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Infant Foods: Sugar

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of infant and baby products with high sugar content.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
26 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of infant and baby products with high sugar content.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Data shows that babies and young children are eating too much sugar, and that some commercial baby foods, particularly finger foods, contain added sugar or high sugar ingredients. This does not align with the recommendations from the independent Scientifi...

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