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We started Little Spoon because we believe parents deserve better. Simple, easy, clean and high quality meals for their children at every age—no corners cut.
Our approach? Thoughtful and intentional choices, clean ingredients, junk-free recipes and a focus on a building a lifetime of healthy habits.
We start with our USDA organic baby food featuring 100+ ingredients before graduating your mini into our early finger foods, Biteables, and eventually into our toddler + kids meals, Plates. Our Smoothies line can be enjoyed by all ages as healthy, on-the-go snacks.Both our Babyblends and Smoothies lines are USDA organic, cold-pressed for safety (while many grocery store brands blast their food with heavy heat which can reduce the quality of the food + nutrition) and we’ve also partnered with the Clean Label Project to test our finished purees for 400+ contaminants, including heavy metals.
Our early finger food line, Biteables, as well as our toddler + kids meals, Plates, are prepared fresh and with a focus on age-appropriate balanced nutrition. These heat and serve meals are packed with veggies, whole grains, and superfoods and never any additives or fillers unlike other kids meals found in grocery stores.
Finally, we focus on variety to help build healthy habits from day one.
We offer vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian options, plus a variety of cuisines and flavors for all ages. Little Spoon is the perfect meal delivery plan for picky eaters and we are always adding new meals to our menu so your kiddo can continue to expand their growing palate.We don’t currently offer a trial given the fresh nature of our products, but we offer small and extra small plan sizes that enable flexibility to try us out!
We know how important flexibility is for families today which is why we make it super easy to control your orders in your account. We'll always give you a heads up before you're charged and if you need to skip an order, shift your week up or down, change your quantity, or stop your orders you're free to do so at anytime at no cost. We like to make things easy!
Plates are made for finger food eaters through to big kid bites. From early toddlerhood up through age 7, Plates offer an easy go-to for healthy, nutritious tasty and clean meals for your kiddo in under 90 seconds.
Breakfast, lunch or dinner loved by every type of eater (yes, even picky eaters love Plates!) with hidden veggies, clean ingredients in every bite, and no artificial junk. Little Spoon offers the best meal delivery service for parents with over 25 different meals to choose from.Wondering how to transition from purees to table food and when you can start? Signs of this stage include reaching with accuracy for objects, sitting independently without leaning or slumping, the ability to use fingers in a raking motion (fingers closing and opening repetitively) and more. We always recommend checking with your pediatrician before transitioning and closely monitoring feedings for safety.
Our purees are made with pediatricians and nutritionists to ensure that we take into account your baby’s personal development at each stage. For very first bites, we have a range of single-ingredient and simple purees made for starting solids. As your child ages, we offer advanced blends that include more ingredients, and textures.
As your child advances towards table foods, we offer a line of Stage 6 blends called Transition Meals, made with whole ingredients and much thicker textures.When your babe is ready to transition to table foods, Biteables are the next stage. Built for self-feeding, Biteables are cut to size meals made to make transitioning to table foods or the next stage of baby-led weaning easy.
We also have a line of Smoothies, the best pouches for babies and toddlers as an on-the-go meal. Like our blends, they’re 100% organic, non-GMO and feature a wide range of ingredients.
Your child’s health is our #1 priority and we believe in transparency about our ingredients, nutritional information and recipes. We know how upsetting the recent congressional report on heavy metals in grocery store baby food was for parents. At Little Spoon, we have always done things differently. All of our Babyblends are 100% plant-based, organic and non-GMO. We focus on a wide variety to diversify your little one’s diet.
We never use rice (high in organic and inorganic arsenic), fortifiers or anything artificial in our blends. We've partnered with the Clean Label Project an independent, third-party expert organization that rigorously tests for over 400 different contaminants including heavy metals and other toxins. We use cold-pressure technology as an alternative to heat pasteurization, killing harmful bacteria without the use of high-heat so the vitamins and minerals remain. This also allows our Babyblends and Smoothies to stay fresh in the fridge for up to 14 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Occasionally, we use a touch of organic lemon for added freshness the way you might squeeze a few drops of lemon on an apple to prevent browning. Like all of our products, our Plates are made with the highest quality ingredients by working with trusted farmers and suppliers to offer your child the very best. We don't use any artificial sugars, preservatives, additives or dyes. We also use our very own Freshlock Seal™ that allows us to keep our meals fresh without any preservatives.
It’s microwave safe, BPA/BPS-free and locks in freshness so your Plates last 14 days in the fridge or up to 3 months in the freezer.We work hard to provide a range of allergy-friendly options for your kiddo. Always feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] or to send us a question in the chat feature with any questions on allergen concerns.
