Infant Foods: Marketing

(asked on 13th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to prevent baby food being marketed to parents as healthy despite containing high levels of sugar.


Answered by
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 21st October 2026

I refer the Hon Member to the Department's publication on Commercial Baby Food and Drink, published on 22 August 2025, available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commercial-baby-food-and-drink-voluntary-industry-guidelines/commercial-baby-food-and-drink-voluntary-industry-guidelines#category-definitions

I also refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 November 2025 in response to Question 90446.

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