Summary: In the Philippines, Nestle’s Cerelac, a popular baby food, contains added sugar, raising concerns among health professionals about the impact on children’s health. Despite Nestle’s claims of following guidelines, Unicef found nearly half of baby foods in Southeast Asia include added sugars. A bill sponsored by Imee Marcos aims to prohibit added sugar in baby food, while Nestle plans to phase it out within two to three years.

  • @NocturnalMorning
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    244 days ago

    “Phase it out”. They could stop adding it tomorrow if they wanted too. Nestle just sucks.

    • @[email protected]
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      64 days ago

      Yeah but the existing production would already have it. That’s why they say “phase it out”, as opposed to a complete recall.

    • @jaybone
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      14 days ago

      Sugar is a preservative right so presumably they would have to formulate something to take its place?

      • @[email protected]
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        44 days ago

        It takes a lot of sugar for it to act as a preservative. Like candy levels of sugar. Below those levels it’s part of a growth medium (i.e., food).

  • @JeeBaiChow
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    134 days ago

    Well sure. That way the babies would always ‘prefer’ cerelac. Nestle is just pure evil.

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