After investigating a number of biscuits and sweets marketed specifically for babies and toddlers, the British Food Commission has concluded that these products are much too sweet. Biscuits and similar baked goods contained up to 37 percent sugar. Meanwhile, the jam tarts popular among British adults contain a maximum of 36 percent sugar. The researchers caution that the sugar puts the toddlers' teeth at risk.
Sweet cookies are already the primary cause of early tooth decay in children under two years of age.
According to the British study, an increasing number of sweets have toddlers as their target group. In all of them, the sugar content is excessive. Even products marketed as being low in sugar contained more than 20 percent sugar, as the researchers discovered. Only five of 22 products were actually nearly sugar-free. In its conclusion, the study calls for the creation of laws to ensure a lower sugar content.