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Swiss food firm’s infant formula and cereal sold in global south ignore WHO anti-obesity guidelines for Europe, says Public Eye

Nestlé, the world’s largest consumer goods company, adds sugar and honey to infant milk and cereal products sold in many poorer countries, contrary to international guidelines aimed at preventing obesity and chronic diseases, a report has found.

Campaigners from Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organisation, sent samples of the Swiss multinational’s baby-food products sold in Asia, Africa and Latin America to a Belgian laboratory for testing.

The results, and examination of product packaging, revealed added sugar in the form of sucrose or honey in samples of Nido, a follow-up milk formula brand intended for use for infants aged one and above, and Cerelac, a cereal aimed at children aged between six months and two years.

In Nestlé’s main European markets, including the UK, there is no added sugar in formulas for young children. While some cereals aimed at older toddlers contain added sugar, there is none in products targeted at babies between six months and one year.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Nestle is a notorious scumbag company, personally I have avoided anything Nestle all my life, since when I grew up, there were already news about illegally bad quality/harmful formula food. I have NEVER heard a good thing about that company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That’s surprisingly hard to do. Nestlé produces 35% of the products in a North American grocery store.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I felt so betrayed the other day when I looked at my San Pellegrino and saw it was a Nestlé company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

As of now, the only product I have to buy to support this atrocious company is Fancy Feast because it's the only food my picky senior cat will eat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Ugh their firm grip on the pet food market endlessly pisses me off. I paid for a fancy B Corp certified cat food brand for years before realising it had been bought out by Nestlé

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I was so happy I could get my cat off of Purina.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

~~You're feeding your cat the equivalent of potato chips. No shit it's all they want to eat lol~~

Edit: I can't read. See below

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

At least they're hydrating potato chips. Kidney failure is a big problem for cats, sticking to an all-wet diet is already better than average.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe they are trying to cut cost to able to sell cheap in poor country

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I missed it in the article, but isn't it more expensive for Nestlé to add the sugar than to not use it? I don't understand their motivation here. I mean, I assume it's evil considering what company this is, I just don't understand it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Sugar is psychologically addictive

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

they also tell doctors in these poor countries to give the stupid products to new mothers with perfectly normal milk production. they tell them it's better than natural milk. It's an American product, and they buy into it because they want their kid to be smart like an American. Nestle is an awful company.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Smart like an American?