Why 70% Of Kids' Food Is Ultra Processed And How It Affects Their Health | Ultra-Processed Life

[@Tuanesto]

Diabetes, health disease and cancer? Damn she listed all the most profitable industries!

[@agps4418]

which means, if they are really linked to these marketings, then it means the industry is being led by psychopathic oligarchs

[@BvanOs100]

"health disease" doesn't even mean anything though...

[@Radoslav-gk7wu]

ADD! She forgot most "mental disorder" leading to Alzheimer and dementia!

[@captaindanger13]

@@BvanOs100 i think it was supposed to be heart disease

[@annaselbdritt7916]

@@Radoslav-gk7wulet’s not demonise ADHD

[@TheVermilliaFamily]

In Japan, it is illegal for a juice company to use REAL FRUIT in the packaging art of juice if it is not 100%. A rule of thumb in Japan is, the more cartoon a fruit/veggie looks on the packaging, the more processed or unreal it is.

[@stereomachine]

That's a smart rule

[@BrianSzymczak-d2n]

i wish i could live an work in japan. then again there is a language barrier for an American like me.

[@readabookdummy]

@@BrianSzymczak-d2nJapan isnt all Sunshine and Roses bro…. work culture is brutal

[@revontulet]

I’m raising a baby in Japan…none of the packaging includes how much sugar is in the product. It’s crazy. And always super sweet…so I ended up going to these kinds of snacks talked about in this video…turns out none of these are good. But thankfully my daughter as a toddler has a varied diet at daycare and we eat a lot of veggies at home.

[@tonyqian2764]

It's actually more detailed than that: if a juice beverage contains less than 5% actual fruit juice, you cannot show real fruit on the packaging (has to be cartoon or other styles like you said); if it contains more than 5% but less than 100%, you can have real images of fruit on the packaging, but no cross-sectional views (e.g. an orange that is cut open). If it's 100% juice, then you can have cut-open fruits on the packaging. I have heard this for years and it's really interesting that I can go into a store and just look for the most appealing fruit juice packaging (something like a cut-open peach that is dripping juice) and actually get a bottle of authentic fruit juice without going through every small text on the front that tells you the juice percentage 🤣

[@Beautyaddixion]

And people act like this isn't affecting child behavior. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@mapleleaf3803]

Bingo!

[@UmmKhattabT]

10000000000%

[@lmao6]

Moody kids who need more sugar or screen time to calm down.

[@TacosOfInjustice]

And plastics and screens

[@jordanwolfe597]

Baby foods have been popular for almost a century, as she described. Heck, now we have the "baby-led weaning" movement.

[@thelastshadeofgrey]

The company slogan should be: Your health is the second most important thing to us! The first is profit for the shareholders!

[@plwjk3879]

more like your health i dont give a shit, your i just love it

[@Mamasanamama]

That is most certainly almost always the case. That’s why the healthcare sector is shit too

[@nshs1234]

I grew up in India and moved to NA and now i have a niece who is growing up in India. I have never seen this stuff. Even the baby formula is made at home from scratch. and if the baby needs nutrients from fruits and veggies, she is given fruits and veggies. The reason why these brands have grown is because we buy them.

[@suhridbhinder6762]

This is a govts failure to allow such companies play with human life. Even dog and cat foods have just such dangers

[@nshs1234]

@@suhridbhinder6762even if the govt allows it.. if consumers don’t buy it.. that’s the end of the road for the company. Just don’t be fooled by the ads. How hard is it.

[@k_tubbs]

I like how, at the end of the video, she addressed reality. Like many parents dont have the time to cook and strain peas and puree fruits and veg. Although i have just learned you dont really need to do all of that. You can just choose soft fruits and veg or cooked options and smush them with a fork and cut things into managable peices. Im glad she made it clear that parents aren't totally to blame and that giving your kids a pouch or cereal may be the best option for you and your family. I appreciate that.

[@ninaclemente9989]

I saw my sister in laws do this. Like mashing the potatoes and cooked rice and giving to their kids. Hence i will do the same for my 13 week old in the future. Now a days really parents dont have time to cooked proper meal because of both of them are working.

[@xlovelydearx]

I loved that she added that. Takes a lot of parent guilt off my shoulders for sure. I do try to do baby led weaning and give them the actual foods as they are old enough and able to eat it but we have done baby food in the past for some babies. I always thought that’s just what you do. Know better, do better ❤️

[@brittney3156]

💯 we live in a dual income world

[@edithsmith4485]

My baby was baby led weaned. She only had like two purees that I made at home and then one day she reached for my strawberry so I let her have it whole and she was able to chew off small pieces herself and chew them up, which made me realize I should just give her soft foods instead of worrying about puree everything

[@cooker-q4x]

I’ve done only table food with 8 of my 9 babies starting at around 9 months or so. They’re all great eaters now. I think the texture and flavor of real food helps them to be better eaters than a constant stream of bland purées for 18months.