Typically, babies are ready to start solids between 4-6 months. We always recommend talking to your pediatrician to discuss your baby’s needs when it comes to starting solids. There are a few telltale signs that your baby may be ready:
- Sitting up with little to no support
- Strong head control
- Has outgrown their tongue thrust reflex
- Is starting to show interest in food and what those around are eating
Your delivery will ship the week after your order is placed as long as it is locked in by Saturday at 5PM ET, otherwise it will ship the following week.
All future orders will ship every two weeks unless you make changes to the delivery schedule from within your Delivery Schedule in your Little Spoon account. All changes must be completed by 5PM ET the Saturday before your delivery week.All your Little Spoon products can be stored in the fridge for up to 14 days, or in your freezer for up to 3 months.
Our Plates are designed to be heated in the microwave or oven, you can check out all the heating details by clicking on any Plate on our menu page to check out recommendations. Our Biteables and Plates are designed to be heated in the microwave or oven, you can check out all the heating details on the Biteables page and Plates page.
Our Blends can be eaten at a range of temperatures, whatever works best for your baby! To warm up your blend, we recommend putting the container in a microwaveable safe, shallow bowl of warm water and stirring until heated. If you wish to microwave, simply pour the puree into a microwave safe dish.
Our Smoothies are designed to be enjoyed cold. Feel free to take your Smoothie on the go with you for up to 4 hours without refrigeration. If you’re traveling for longer, we’d recommend bringing an ice pack or freezing your Smoothie to naturally thaw throughout the day.
Once you sign up for Little Spoon you can modify your menu, skip orders, shift the delivery week, and pause or cancel with ease. After your first order you can update the quanitity in your box with complete flexibility. The cutoff to make changes to your plan is Saturday 5PM ET. One thing to note, first orders cannot be cancelled, but can be easily shifted up to 4 weeks for flexibility. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected] or use the chat feature.
We’ve designed our meals for all types of eaters. If your kiddo isn’t enjoying their new foods at first, don’t give up! Try adding a side of something new, pairing with one of our sauces, and rotating in a new Biteable or Plate — food exposure takes time, you’ve got this! Feel good about every meal—we’ve packed veggies and superfoods into every Little Spoon meal to ensure a nutrient-dense meal, every time.
When it comes to our Babyblends, whether your little one is trying a new ingredient for the first time or tenth, don’t give up! Try swapping to a new ingredient and returning at a later date. Your little one is developing and their taste will change! It can take up to 15 tries on one ingredient for your little to fall in love. Read up on our top Starting Solids tips on Is This Normal.
We offer seasonal limited edition Babyblends and add a new Biteable, Plate or Smoothie to the menu monthly. We know the power of a nutritious, varied diet and love offering you and your kiddo more and more options as they continue to age with Little Spoon.
Little Spoon delivers anywhere in the continental US. At this time, we're not able to ship to Alaska or Hawaii, and we aren't able to ship outside of the US (Canada and Mexico included). We do not ship to PO Boxes.
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Single ingredient, very smooth and organic baby purees to start your little one’s starting solids journey.
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Two ingredient, smooth fruit and vegetable blends for babies who are ready to try combos and new ingredients.
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Three ingredient blends smooth in texture designed for palate expansion.
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Multi-ingredient blends with thicker textures featuring unique combos of fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, oils and superfoods.
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Multi-ingredient combination blends with thicker textures and chunkier ingredients for your advanced eater. Recipes feature fruits, vegetables, legumes, superfoods, herbs, spices, oils and ancient grains.
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Typically, your baby is ready to start solids between 4-6 months. We always recommend talking to your pediatrician to discuss your baby’s needs when it comes to starting solids. There are a few telltale signs that your baby may be ready:
- Sitting up with little to no support
- Strong head control
- Has outgrown their tongue thrust reflex
- Is starting to show interest in food and what those around are eating
Your child’s health is our #1 priority and we believe in transparency about our ingredients, nutritional information and recipes. We know how upsetting the recent congressional report on heavy metals in grocery store baby food was for parents. At Little Spoon, we have always done things differently. All of our Babyblends are 100% plant-based, organic, non-GMO and vegan.
