My fight against jar food begins........

[bethtanner]

i have always hated the idea of babies being fed jars for many reasons. But the final straw came yeaterday. When in boots i saw a pack of 4 oragnix bannana porrigde reduced to 40p (stil in date for 6 months) and bought them foe when we go away in a few weeks, thinking they would be a handy breakfast for imo. When i read the ingredients at home i was shoked that the 'porridge' was infact 92% fruit and 8% baby rice, where i ask you is the porridge? Where sthe carbs to get the baby started for the day? Your basically giving them fruit and nothing filling. my friend with was with me admitted her lo always had it and was hungry after no time and now she knows why. i am now writting to the the goverment to ask wether they are aware of the problem with baby food. Like the fact that jars contain only (at most) 8% meat protien when it is advised their meal should be 30% proetien. Even when they say vegtables it is usually only 'potato (which is'nt even a vegtable) onions (hardly worth calling a vegtable) and carrots. The calorie intake is poor, about 80c per 100g, which is like the containt of vegtables. Imo is under weight even though she is raised on homemade food filled with butter, lots of meat ect so what would her weight be if she was raised on just jars like some babies? I feel like alot of mums dont understand the problem with jars and that they dont understand that they are nothing more than empty tummy fillers. I will also write to food makers like organix and ask why the porridger has no porridge but my main gripe is with hienz. Do they really think a baby should be raised on 'spagetti hoops and hotdogs' 'bake beans and bacon' and cauliflower cheese, pasta and potao (they are using 2 carbs to fill it out)? I get so angry!!!! Any other questions you think should be raised befor ei put the latter together? Beth xxxx

[weaning]

The sugar content in alot of baby food is very high also. I was looking baby rice cakes the other day and when you look at the back of the packet the sugar content in some of these products is very high. Found a packet of cow and gate rice cakes which are low in sugar etc.

I also don't give the baby yogurts that the shelves are filled with - have you looked at the sugar content in some of those also!!!!

[beccyboo]

Why they never resmble wat they are taste wise or taste like anything. And are all bloody orange. The only think nasir has had from a pac is baby cereals i would not give a jar. my friend gives her baby jars all the time i hate the idea. Your doing a good thing Beth.

[BenandBellasMummy]

I think this is a fab idea, Bella has been underweight on and off and I looked at the ingredients, protein calories etc and they are really not nutritious at all, how babies get enough when they are living on these I have no idea, Bella has the plum baby ones on the odd occasion and although there isn't salt/sugar and it's all organic I don't think they have enough goodness to use all the time xxx