[@TheSipherArcher]

I love this woman! No fear mongering, reasonable. Please more of her!

[@multiskype]

except the ADHD bs

[@anacrea3931]

@@multiskype glad it wasn't just me who caught that one.

[@sutats]

Bread boards fear her wrath.

[@Andrew-gx7xu]

@@multiskype she says there is some research that links Red 40 to ADHD. Are you saying that’s BS? That there’s no research linking Red 40 to ADHD?

[@TheElegantPelican]

@@multiskype What's wrong with what she said?

[@Mobilegaming0624]

Now I can see why my friends kid doesn’t like water… at 1 1/2 years old.

[@1rotimi]

That's scary.

[@TheMangoMovement]

If she gives them juice it's actually probably the juice

[@tituswu691]

used to be the same way. they'll grow out of it and realize water is the best, esp after some health issues unfortunately appear.

[@devon7584]

My 3.5 year old basically only wants water. It changes over time, so we just give him the chance to like the healthy option.

[@savage.4.24]

I didn't like water either until I was in my 20s but to be fair my family drank A LOT of tea without sugar.

[@sophroniel]

Also once you prime a baby's tastebuds to high sugar you bet it's near impossible to happily transition them to lower sugar diets...

[@JayLuBlanc]

It’s an addiction. The child or adult has to be weaved off of the sugar slow. So sad. The industry makes it as people have a self control problem with eating. However, it’s an addiction.

[@milo_thatch_incarnate]

I’m 25, trying to get pregnant with my husband, and I’m so glad that there’s such a huge movement around ultra processed food right now. It’s directly informing me how I can feed my children healthy food, AND how I can eat during my pregnancies to make sure they’re as healthy as I can possibly help them to be! This information is invaluable for young parents everywhere right now. Thank you for helping too expose this issue.

[@esmeraldagems9487]

My dad worked at a Gerber baby food factory in the early 80's or late 70's, before I was born. I think my older sister was a baby then and he saw so many things that severely disturbed him that he never allowed my mom to buy it, which she didn't mind because it's cheaper to just make at home and mush it up themselves. So that's what they did for the 3 of us younger kids.

[@PoeticAmmunition.]

Would love to know what he saw

[@miao-m9q]

Pls share what he saw. Thanks!

[@Ghost_emoji]

​@@miao-m9q would someone go on the internet and just lie

[@Ghost_emoji]

​@@PoeticAmmunition. would someone go on the internet and just lie

[@guerrita6878]

@@Ghost_emojiok thanks bot

[@mayadamahmoud2186]

This is so sad. You can't trust anything anymore. The people with the tinfoil hats were right all along. This needs a lawsuit for false advertising and labeling. They convinced parents this was healthy option.

[@김모치-z1h]

yes we should go back to the era when they just casually put cocaine to cola good ol days

[@BlueFlash215]

Don't people in the US read what they feed their children?

[@machintrucGaming]

Heh, not sure what to think of it. the first one complaining about lack of calories ? Like really ? It's green beans there's nothing to eat in it.

[@yeaves8189]

This isn't even a tin foil issue. It's a transparency issue.

[@malif1279]

Us tinfoil hat people can't stop being proven right 😮‍💨

[@Acsana]

What’s also sad is that almost all baby food has higher than FDA limits of heavy metals. This has been known for years yet companies continue to operate without doing anything about it. And the FDA provides basically no oversight.

[@melissawalsh8760]

The FDA is extremely underfunded. They want to do more, but they just don't have the manpower.

[@kyciarelli3847]

Ugh yea this terrifies me!! My son loved those fruit snack pouches and they’re so convenient. But thankfully one day I just thought … how can this possibly be doing anything good for his growing body. I abandoned them completely and he doesn’t ask for them anymore. I also read that those snack pouches also have high levels of mold in them.

[@katw6757]

Lead and other heavy metals are present in the foods before they become baby foods due to the soil they're grown in. The best practice for anyone is to serve a variety of foods to limit high exposures to any one heavy metal

[@aegisrunestone5573]

Don’t worry, FDA is going away with trump. Now it’ll be the wild west!

[@PozoBlue]

I remember loving pear Gerber as a kid and then would sometimes buy one extra for me when my sister was a baby and we would get baby food. About a decade later, when my nieces were babies I ONCE did the same and could barely eat a few spoons of it. I was so sweet. Couldn't believe the difference. Most of their food was made out home, mashing stuff up but every now and then we had a few jars for emergencies or in case of lack of time, but after that I just thought better not to give them any store baby food. Blech.

[@Zeverinsen]

Yeah you're right. When I was a teenager I'd help feed my toddler siblings, and I distinctly remember how their baby food was much more edible than what I tried feeding my friend's kid when baby sitting as an adult.

[@Radoslav-gk7wu]

Pear breed is a lot different this days. Years of crossing species maked just the sweetest to survive... So sad too.

