Baby pouches, study shows them super low in nutrients

I've literally just watched this on Panorama. Luckily, I only used them for the first 6 months of weaning my little boy.

This reporting is quite misleading. Not all pouches are equal, and they are still fine as a snack or occasional meal alternative. The issue arises when they are replacing a balanced diet vs being a part of one. The value of parental mental health is also important when discussing issues such as this. It’s a full circle of the BBC reporting that parents are being misled whilst actively misleading parents themselves.

Yeah I saw this last night. My boy is 16 month old so he is sort of getting past the pouch stage. My boy will still be getting his prune pouches and be drinking from the spout. He’ll also still be getting fruity pouches if he’s ill or if I can’t access suitable food for him when we are on the go. I don’t feel shame. Babies should never have been living on them to begin with. I don’t live off of tinned / packet food.

I know it might be a little extra effort but you can buy reusable pouches on Amazon and freeze your own purees! But I used them too every now and again. Especially the fruit ones so don’t feel bad and there’s nothing wrong with using them 😊

I watched Charlotte Stirling Reed who's been involved in this. The purpose of the report isn't to shame parents. It's to shame the food companies that are outright lying on the packaging and fooling parents. I'm not surprised and I've never liked the thought of them or completely trusted them. It's just corporate greed making money off babies health and wellbeing which is sick. Some of the brands involved in this like Ella's kitchen etc. I would have probably trusted because of the weaning stuff you can get of the same brand etc but I'm disappointed it involves so many of them!