We focus on a wide variety to diversify your little one’s diet. We never use rice (high in organic and inorganic arsenic), fortifiers or anything artificial in our blends. We've partnered with the Clean Label Project an independent, third-party expert organization that rigorously tests for over 400 different contaminants including heavy metals and other toxins. We use cold-pressure technology as an alternative to heat pasteurization, killing harmful bacteria without the use of high-heat so the vitamins and minerals remain. This also allows our Babyblends and Smoothies to stay fresh in the fridge for up to 14 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Occasionally, we use a touch of organic lemon for added freshness the way you might squeeze a few drops of lemon on an apple to prevent browning.Much of the baby food on grocery store shelves is heavily processed with extreme heat so it can last for years on a shelf, and often has preservatives, additives and fortifiers. In the last two years, there has been a congressional report published on the quality of popular baby food brands, quantities of heavy metals and traceability concerns.
Not cool, and not the quality nutrition we want for our kids.All of our Babyblends are 100% plant-based, organic, non-GMO and vegan. We focus on a wide variety to diversify your little one’s diet. We never use rice (high in organic and inorganic arsenic), fortifiers or anything artificial in our blends. We've partnered with the Clean Label Project an independent, third-party expert organization that rigorously tests for over 400 different contaminants including heavy metals and other toxins.
At Little Spoon, we use an FDA approved food safety technique, cold-pressure, not heat pasteurization, to ensure our Babyblends are safe and stay fresh in your fridge for 14 days or freezer for up to 3 months. We source from trusted suppliers and farmers and our Babyblends are USDA Certified Organic and made with non-gmo ingredients. We work with pediatricians and leading experts to develop blends that fit every eating stage for your baby, from first bites and single-ingredient blends through to advanced puree recipes.
Our blends serve as a great companion to baby-led weaning and our complex blends offer thicker textures and whole pieces of food as your baby ages. Purees starting at $2.96 per blend.All your Little Spoon products can be stored in the fridge for up to 14 days, or in your freezer for up to 3 months.
Our Blends can be eaten at a range of temperatures, whatever works best for your baby! To warm up your blend, we recommend putting the container in a shallow bowl of warm water and stirring until heated. If you wish to microwave, simply pour the puree into a microwave safe dish.
Yes! Based on the information you share with us on your baby’s age and eating stage, we’ll recommend the Bayblends that best match your little one’s developmental needs. As your baby ages, we’ll update our menu recommendations with each new box. You can always manually change, add and remove Babyblends with ease to your upcoming deliveries.
You bet! You will always have full control to modify your order on your Delivery Schedule at any time.
If you have questions about what blends are best for your baby, you can reach out to us at [email protected] or use the chat feature to talk with one of our Child Nutrition certified Care Team members.Yes! We love that some parents and littles want to take a more tiny hands-on approach on their journey into solids and Babyblends offer a great compatible option for nutrition and development alongside BLW. Baby-led weaning has become a popular way to introduce babies to whole foods. Typically baby-led weaning begins with larger pieces and around 8+ months, moves to smaller pieces. Our Biteables line is perfect for babies transitioning to table foods—whether puree-fed or baby-led weaning! As with anything having to do with your mini, we recommend discussing BLW with your pediatrician to see if it's the right fit for your family.
We know how frustrating it can be to see your baby refusing food. But be patient before you give up on the food - the average baby needs to taste a food up to 15 times before recognizing it and developing a taste for it.
It’s all part of palate training and perfectly normal. Pro tip? Try mixing a new flavor in with a familiar one to help ease your baby into trying new things! You can read more tips here.
Our Babyblends are OU Kosher certified, the world’s largest and most recognized kosher certification agency. Our blends are also Kosher Pareve (no dairy or meat). Our Plates are not currently kosher certified.
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Little Spoon is the best organic baby food delivery for busy parents by offering a one stop shop solution to starting your baby on solids, which we know is a daunting task.
We have a full menu and guide to transition your baby from formula to baby food. Our baby food ranges from stage 1 baby food to stage 3 baby food all the way up to stage 6 baby food, all delivered to your home. Many of our purees are Clean Label Project certified which means that our finished baby food have been tested for 400+ contaminants including heavy metals. Stage 1 baby food contains a single ingredient. Some examples of our stage 1 baby food blends are: banana baby food, sweet potato baby food, butternut squash baby food, and apple baby food. All of our baby food blends provide essential nutrients and vitamins, like vitamin A for your baby's growth and development. For example, our sweet potato baby food blend has beta-carotene to support eye health and the immune system. Stage 2 baby food blends contain 2 ingredients of fruits or vegetables - perfect for babies 6+ months and older who are ready for more complex flavors and ingredients. Whether it be carrot + sweet potato baby food or blueberry + butternut squash baby food, your baby will be expanding their palate and getting critical vitamins and antioxidants.
