Dentists warn that fruit pouch snacks for babies are higher in sugar than Coca-Cola.
Tots’ first teeth are being wrecked by sugary snacks that parents believe are healthy because they’re made of fruit.
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According to the British Dental Association, one in four puree pouches has more sugar per millilitre that Coca Cola.
According to the BDA, sugar levels were described as “obscene”.
Two thirds of the fizzy drinks tax-exempted beverages are so sweet, they have surpassed the sugar content limit.
Children as young four months old are already sucking on the snacks, even before they have teeth.
Eddie Crouch, chair of the British Dental Association, said: “Tooth decay is the number one reason for hospital admissions among young children and sugar is driving this epidemic.
“These products sadly risk hooking the next generation before they can even walk.
“Marketeers are giving parents the impression they are making a healthy choice with these pouches but nothing could be further from the truth.
“Claims of ‘no added sugar’ are meaningless when mums and dads end up delivering the lion’s share of a can of Coke to their infants.”
BDA stated that products lie about sugars being natural or made with artificial ingredients. “no added sugar”.
Children sucking the juice from the pouches in a child’s way can cause it to spend more time on their teeth and increase the risk of developing cavities.
Babies who are fed lots of sugar will be more likely to be addicted to sweet foods, to develop bad teeth, obesity, diabetes and other conditions as they get older.
The NHS recommends that children under four years old should limit their intake of sugar to 19g per day.
Mr Crouch said: “Ministers need to break the UK’s addiction, especially when it comes to our youngest patients.”