[@prabhubhojan6595]

I have a 3 year old daughter, I follow 90:5:5, 90% home made food, 5% home made junk, 5% store brought junk. Its very difficult and challenging to stick to this rule but as a parent I take this challenge and achieve this atleast 90% of the time. I believe first 5 years of anyones life make what you are today, Its our responsibility we give good health to our children and show them the path to make wealth by themselves.

[@loveofpassion7908]

I appreciate this realistic approach. Thanks

[@kirstiemccullough1786]

Yes, we do 80/20 for baby and ourselves. It’s a good approach!

[@GeminiAroundTheWorld]

Do you find that your daughter asks for the junk food, or is she happy with mostly the home made taste?

[@prabhubhojan6595]

@GeminiAroundTheWorld yeah she does, saying no and disciplining is the hardest, occasionally I compromise with her and end up giving more junk.

[@madisonanne92]

As a mom of a 11 month old, this was super helpful! Thank you!

[@TheCastedone]

Breast is best along with a healthy diet. After, start baby lead weening

[@IloveNongthongbamBirenSingh]

Before I started pre-nursery, I used to sneak sugar and milk powder from the kitchen whenever my parents were at work. I had a real sweet tooth and would be upset if my dad didn’t bring home a Milky Bar after work. These days, I’m the complete opposite. I don’t use sugar at all and grow most of my own food. Ultra Processed Foods and cold drinks are things I only have on special occasions(once or twice/year) now, and I’m much more healthier and mindful about what I eat.

[@turkizno]

Saame, started my day as a kid with 3 teaspoons of Nestlé choco powder in milk - now I'm lactose intolerant sweets addict trying to introduce actual, proper food in my life. Corp and capitalism really ruined entire generations of human lives

[@BlueFlash215]

​@@turkiznolactose intolerance has nothing to do with the sugar intake.

[@deztheray8935]

I need to be better, I’m pregnant right now and never thought I was an unhealthy eater but I’ve been learning more and so much of what I eat involves sugar of some kind or other processed ingredients (red and yellow dyes and such).

[@annat6249]

As working parents myself, I understand life is so busy. But when kids are baby, they have very little opinion, you can steam and blend their baby food. That was what I did, my son ate fresh blended fruits and veggies. When he turn 3, it been a struggle to get him to eat the way I hoped, I settled for 30 % homemade. He is 6 now, I managed to increased it to 70% fresh made home food. Kids just need training for a good food habits. It also related to family eating habits. I don’t eat candy myself and so he doesn’t. I don’t forbid candy. He just doesn’t. Even school give it to him, he eat very tiny of it.

[@KekeeBlack]

He'll likely have a better facial structure and straighter teeth than other kids his age

[@taitheguy85]

80% of parents don't have a clue, not just about added sugars they give to their kid, but that diet and nutrition are directly linked to health

[@nnkk7742]

Our laws need to stop protecting demons. These things should face the consequences of their actions.

[@sicabeat]

Those demons made these laws. The system isn't broken; it's running exactly the way they want -- to keep us tired, unhealthy, docile, and complacent, but just enough angry to fight one another about non-issues. Divide and conquer.

[@ballkans]

Love watching Business Insider, very informative, interesting and helpful. Thank You

[@JohnHausser]

Thanks, son 😊

[@Abbadocious]

When my baby was little, I made my own baby food. I would buy the frozen veggie steamer bags and cook them in the microwave before blending them up. I would freeze the purees in oversized ice cube trays I bought at the dollar tree and then store them in the freezer in ziploc bags. It was so easy to pop two or three out and microwave them for a minute. It made it easy to mix new combinations, too. Also considerably cheaper.

[@ksffbdsfsdfvsfdlj]

Ice cube tray is a good idea!

[@cosmic_doll]

I take the veggies out of the steamer bag and nuke them in a clear glass Corningware container with a lid, following the package directions. Maybe I’m just paranoid but I don’t trust that the plastic won’t leach into the food while cooking.

[@Abbadocious]

@cosmic_doll Yes! Oftentimes, I just steam them on the stovetop with the little folding basket. I don't use standard ziplocs either, I should've clarified, I use silicone reusable bags, too.

[@Aqua_Xenossia]

I really hope we get one of these videos on cereal, especially the comparisons between the “organic” ones and “non-organic” choices- and why organic cereals list fewer nutrients(I get they’re not added in, but you know what I mean) and what it means despite being promoted as “healthier”.

[@vintagejaki751]

TheFoodBabe talks about it on Instagram.

[@Xeonerable]

It's kind of startling how many of these are made in a way that they look like candy. Then the over-use of the word "organic" is quite off-putting.

[@joekev27]

I use to think the FDA actually did something but the older i get the more i see you can just buy FDA approval which makes it pointless to even have.

[@solidoxygen7873]

Just imagine how bad things would be if even these flimsy safeguards were removed

[@wwondertwin]

FDA used to do more, but Americans have systematically voted for deregulation and supported billionaires profiting from the common people.