Our stage 3 baby food blends have fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices for your little one's continued food journey. Designed for 7 month old babies and older, these 3 ingredient small batch organic baby food blends feature unique and delicious ingredients. Take our Apple, ginger, and carrot stage 3 baby food blend - not only will your baby love eating this yummy baby food, but also they will get 100% of the daily vitamin A+ needed. We also offer baby-led weaning (BLW) compatible meals. Most importantly, our blends are non-GMO and certified clean label baby food. Your child's health is our #1 priority! Let Little Spoon take the stress out of feeding your baby. Whether you are just starting solids or trying to introduce more complex organic, certified clean label baby food, Little Spoon offers stress-free, convenient and organic baby food delivery.
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I help people build a balanced dime and healthy relations with a healthy relationship with food.
I work not only with adults, but also with children. For example, I am compiling menus for private kindergartens that are focused on an evidence-based approach to health.
The menu in the kindergarten must comply with the sanitary and epidemiological standards for children's institutions and the methodological recommendations of Rospotrebnadzor. These norms should support the health of children - future adults.
But in practice, Russian nutritional standards are very different from global recommendations: children are offered too many calories and few nutrients.
I will tell you what is wrong with the food in Russian kindergartens and how it can be corrected.
Food problems in kindergartens
- There are too many calories
- too many free sugars
- too much salt
- Fruit replacement juices and an unknown amount of fiber
- There are too few vegetables
- many ultra -laid products
- too little vegetation protein
- are too little fish
Food for children can be prepared right in the kindergarten or ordered from catering organizations.
If the garden prepares food on its own, it will have to fulfill all the requirements for catering: premises, equipment, raw materials. For example, the kitchen should include seven rooms. Not every kindergarten has such opportunities.
SP 2.4.3648-20 - sanitary requirements for organizations of education and training, recreation and rehabilitation of children and youthPDF, 4.3 MB
, cut, stack and eat. In this case, the number and area of premises are tied to the number of children: there should be at least 0.7 m2 per person.
No matter how the kindergarten gets food, the menu must comply with certain rules. These rules are set not by the kindergarten or the city administration, but by Rospotrebnadzor and the sanitary doctor of Russia - it was they who prepared the documents that underlie menu planning in kindergartens in Russia:
- Guidelines for rational nutrition.
- Sanitary and epidemiological norms for the nutrition of children in preschool and school institutions.
Guidelines for rational nutrition explain how many calories, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals a Russian should receive depending on gender, age and type of work - mental or physical. These recommendations were developed by the Research Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and approved by Rospotrebnadzor in 2021.
The recommendations generally do not contradict global practice. For example, the share of animal proteins should be 65%, which is slightly more than recommended in other countries. The number of vegetables and fruits in our menu is also close to global norms, the values for sugar and calories are approximately the same.
The new version of the sanitary and epidemiological norms for children's nutrition, or sanpin for short, came into force in January 2021 and will be valid for at least six years. In this document, the chief sanitary doctor of Russia explains how the menu should look and what the products should be, as well as how to store them.
For example, chilled meat and vegetables should not be stored on the same shelf in the refrigerator, and drinking water in a jug should be changed every three hours, even if the children have not drunk everything.
