How much sugar content in Ella's Kitchen food pouches is ok for infants?

[Anonymous]

My 7 month old was EBF until we started adding baby oatmeal once a day from month 5. She didn't like mashed bananas avocado squash or carrots. So I kept on feeding her just oatmeal once a day and the breast milk. I just picked up Ella's Kitchen "bananas apricots baby rice" and the sugar content is a whopping 17g! I know there are other flavors with half the sugar, but all in all, up to how many grams of sugar is ok to feed 7 month olds in a day ideally? Are there calories or sugar guidelines?

[Anonymous]

The sugar comes from the puréed bananas. Why not add your own mashed banana to oatmeal or rice so you have more control over sugar content? Or mix half a pouch with yogurt or cereal to dilute it a bit.

[Anonymous]

I don't think they have any added sugar, so I would think it's fine. I mean bananas, apricots and rice all have sugar, so you can't expect it to be low in sugar. Look at the ingredients, and I'd bet it doesn't say "cane sugar" or anything similar.

Breastmilk is sweet, too. I'm not sure why people get in such a bind over foods that have natural sugar.

[Anonymous]

It's not added sugar, but the belend you picked has a high natural sugar content (bananas, apricots) if you want something with lower sugar pick a fruit & veggie blend rather than all fruit. Keep in mind that banana you mashed for her has the same sugar as the one in the pouch, fresh fruit just doesn't come with labels.

[Anonymous]

I keep reading to be careful about how much store-bought food I give DS because of the higher sodium levels. So far I've bought some Ella's Kitchen and some Happy Bellies brand. I did notice that sodium seems a tad less in Happy Bellies brand but I don't see any additives in either-just pure fruit, veggies, sometimes abscorbic acid and/or lemon.

[Anonymous]

I didn't finish above thread... Anyway, am I missing something re: additives/sodium?

Regarding sugar- as pp's suggest, the fruit itself is high in natural sugars. I do try to reduce sugar content by buying plain yogurt vs flavored or "smoothie" for instance, then add your own peach/banana etc.

I also want to highly recommend Happy Bellies kale/zucchini/pear Greek yogurt!

[Anonymous]

Any food that has fruit in it will have sugar. I don't care about that (after all, breastmilk is very sweet and has a lot of natural sugar as well)--I just avoid foods with added sugar. Check the ingredient list and make sure that there's no added salt or sugar.