[@babybluehashyo]

As a home canner I also get frustrated because so many baby canners are so scared to do anything other than what's in their book. They claim canning so many things are dangerous-bread, rice, noodles, cheesecake, bananas, bacon, butter, cheese... don't go canning your own recipe of soup now. 😂 I've canned most of these and if I haven't another canner has, and eaten them after sitting on the shelf for 3+ years. We're all still alive and well. But the FDA won't even research into home canning methods anymore because it isn't profitable, and the lids and jars they make these days are pathetic and thin. Making your own food is terrifying to them.

[@wwondertwin]

@@babybluehashyo We have none of those issues in the EU, and our regulators have actual bite in them and not just all bark like the FDA. Europe takes food safety and quality SERIOUSLY, and you're nonetheless able to buy things like raw milk cheese. You can get raw egg products because the hens are vaccinated and salmonella isn't an issue. And if you want to do home canning etc you can go to your national regulatory agency and they will provide you with safety information on how to can and preserve the safest way at your own home! Because these agencies primary function is to protect the citizens against large corporation exploiting and trickery, and also to perform research with public money for the benefit of citizens and to provide all sorts of useful information to the citizens. There's no good reason why the US couldn't have the same benefits, but for some reason it's always just deregulation that only benefits billionaires and clamping down ordinary people.

[@naturazpolski9213]

​@@wwondertwinAnd since trump came back, it just gonna get much much worse

[@rachelduke1580]

Im surprised she didnt mention added sodium is to be avoided in babies and toddlers too. Baby led weaning using little to no purees instead using whole foods is such a natural thing for anyone looking for a healthier way to feed their babies! Look into it! Its amazing and can be lots of fun!

[@daisykid3]

This was a really good video!! I double checked the food I recently bought for my baby and I'm glad I've been making good choices.

[@somerandomfella]

Nothing in a pouch, tub, can or bottle can match natural products for your kids. Blend your own fruits and veg.

[@Slangchang]

I wanted to do that but it was too much work and I was exhausted. Maybe the next one I can prepare it myself

[@bistander]

​@@Slangchang part of the issue is also America is very allergic to multi-generational households, where grandparents, or aunts and uncles are around to help out. It takes a village, it's not natural to be this exhausted

[@winzyl9546]

​@@Slangchanguse a mouli grater, blender, and or fruit slicer.

[@millennialodyssey5956]

Yes and honestly it's not that hard. Most blenders will do the job. Bulk bake foods until soft, then you use an ice tray to freeze them. Once frozen put it in a bag and get out only what you need. Simple. I learned years ago everything was "hard" when I first learned how to do it. I used to complain about how hard gardening was until I shut my mouth and started enjoying it. There is absolutely nothing more rewarding than providing your family nutrition from your own hands! And to see healthy babies grow well every doctor appointment and they don't get sick, knowing that it is partly because I got over myself and put them first is everything!

[@millennialodyssey5956]

​@@bistander you don't need someone else to do your job as a parent. Most modern generations are just lazy and complain too much. That's exactly how I was until I decided not to be. It's the truth. We think everything is so hard yet it was much harder for generations before us. The lack of grocery stores alone back then would have been tough. Trying to feed a family only off what you can grow. We are very privileged and it shows when we complain about simple tasks.

[@Zeyek1]

FDA should be held responsible

[@JohnHausser]

Truth is FDA lost lot of credibility and power since the Reagan administration

[@daniels-mo9ol]

Or just stop buying crap and cook your meals for yourself.

[@TrevorTurner98]

@@daniels-mo9ol cook what meals for ourselves? you mean with the same ultra-processed ingredients from the same grocery store that doesn't care about your health? realize that the only way to ever get natural nutrients and ingredients is to farm them yourself or get them from a trusted farmer

[@BlueFlash215]

FDA USA: As long as it isn't proven to be harmful it's allowed Europe on the other hand: Prove it's safe or you can't sell it.

[@EricKolibas]

Should be, but by who? Politicians are too busy fighting with each other and not necessarily over things to better the country.

[@fruity_lou]

9 million views and only 6k likes?? You guys deserve so much more attention for this video. It breaks down a complex situation into easy to understand concepts, AND provides some perspective encouraging parents to be a bit more critical of the baby food they buy, while not shaming them because you’re right, it should be on the manufacturers to regulate these potential dangers! I love that you included a fun little taste test of the foods, too. I already have an interest in food science and knew a lot of stuff from this video, but even I learned a few new things, too! Great stuff 👏👏👏

[@fruity_lou]

Edit: 400k views, looked at the wrong number. Still a low ratio of views to likes, lol

[@PinkRose0910]

It’s good to give children the same foods as the parents or the rest of the family is eating when age appropriate. Instead of separate “kiddie food”. For example mashed potatoes can be made to be very smooth and easy to swallow.