Nutrition standards in kindergarten according to SanPin
| Products | 1-3 years | 3-7 years |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 390 g per day | 450 g per day |
| Greens, vegetables, salted and pickled not more than 10% of the total number of vegetables | 180 g per day | 220 g per day |
| Potato | 120 g per day | 140 g per day |
| Fruit and vegetable juices | 100 g per day | 100 g per day |
| Fresh fruit | 95 g per day | 100 g per day |
| Wheat bread | 60 g per day | 80 g per day |
| Meat | 50 g per day | 55 g per day |
| Rye bread | 40 g per day | 50 g per day |
| Fish fillet | 32 g per day | 37 g per day |
| Cereals, legumes | 30 g per day | 43 g per day |
| Sugar, including in foods and drinks | 25 g per day | 30 g per day |
| Offal: liver, tongue, heart | 20 g per day | 25 g per day |
| Poultry: chicken, broiler chicken, turkey | 20 g per day | 24 g per day |
| Butter | 18 g per day | 21 g per day |
| Confectionery | 12 g per day | 20 g per day |
| Vegetable oil | 9 g per day | 11 g per day |
| Dried fruits | 9 g per day | 11 g per day |
| Pasta | 8 g per day | 12 g per day |
| Food grade iodized salt | 3 g per day | 5 g per day |
| Starch | 2 g per day | 3 g per day |
| Coffee drink | 1 g per day | 1. 2 g per day |
| Tea | 0.5 g per day | 0.6 g per day |
| Cocoa powder | 0.5 g per day | 0.6 g per day |
| Baker's yeast | 0.4 g per day | 0.5 g per day |
| Vitamin drinks | 0 | 50 g per day |
| Egg | 1 piece | 1 piece |
milk
1-3 year
390 g per day
3-7 years
450 g per day
Greens, vegetables, salty and cumlrayed not more than 10%of the total vegetables
1-3 year
180 g per day
3-7 years
220 g per day
Potatoes
1-3 years old
120 g per day
3-7 years
140 g per day
Fruit and vegetable juices
1-3 year
100 g per day
3-7 years old
100 g per day
Fresh fruits 9000
1-3 year
95 g per day
3-7 years
100 g per day
Wheat bread
1-3 year
60 g per day
3-7 years old
80 g per day
1-3 years
50 g per day
3 -7 years
55 g per day
rye bread
1-3 year
40 g per day
3-7 years old
50 g per day
FILLS 9000 9000 1-3 1-3 years
32 years per day
3-7 years
37 years per day
Croats, legumes
1-3 year
30 g per day
3-7 years old
43 g per day
Sugar, including in dishes and drinks
1-3 years
25 g per day
3-7 years old
30 g per day
offal: liver, language, heart
1-3 year
20 g per day
3-7 years old
25 g per day
Poultry: chicken, broiler chicken, turkey
1-3 year
20 g per day
3-7 years old
24 g per day
Basily oil
1-3 years old
18 g per day
3-7 years old
21 g per day
Confectionery
1-3 year
12 g per day
3-7 years old
20 g per day
Dryflaborates
1-3 years 9000
9000 9 g 9 g.
per day
3-7 years
11 years per day
Vegetable oil
1-3 year
9 g per day
3-7 years old
11 g per day
Macaron products
1-3 year
9000 8 g per day3-7 years old
12 g per day
Drunk sodium iodized salt
1-3 year
3 g per day
years old
5 g per day
starch
1 -3 years
9Olive1-3 year
0.5 g per day
3-7 years old
0.6 g per day
Cocoa Power
1-3 years old
0.5 g per day
3-7 years
0.6 g per day
Baker's yeast
1-3 years
0.4 g per day
3-7 years old
0.5 g per day
Vitaminized drinks
1-3 year
3-7 years old
50 g per day
1- 3 years old
1 piece
3-7 years old
1 piece
Sanpin has special requirements for the daily nutrition of orphans.
They need to be given more vegetables - 300 instead of 220 g, fruits - 260 instead of 100 g. But the volume of unhealthy foods is also increasing. For example, the daily intake of sugar reaches 55 g, while children aged 3-7 years without orphan status receive 30 g.
Average daily sets of food products for feeding children in organizations for orphans and children left without parental care persons. Rospotrebnadzor checks how the rules are observed in the kitchen: after a complaint from the parents or according to the schedule - once every three years.
Art. 6.6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation
But there are also requirements in this sanpin that will not be able to somehow improve the health of children, but rather, on the contrary, in the long term can lead to the development of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity. This is especially true of an excess of sugar, calories and a simultaneous lack of fiber and unsaturated fats.
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Some points of our sanpin are at odds with the recommendations of international associations involved in child health: the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the European Society of Gastroenterology, hepatologists and food industry specialists, the US National Institutes of Health and the UK Department of Health.
Early childhood feeding - WHO guidelines
Children, food and nutrition - UN Children's Fund summary
Dietary guidelines:
US,
Canada,
UK
To show differences in children's diets, we compared Sanpin's recommendations with other countries' practices and WHO recommendations. To do this, we studied 10 daily menus in randomly selected kindergartens in major Russian cities: two Mondays, two Tuesdays, and so on. To correctly estimate the amount of fish, we took the menu of two Thursdays - "fish" days.
Here are the menus, you can also study them:
- Monday and Tuesday at Kindergarten No.
102 in Novosibirsk. - Wednesday and Friday at Kindergarten No. 39 in Kazan.
- Thursday and Friday in kindergartens in St. Petersburg.
- Tuesday and Wednesday at Kindergarten No. 99 in Yekaterinburg.
- Monday and Thursday in Moscow kindergartens.
So, here are the problems on the menu in Russian kindergartens.
