MANILA, Philippines – It’s a 150-year-old global brand that’s been in the Philippines for over 30 years. Chances are, you were fed Cerelac when you were an infant.

The most popular flavour of Cerelac in the Philippines has about 17.5g of total sugars per serving – more than four teaspoons of sugar - but that can include both naturally occurring and added ...

And in the Philippines, one serving of a version of the Cerelac cereal for babies 1 to 6 months old contains a whopping 7.3 grams of added sugar, the equivalent of almost two teaspoons.

Nestle, Cerelac, and NGOs Public Eye and IBFAN are in scrutiny for high sugar content in baby food. ... In the Philippines, the products have 7.3 grams of sugar with no indication on the packet.

In a Cerelac wheat cereal product, for instance, ... The product with the highest sugar content was a Cerelac baby cereal product sold in the Philippines with 7.3 grams of sugar.

In South Africa, Nestle’s main market in Africa, Cerelac baby cereals contain 4 grams or more of added sugar per serving while Cerelac sold in the Philippines and Nigerian markets have the ...

F ood and beverage giant Nestlé adds sugar and honey to its infant milk and cereal products in developing countries but not in European markets, according to a new report published Wednesday.. In ...

Later in April, Narayanan said Cerelac was in compliance with standards set by India’s food regulator. “There is no local approach to making a nutritional adequacy strategy. It is done globally… ...

The most popular flavour of Cerelac in the Philippines has about 17.5g of total sugars per serving – more than four teaspoons of sugar - but that can include both naturally occurring and added ...