Yoghurt without added sugar as a solution: Get rid of the children’s sugar trap!

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One in three children in Europe is overweight or even obese. There’s a very important reason for this: Children and teenagers consume up to 70 percent more sugar than is healthy for them. Therefore, WHO recommends limiting free sugar consumption to less than ten percent of energy intake. According to research conducted in Europe, sugary products (40-50 percent), sweet drinks (20-35 percent) and dairy products (6-18 percent) are particularly problematic.

Virginie Mansuy-Aubert, a scientist at the University of Lausanne and an expert on the interaction between nutrition and healthy intestinal flora, warned in an article she wrote for “Swissinfo” in the summer: “If we do not want to be like the USA, 50 percent of the population is obese and/or diabetic.” “We must act as quickly as possible when it occurs.” Germany is already addressing this issue specifically. Advertising for foods high in sugar, fat or salt should no longer target children in all relevant media.

When it comes to high sugar nutrition for children, the first things that come to mind are cola, chocolate and treats. However, the nutrient can also be found in products such as yoghurt. A 2019 study by the German organization Foodwatch showed that nine out of ten yoghurts for children are too high in sugar. The rate has probably fallen a bit by now, but the problem still exists: Sometimes the Jogis that we feed even the youngest children with a (supposedly) clear conscience contain too much sugar.

Natural foods without additives

How should mom and dad react to this? No other yoghurt on the menu? A better alternative might be plant-based yoghurts, which have no added sugar, meaning they only have the natural fruit sweetness.

Swiss children’s food manufacturer yamo has just launched yamogurts, a line of plant-based yoghurts now available at Coop. Plant-based yoghurts enriched with natural yoghurt cultures are the perfect complement to Yamo’s range and come with no added sugar, only from fruit. Therefore, yams contain only a fraction of the sugar content of other children’s yoghurts. A European innovation!

The products are available directly in the chilled dairy section and are therefore very important for children’s nutrition. Yogurts and other dairy products traditionally play an important role in children’s diets, but added sugar makes choosing the right brands important. Alternative yams are just a touch away.

Obesity often has a lasting impact on children’s health well beyond their teenage years. Because: “Excess weight does not increase, but it is almost always untreated until adulthood,” said Dagmar l’Allemand-Jander, co-president of the AKJ child and adolescent obesity association and Eastern Switzerland’s senior doctor in pediatric endocrinology/diabetology. children’s hospital, opposite the parent magazine “Fritz+Fränzi”. Anyone who looks at the sugar content when buying children’s food today will be doing their child a favor in the long run.

Source : Blick