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

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dc.contributor.authorHutchinson, Jayne
dc.contributor.authorRippin, Holly
dc.contributor.authorThreapleton, Diane
dc.contributor.authorJewel, Jo
dc.contributor.authorKanamäe, Haidi
dc.contributor.authorSalupuu, Kristin
dc.contributor.authorCaroli, Margherita
dc.contributor.authorAntignani, Angelo
dc.contributor.authorPace, Lucienne
dc.contributor.authorVassallo, Charlene
dc.contributor.authorLande, Britt
dc.contributor.authorHildonen, Christina
dc.contributor.authorRito, Ana Isabel
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorGabrijelcic Blenkus, Mojca
dc.contributor.authorSarkadi-Nagy, Eszter
dc.contributor.authorErdei, Gergo
dc.contributor.authorJanet, E. Cade
dc.contributor.authorBreda, João
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-12T18:59:09Z
dc.date.available2021-03-12T18:59:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-30
dc.description.abstractThe 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.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThis 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.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationMatern Child Nutr. 2021 Jan;17(1):e13020. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13020. Epub 2020 Aug 30pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/mcn.13020pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1740-8695
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7430
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWiley Open Accesspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.13020pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBaby Foodspt_PT
dc.subjectCommercial Foodspt_PT
dc.subjectFood Packagingpt_PT
dc.subjectComplementary Feedingpt_PT
dc.subjectInfant Foodpt_PT
dc.subjectNutrition Policypt_PT
dc.subjectSugarspt_PT
dc.subjectDietary Guidelinespt_PT
dc.subjectChildhood Obesitypt_PT
dc.subjectSegurança Alimentarpt_PT
dc.subjectComposição dos Alimentospt_PT
dc.subjectEstilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúdept_PT
dc.subjectPortugal
dc.titleHigh sugar content of European commercial baby foods and proposed updates to existing recommendationspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPagee13020pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleMaternal and Child Nutritionpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume17pt_PT
rcaap.embargofctAcesso de acordo com página web do editor da revista.pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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