date:Sep 10, 2013
But purees and spoonable foods made at home were more nutrient dense than the shop-bought foods. Examples of homemade foods included chicken stew, beef with mash, stewed apple with custard and apple with rice pudding. And while commercial finger foods contained more calories, they had a very high sugar content. The iron content of most of the foods was also lower than that found in formula.
Writing in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood, the researchers said: The UK infant food market