Sugar claims present on infant and toddler foods by food category N (%)
| Food category | n | Any sugar claim | Savoury / bland taste profile | Sweet taste profile | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | g sugars / 100 g median (range) | >4 g sugars / 100 g | n (%) | g sugars / 100 g median (range) | >4 g sugars / 100 g | ||
| Infant meals | 182 | 126 (69.2) | ||||||
| 1.Main meals | 70 | 50 (71.4) | 48 (96.0) | 2.8 (0.8 to 8.5) | 7 (14.5) | 2 (4.0) | 8.7 (6.3 to 11) | 2 (100) |
| 2.Fruit and veg first foods | 45 | 38 (84.4) | 7 (18.4) | 5.6 (1.7 to 9.1) | 6 (85.7) | 31 (81.5) | 11.1 (7.5 to 14.4) | 31 (100) |
| 3.Premade desserts and breakfasts | 46 | 27 (58.3) | – | – | – | 27 (100) | 7.8 (4.9 to 15.8) | 27 (100) |
| 4.Dry cereals | 16 | 6 (37.5) | 2 (33.3) | 0.5 (0.4 to 1.0) | – | 4 (66.6) | 2.9 (0.5 to 5.2) | 2 (50.0) |
| 5.Misc.(dry pasta (n=4), other (n=1)* | 5 | 5 (100) | 4 (80.0) | 1.7 (0.3 to 3) | – | – | – | – |
| Toddler meals | 13 | 3 (23.0) | – | – | – | |||
| 1.Main meals | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2.Fruit and veg first foods | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3.Premade desserts and breakfasts | 4 | 2 (50.0) | – | – | – | 2 (50.0) | 5.3 (5.2 to 5.5) | 2 (100) |
| 4.Dry cereals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5.Misc. (dry pasta) | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 3.1 (n/a) | – | – | – | – |
| Total infant and toddler meals | 195 | 128 (65.6) | ||||||
| Infant snack (finger) foods | 33 | 21 (63.6) | 9 (75.0) | 3.8 (0.6 to 10.3) | 2 (22.2) | 12 (57.1) | 7.9 (3.6 to 9.9) | 11 (92) |
| Toddler snack foods | 54 | 23 (42.6) | 11 (47.8) | 2.9 (0.5 to 13) | 2 (18.1) | 12 (52) | 44 (14 to 74.7) | 12 (100) |
| Total infant and toddler snacks | 87 | 44 (50.6) | ||||||
Infant and toddler foods with any sugar claim, by category. Categorised by savoury/bland and sweet taste profiles with median (range) of sugars g/100 g as per nutritional information panel, and number of foods with sugar content >4 g per 100 g as per Schedule 4 Standard 2.9.2—7.3 (d) if the monosaccharide and disaccharide content of added sugars and honey is more than 4 g/100 g, the word ‘sweetened’ must be included on the label.
*n=1 flavoured tea; not included in table.