[@NathansWargames]

Should do this now for dog food. I just swapped my dog over to a non grain diet, it's about twice as expensive but he loves it

[@JohnHausser]

Jesus Christ be like : “eat buckwheat with water & organic canned sugar instead” -Jerry Seinfeld

[@xSparklingPeachx]

You should look into DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) and its link to grain free food. 😬

[@JohnHausser]

@@xSparklingPeachx Whole grain 🍞

[@turkizno]

They put corn into EVERYTHING for pet foods - cats, dogs, rabbits, even my darn guinea pigs' food was full of it! Thank gosh for europe and its regulations for restricting this kind of thing

[@BlueFlash215]

​@@turkiznoI always use a comparison website that compares all cat foods. I have to pay monthly but engineers and scientists check everything. There is no "fillers" in my cat food. I wonder why this would be a problem. Even the cheap food in Germany doesn't have this cr*p

[@racheln4309]

I’ve always done the “baby led weaning” style of feeding my babies. We love it. Even Babies want to be in control of what goes in their mouth and when!

[@Nix6p]

This worked very well for us too.

[@roserowson8270]

Same just watching this thinking I never used a single one of these things on my kids!

[@juliamccoey7496]

I did too, still ended up with a fussy eater, currently 3 years old. I used pouches a bit when we were traveling overseas, and bought one jar of baby food at some point, and there were these oat biscuits he used to have, but apart from that it was all home cooking. I used to make him all these purees and little pikelets, put all the different fish categories in the food, and all the nuts, to cover all the allergens. He would eat a whole punnet of strawberries, he'd eat oranges and blueberries, bananas, mango, peas, and then gradually he just stopped eating all these. Mostly just eating rice and quinoa and other grains, and little bits of other things like eggs, but it's taking a real effort to get him to eat whole fruits and vegetables again. He doesn't like anything with 'bits' in it so I can't really do hidden veg. He did eat a whole bunch of broccoli today, so we're getting there, but it's taking a lot of tries and not much success. There are a lot of fussy eaters on his dad's side of the family, so I was always a little concerned this might happen. I think I need some help though.

[@Im-wk6vw]

I only use pouches when traveling, and often I make my own. We opted to do "baby led weaning" around 6 months, instead of traditional purees, and baby was eating the same dinners as us by 8 months old. It has been a lifesaver for traveling knowing I can get something simple and nutritious for myself and share it with my baby. She's a toddler now and eats literally anything, even preferring plain Greek yogurt to sweetened junk family would buy her.

[@xerofelix7090]

I think the problem is that things like making baby food at home takes more work, time, and preparation. All things that many poor working families just don't have. Not to mention living in good deserts with limited access to fresh veggies. These companies are taking advantage of our lack of access to good, healthy food. It's really sad.

[@lisaburke7506]

While those are challenges, they are not insurmountable challenges. There have always been poor mothers and will always be poor mothers. To say, "Oh, I don't earn enough and am too tired and don't have the time" is just not an appropriate excuse when explaining to your child why they have the health complications, from cavities to diabetes. It's just not.

[@lisaburke7506]

I also wanted to add, that yes, the food companies and our government bears the brunt of the responsibility for the abysmal state we are in because the poor parents of yesteryear simply weren't inundated with food like substances that had ingredients known to cause health complications like we do today. To be healthy is now to be an active dissenter against the prevailing culture, which is an undertaking no one should have to bear.

[@jennifermotha9665]

Frozen veggies are a cheaper alternative

[@natrg7205]

I would honestly love a series of this. With all foods for all ages. Different kinds. This is very sad. I guess fresh is best.

[@darylfortney8081]

Got the same fake snake plant. Love how you move it from set to set.

[@jokercardzz]

Throw some fruits and veggies in a nutribullet with a bit of water, and BAM easy af homemade baby food

[@GeminiAroundTheWorld]

Exactly! Not sure why some are complaining it’s too time consuming and difficult to make their own food. Blenders work wonders.

[@kingzaire2444]

If you’re reading this, make your own baby food. Boil potatoes, sweet potatoes, frozen vegetables and baby spinach. Add salt for flavor and that’s it. When it’s done cooking mash it all up and voilà, baby food. Do that 2 to 3x/week and your baby will be fine.

[@rachelduke1580]

Babies also shouldn't have added salt... look into baby led weaning and you'd be surprised how quickly your baby can eat the family meal just maybe cut up differently (sometimes big pieces are actually safer!) No mashing required

[@robh1961]

@@rachelduke1580Wait, so how old does the baby have to be so they can start eating non-mashed food? How is it mashed?

[@gokuislarge]

I’m so grateful my mom makes me eat healthy

[@Stargeon]

Love the part about danhers of learning to experience food through dopamine spike from manufactured sensations that won't be found in real food

[@barbaramaganadominguez1564]

I dont know if anyone has said anything but going over concentrate vs puree is important because many many times people think concentrate is puree

[@amandah2935]

If you think your baby needs baby food, what do you think babies ate before the baby food industry? We mostly just fed our kids chopped up adult food. My first baby wouldn’t eat the baby food mush. She preferred things with some texture. She set the tone for how we fed the rest of our kids. Plus baby food is expensive. We did use pouches and puffs etc on the go. All my kids are good vegetable eaters today so I think we did okay.

