Study finds toddler foods contain too much sugar or salt

Australia's toddler food products are falling behind international nutritional standards. Research by the Cancer Council Victoria has found two thirds of baby and toddler food products fail to meet the World Health Organisation's recommendations, with key concerns around added sugars and high levels of sodium.

H έκθεση αξιολόγησε 250 προϊόντα βρεφικών και νηπιακών τροφών Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA/Alamy

Nine in ten toddler foods are failing to meet international nutritional standards. 

That's according to a new report by Cancer Council Victoria, which assessed 250 baby and toddler food products, and found two thirds of the foods in Victorian supermarkets fail to meet several nutrition recommendations by the World Health Organisation's European office.

This includes no sugar or sweetening products in baby and toddler foods, as well as requiring less than 15 per cent of energy from total sugars.