While the most recommended for the children's diet are natural fruit juices prepared at home, almost all parents, some more, others less, we have ever offered our children commercial juices.
Good news is that as of now commercial fruit juices may not carry added sugarsotherwise they will be renamed nectar.
An agreement has been approved that regulates the labeling of fruit juices and nectars, in order to ensure clearer information to consumers and prohibit the use of added sugars in squeezed fruit juices.
Excess sugar in commercial juices is associated with childhood overweight, so we will now have clearer information to choose the healthiest products for our children.
However, from now on they do not carry added sugars does not mean that packaged juices are suitable for infant feeding.
It is often thought that by giving them fruit juice we are giving them fruit, but one of the most frequent mistakes in infant feeding.
The juices are made with a low proportion of squeezed fruit, generally less than 10 percent, do not provide fiber, contain a high energy content and lack essential nutrients.
Therefore, commercial fruit juice, although it is forbidden to make them with added sugars, should be consumed by children only occasionally, as are soft drinks.