[@noelopez3437]

Not me anymore. Stopped eating just about any food with added sugars not naturally present. That said, I doubt many have that level of conviction to stop eating deliciousness.

[@carlospykreeeem]

Make America healthy again!

[@MikiM89]

I've never seen pouches with added sugar in Europe (Italy, UK, Germany). In any case, I've always given my children the whole fruit

[@JohnHausser]

Thanks Captain Obvious

[@MikiM89]

​@@JohnHausser Care to elaborate?

[@anastasiiachepinska8302]

True, I don't think it's legal here in Europe to add extra sugar to baby food. Even if it is, it's probably not very popular

[@asiangirlu]

And yet tomorrow kids will be knocking at my door trick-or-treating. I will be giving away apples this year!

[@ItsComplicated]

Great video! A super important story that everybody needs to engage with!!

[@megan893]

My daughter is now five, and I always looked out for healthier foods and snacks by reading ingredient labels. However, I wasn't always looking at the nutritional value. This video reminded me to do that. I'm 9 months pregnant. I will remember to look at both when purchasing baby food and snacks. Thank you BI 🙏🏽

[@laurenthomas7074]

I appreciate the focus on level of processing and overall nutritional value rather than doing what a lot if food commentary does - overly focus on the perceived danger of specific individual additives etc The overall look at macronutrient content is more useful to most people

[@heretolearnCA]

Good on you for reporting on this issue!

[@devp2008]

The truth is Humans have become lazy when it comes to making and eating real food! It takes 15 mins of your time in the day to make fresh baby food every day … I don’t see the need to have any store bought baby food ever … and I never did while raising my own ….

[@robh1961]

What are some good healthy recipes for making baby food? I don’t plan on buying any of this fake processed crap for my baby.

[@lydiaroussel1126]

The good thing with pureed food is that it's extra fast and easy to make.

[@berri5769]

i bought a lot of pouches to help supplement when eating real food was not working out

[@tablegrape]

This is so important for adults to learn for themselves, as well. My mom wanted to start a diet and bought a box of Special K cereal because it is marketed as “healthy.” And I’m like…mom this is literally a box of sugar. 😂 With weird vitamins added in?…maybe try real fruit instead. 🥴

[@tidaktau132]

I started to like this discussion, because I started learning about the composition of packaged food in my country in an autodidactic manner. In my country, awareness about health is starting to increase even though not everyone is doing the same. I still remember where my grandmother gave bottled tea to one of her toddlers (a relative's child). I almost wanted to scream when I saw it, but thankfully the child's parents stopped it. But unfortunately, in my area several children have consumed packaged food even from an early age (4-5 years old). It was the same as what I consumed when I was little and when I was older, I began to realize how dire the situation was. I'm still learning and I hope more people will learn about this.

[@camillabloom7691]

Thank you for making this video! 👏👏👏👏

[@ostclanadventures]

This was great!! Wish you had talked a little more about seed oils

[@CutinChai]

Thank you BI for doing just a great job to expose these large companies.

[@Itsme60804]

The best way is to make it at home using veggies and meats. What we’ve found to be the easiest is to puree 3-4 days worth of meat-veggie mixes with some seasoning mixed in (watch the salt though). And if you’re feeling lazy one day or one week, serenity kids chicken, beef, and turkey pouches are usually great and tick most of the boxes indicated in this video. Our baby loves serenity kids’ beef with ginger pouch.

[@rachelle2227]

My second baby is 5.5 months old and we recently started weaning (purees for now). I am so glad that I have the time and patience to make baby food. It doesn’t really take that long. I’ve introduced perhaps food a little quickly, but only one is an allergen (yogurt). He’s taken fine to chicken, carrots, yogurt, avocado, and pear. The pear was just cooked to make soft and puréed, and when I introduced it I added it to yogurt I had already introduced on its own. Definitely am focusing on proteins and veggies for now. I like to mix chicken puree with veggies. He started waking up an extra time at night hungry, so I thought introducing food a little before 6 months old would help him go back to waking just once at night, and it has! My toddler is sometimes tough with finding healthy foods she will eat, but I try try again with different things, and she eats well. Lately she’s been liking mixed nuts and cottage cheese.

[@Amy-ol7jk]

This is soooooooo informative. Thank you.

[@dolomitic]

Crazy. I didn’t know the situation was this bad. I am pregnant with my first and I cook my own food from scratch most days and I hope to be able to do it for him too. I even make barf food from scratch for my dogs and work full time. Is a matter of organization for the week. I don’t see myself giving my baby these, other than the amount of waist. I buy from my local bulk store most of my ingredients and because disposing garbage here in the Dolomites is EXPENSIVE. Pouches and these monoportions can cost a fortune for us to throw away.

