nutr. 2021 Jan;17(1):e13020. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13020. Epub 2020 Aug 301740-869510.1111/mcn.13020info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-20T15:42:05Zoai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/7430Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:42:12.743927Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations |
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High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations |
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High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations Hutchinson, Jayne Baby Foods Commercial Foods Food Packaging Complementary Feeding Infant Food Nutrition Policy Sugars Dietary Guidelines Childhood Obesity Segurança Alimentar Composição dos Alimentos Estilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúde Portugal |
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High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations |
title_full |
High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations |
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High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations |
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High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations |
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High sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendations |
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Hutchinson, Jayne |
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Hutchinson, Jayne Rippin, Holly Threapleton, Diane Jewel, Jo Kanamäe, Haidi Salupuu, Kristin Caroli, Margherita Antignani, Angelo Pace, Lucienne Vassallo, Charlene Lande, Britt Hildonen, Christina Rito, Ana Isabel Santos, Mariana Gabrijelcic Blenkus, Mojca Sarkadi-Nagy, Eszter Erdei, Gergo Janet, E. Cade Breda, João |
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author |
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Rippin, Holly Threapleton, Diane Jewel, Jo Kanamäe, Haidi Salupuu, Kristin Caroli, Margherita Antignani, Angelo Pace, Lucienne Vassallo, Charlene Lande, Britt Hildonen, Christina Rito, Ana Isabel Santos, Mariana Gabrijelcic Blenkus, Mojca Sarkadi-Nagy, Eszter Erdei, Gergo Janet, E. Cade Breda, João |
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Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde |
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Hutchinson, Jayne Rippin, Holly Threapleton, Diane Jewel, Jo Kanamäe, Haidi Salupuu, Kristin Caroli, Margherita Antignani, Angelo Pace, Lucienne Vassallo, Charlene Lande, Britt Hildonen, Christina Rito, Ana Isabel Santos, Mariana Gabrijelcic Blenkus, Mojca Sarkadi-Nagy, Eszter Erdei, Gergo Janet, E. Cade Breda, João |
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Baby Foods Commercial Foods Food Packaging Complementary Feeding Infant Food Nutrition Policy Sugars Dietary Guidelines Childhood Obesity Segurança Alimentar Composição dos Alimentos Estilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúde Portugal |
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Baby Foods Commercial Foods Food Packaging Complementary Feeding Infant Food Nutrition Policy Sugars Dietary Guidelines Childhood Obesity Segurança Alimentar Composição dos Alimentos Estilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúde Portugal |
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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 United Kingdom, over 200 each from Denmark (319), Spain (241), Italy (430) and Malta (243) and between 99–200 from Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Estonia and Slovenia. On average, approximately a third of energy in baby foods in these European countries came from total sugar, and for most food categories, energy from sugar was higher than 10%. Use of added sugars was widespread across product cat egories, with concentrated fruit juice most commonly used. Savoury meal-type purees did not contain added sugars except in United Kingdom and Malta; however, fruit as an ingredient was found in 7% of savoury meals, most frequently seen in UK products. Clear proposals for reducing the high sugar content seen in commercial baby foods were produced. These suggestions, relating to both content and labelling, should be used to update regulations and promote product reformulation. |
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Matern Child Nutr. 2021 Jan;17(1):e13020. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13020. Epub 2020 Aug 30 1740-8695 10.1111/mcn.13020 |
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