The report, Carrots or Chemistry? by children's food company Organix, calls for the UK food industry to adopt a strict code of practice. It follows a survey of a wide range of food targeted at children, including breakfast cereals, burgers, dried fruit snacks and soft drinks, that found a third of them contained colourings, including dyes that have been banned in Scandinavia and the US.
Three-quarters of the children's food surveyed contained flavourings with widespread use of flavour enhancers, including monosodium glutamate, which can cause hyperactivity and is banned in baby food. More than one in four of the foods examined contained preservatives and many brands did not display nutritional information. The research also found high levels of salt, sugar and fat.
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