[@Dead.garden]

More food diversity more native edible foods. Reduce reuse and start fixing the damage we have done to are soils.

[@PrincessDolumi]

I'm just going to puree all veggies and fruits for my future children. 🙂

[@WeAreTheTwintails]

What really stands out to me is how quickly all of this stuff became mainstream. I'd have a chat with my friends about processed food in 2020 ands they'd all look at me like I was nuts. Four years later, everyone knows what I'm talking about.

[@annaleshchenko9758]

Keep doing a good job informing people

[@PranayPawar1991]

Very informative and helpful. Also threatening 😢

[@Bizibee483]

I feed my son happy baby pouches. First of all, the sugar content within the pouch does not come from ADDED sugars. It comes from the natural sugars in the fruits. Second, if you are feeding this to your toddler as PART of a meal and not the meal itself, then I don’t see the problem. Do kids eat too much sugar these days, yes. Do kids eat too much processed food these days, yes. But feeding a child is hard and this video does not give enough credit to mothers (and parents in general) for how difficult raising a child is, which in turn comes off as parent shaming rather than helpful.

[@aideng.carrara1336]

Thank goodness for Trump and RFK Jr.

[@mikefresca2758]

Let’s be very clear here, as the parent, it is your responsibility to balance your child’s diet. None of these items are a complete meal. None should be used as such. Please use your heads.

[@annaandjuju]

You’re talking about kids who might eat less than a tablespoon of food per sitting. The only balanced diet is breast milk.

[@adamn2141]

Agreed 100%. This video should be titled: "Baby Snack-foods are full of sugar and Parents are too lazy to read the label"...also, the video is misleading to many because they began the video talking about Gerber and then proceeded to talk about sugary fruit-related pouch snacks that are not meant to be meals and they never mentioned Gerber again.

[@madrush24]

More people need to see this!!

[@pawelabrams]

Oh for the love of everything holy, just copy over the EU legislation on that. We solved it, it boiled down to no additives for babies under a year. They sell it under the same brand! I can buy Nestlé's or Hipp's stuff in Poland and not risk my kids sugar levels. On vacation, if I go to eg. Turkey, I can never get anything Nestlé sells there' cause it's 50% sugar water...

[@Damnusername58]

hang on. at 7:19 you called 5g total sugar "from pear" with 0 added sugar a red flag, but at 9:30 13g of sugar "from fruits" is okay? I get that one of them is marketed more as a veggie thing than as a fruit thing, but if we're worried about sugar consumption here (as the title suggests) that doesn't add up in the slightest.

[@marquitaarnold4908]

It’s the adding part, no need to add sugar to something that is naturally sweet.

[@Damnusername58]

@@marquitaarnold4908 neither of them have any added sugar though.

[@AJ12Gamer]

She probably has investments in one? Or maybe under the table deal to make the brand sound more appelling?

[@officedepot31]

If you read studies done on fruit sugar vs added sugar you will see it impacts the body very differently. Yes, high fruit sugar vs low plain sugar is very different. Look up maple syrup amd honey and their health impact. Honey added can lead to weight loss despite adding the sugar calories. Research is key. At least you watchedthis video. It goes much much deper.

[@Damnusername58]

@@officedepot31 Right, except both of them have sugar from fruits. The first one is from pears, and the second is from apples and blueberrys. In both cases, the sugars are not added and are coming from fruits. Hence me getting confused, because last I checked even though refined sugar vs natural sugars does have a difference, there isn't the same difference between sugar from pears and sugar from apples or blueberrys.

[@abinodattil6422]

I switched baby to trad food, baby behavior changed a lot, more even and less problems

[@robh1961]

Did you start cooking baby food and then blending it to a purée? What are some good trad foods that are best for a baby? Thanks

[@abinodattil6422]

@@robh1961 honestly i just asked my grandma "babuska" what to give, closer a food is to its source the better, like milk salted and fermented food, vs processed foods and canned foods. recently i started giving bone marrow to the 2 year old, she likes it and skin is glowing. also i thrw out all oils except cocunt, olive and beef tallow out of the house, everyone in the house is loosing wieght coincidentally, also i dont buy organic, its a big out of my price range, but i do buy whole what ever,

[@daniels-mo9ol]

4:39 you should have shown a scale. I am against these added sugar companies and food processors, but that looks more like 25-30g if not even 40g of sugar on that plate, not 14.

[@iloveaginganddying6207]

it would also be beneficial to show how much sugar is in something like a muffin, which probably has the same amount but since it's incorporated you don't balk at it.

[@fuerte-af]

I am amazed by the trash we feed our kids. My wife cooks three times a day (mostly simple and plain food) just for my toddler with almost everything being natural and fresh. Education is very important on this matter. We only use pouches when not at home, specially at the evening and we use the most natural brand we found.

