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Kate Dicey > nattered on
:

> Opinicus wrote:
>>
>> <Alan > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > For whatever reason, we in North American have gotten used to a lot
>> > of foods having sugar in them -- especially prepared foods from
>> > food factories.
>> > I don't like it, but it seems to have spread over the last 40, or
>> > so, years.
>>
>> I'm wondering if it's because of:
>>
>> 1. Baby foods with sugar added to them to make them more palatable to
>> mother and baby
>>
>> and/or
>>
>> 2. Sugar-frosted breakfast cereals targeted at kids
>
> Good grief! Is sugar allowed in baby foods in the USA?

Allowed, yes. However, some brands make it a point of advertising that
they don't add it.