Baby food may be giving toddlers a sweet tooth, the Consumer's Association warns. Far from being a safe choice for parents, the stuff in jars is packed with sugar and starches that potentially damage fragile infant teeth . But now you can buy it organic . Few parents stay calm in the face of food crises and, as a consequence, sales of green baby foods have rocketed.
Salt is another problem.
His parents started with baby rice but then moved on to Ready Brek and mashed potato and gravy, because the cereal alone was six times cheaper. His body contained 9g of salt - 18 times what is recommended for a baby. A report from an independent food watchdog found more sugar in a Nestle Fruit Stick and Boots Teddy Bear biscuits than you get in a jam tart . Heinz offer a handy comparison chart for the confused parent.