[@thezu9250]

Education is pointless when you don’t have time. Women typically take on this burden even when working. Both parent’s need to help out if one isn’t staying home.

[@HeyItsJayIRL]

Could you do a follow-up video to this where you touch on some good alternatives to these brands?

[@Joshuabryabt-gf6sc]

I remember growing up and seeing those original gerber ad's, boy the times have changed

[@zwitterion1]

It starts right with formula milk!!!

[@yengsabio5315]

It's akin to genetic imprinting. I read from a research paper that previous generations of female parents that consumed high amounts of dietary sugar in their life had offsprings with affinity to high sugar consumption.

[@DeedlyDood]

Formula doesn't apply. Breast milk has a high amount of sugar naturally. Formula is made to mimic as it's an essential part of a babies caloric needs.

[@cs4887]

What's your alternative? 🤨 starving the newborn baby to death? Breast is best but formula is literally life saving!

[@kurtdupree1254]

​@@cs4887 You can buy fresh breast milk for babies. Formula should be a last resort. These companies are only looking for the most profit, it isn't comparable to the nutrition of breast milk

[@mizzmatrix]

We don't have a lot of these kinds of foods in Europe. Especially those color-additions, they're banned, for our safety 😅

[@anastasiiachepinska8302]

True

[@havealavalyday543]

Every item wants to be the "snack" food in some magical "balanced" diet. When most foods are "snack" foods, they now become the main diet. It's so frustrating that few brands do not want to take responsibility and be part "balanced" diet that they acknowledge is needed

[@fernandoderell4987]

I find it interesting how everyone blames "companies" for creating highly palatable, industrialized food. In my country, non-industrialized foods tend to be more expensive. Given that, it makes sense for companies to offer affordable, tasty, and convenient food options that meet consumer demand in a competitive market. The prevalence of "ultra-processed foods" isn’t simply a choice by companies-it’s driven by consumer demand. People want food that tastes good, not necessarily food that’s healthy. Companies aren’t likely to make products that don’t appeal to taste. In a way, the public is just as responsible for the current food landscape. Many people consistently choose cheap, flavorful options over healthier, less processed alternatives that might be pricier or less exciting to eat.

[@TheFabFarmer]

Breastmilk, egg yolk and beef liver….those are my babies’ first foods!

[@pfkbdyjqfgtkmcby]

Thanks for telling us about this.

[@hyn__als]

Do you know what when Business Insider asks any business something (in all cases that business has done sth wrong 😂😂😂) it would just reply something random 😹😹😹😹 and it cracks me up every single time!! 🤣🤣😂😂

[@AzrinSunbae]

Make America Healthy Again!

[@pipes6414]

Great video

[@raquelfantoni2812]

The WHO say natural sugar from fruits and vegetables shouldn’t be counted towards daily intake for babies. Added sugar, a no-go. But I’m not going to stress about there being pear in with the green beans as long as there is no extra sugar added in.

[@chelsiepheenix5036]

Great video, great explanations

[@sarah345]

Honestly, I am so tired of stressing about ruining my baby with everything I do. This whole video was very informative and still just gave me a headache.

[@witchywoman165]

One huge red flag is how we have to pay more money to keep chemicals out of our food, like organic foods. You would think it would cost less to buy food with less stuff added to them. Why would it cost more to keep them out? It makes no sense when you would think the company has to pay more to add all these poisons to our foods.

[@acatl33]

Wish she covered baby formula. Crazy we have corn fructose plus seed oils in most baby formulas. Respect for the EU for regulating these companies and protecting there people. Currently using Kendamil to avoid soy/palm oil.

[@America-The-Great]

Great report ❤❤❤

[@alexandershephard7263]

We must take back responsibility as humans for our own.

[@lucymilne4086]

Glad to see the baby food industry is as good for us as adult food industry. Would be handy to talk about alternatives for time-poor mothers. Basically, babies need similar foods to adults - wholegrains, greens, not much sugar, fat or preservatives?

[@suzz1776]

Rem, here in the states we have a for profit healthcare system and we also have the FDA (food & drug..) they work together. Get and Keep people sick through highly addictive, sugary, processed food which enriches the food companies and then that food will end up sending you to the medical people which they will put u on drugs which u will be on for life, enriching Big pharma. Then the process repeats. Most of our problems we have r due to the food we eat but if we r healthy then big pharma wont be able to make billions off sick people.

[@tiffanyroth1066]

I think all these processed food is why we see precocious puberty so much these days

[@itssumarr4164]

Great vid

[@Thoughtful9090]

Tapioca and pouches are also known to often contain lead.

[@jordanwolfe597]

The peanut butter puffs are a nice way to introduce peanuts in a way that is not a choking hazard like peanuts or peanut butter. :-) Also, I'm in the US, so I don't know if "toddler milk" is a "thing" elsewhere, but I've never heard of it. We just provide cow's milk (or a non-dairy alternative for the lactose-intolerant kids).