On the website of the educational institution, you can see the menu for kindergartens, nurseries and schools. It is standardized for everyone, so most often in the state gardens of Moscow the menu will be the same or with minimal discrepanciesToo many calories
Sanpin recommends 1800 calories per day for children aged 3-7.
The menu of one Moscow kindergarten: the total nutritional value of dishes is 1919 kcal. Sometimes more thanWHO recommends that girls 4-6 years old consume 1545 kcal per day, boys - 1715 kcal. The average value for preschoolers regardless of gender will be 1630 kcal.
Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for public catering.
Annex 10, table 1
Here are the norms in other countries:
- USA: 1200-1600 kcal/day. At the same time, the calorie content of the diet is tied to physical activity, and the largest number of calories - 1600 - is necessary for boys whose daily physical activity is more than 60 minutes a day. Other children need fewer calories.
- UK: 1378 kcal/day for girls aged 4-6 and 1482 kcal/day for boys of the same age. The average caloric content of the diet for children of both sexes will be 1430 kcal per day.
- Estonia: 1200-1810 kcal/day. The maximum is in seven-year-old boys with high physical activity, the minimum is in four-year-old girls with low activity.
- In Canada, daily calorie intake is tied to age, height and weight. For example, a three-year-old child needs 1500 kcal/day.
It is worth considering that Western recommendations indicate calorie rates for the whole day. But children eat not only in the garden, so the Russian 1800 kcal just for the time in the kindergarten can be too much for a preschooler.
Perhaps such a high calorie content of dishes in sanpin is due to the fact that not all children willingly eat in kindergarten: many leave half a portion or even more on the plate. Nevertheless, every third Russian child under the age of 13 is overweight - and this figure is growing every year.
Too many free sugars
According to SanPin, a kindergartener can eat from 30 g of sugar per day. But the European Community of Child Nutrition Specialists recommends eating only up to 20 years
At the same time, in fact, the daily menu in kindergartens contains more sugar. For example, on Tuesdays in a kindergarten in Kazan, children receive 40 g of sugar - we could easily calculate this because the administration indicated the amount of sugar in the daily menu.
In gardens where the total amount of sugar in the menu per day is not indicated, we counted it according to recipes for cooks - technological cards. In Russia, meals that catering establishments can prepare for children are listed in approved collections.
Cooking other dishes or deviating from approved recipes is prohibited.
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Course on PP
Therefore, if we want to know exactly what recipe is used to prepare semolina porridge or how much sugar, semolina and milk are put in it, we can look at this information in the collection of recipes. For ten selected orchards, we got an average figure of 67 g of sugar per day.
This does not contradict sanpin, since the rules do not indicate the upper limit of sugar, but the minimum.
Some gardens show how much sugar is in each dish Others indicate the number of the flow chart, from which we can find out the recipe and ingredients of the dishIt turns out that every day children eat 3.5 times the safe amount of sugar. The main sources of free sugars in the diet of children in kindergartens are compotes, teas and fortified drinks.
There are special rules for orphans: about 40% more sugar is added to their excessive sugar intake, and instead of 30 g, children receive at least 55 g of sugar per day.
Too much salt
The current Russian norm is 5 g of salt per day for children 5-7 years old. For adults, the figure is the same.
However, WHO recommends salt reduction for children based on their energy needs compared to adults. For example, if an adult consumes on average 3,000 kcal per day, and a preschooler consumes 1,630 kcal, then the child should receive 2.7 g of salt per day. This means that the norms of salt consumption in sanpin are almost twice as high as compared to the WHO recommendations.
In fact, it is almost impossible to calculate how much salt a child in kindergarten eats per day: manufacturers in Russia are not required to indicate how much salt is contained in 100 g of a product.
Replacing fruits with juices and an unknown amount of fiber
Sanpin allows you to replace some products with others: for example, instead of beef, give children beef liver, instead of drinking milk - condensed with sugar, and replace fresh fruits with juice.
Substitutions are formulated with nutritional value, i.e. calories. The amount of fiber, vitamins and minerals does not seem to matter.
Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for public catering. Appendix 11
On the menu in kindergartens, we see that children receive fresh fruit once a day - for second breakfast. Usually it is a pear, an apple or an orange: each kindergartener will eat 80-100 g. If the kitchen decides to replace the fruit with juice, then the portion will be larger: 106-133 g of juice.
But this substitution of fruit for juice reduces fiber intake and increases the already high content of free sugars in the children's menu.
Fiber is an indigestible component of foods, an important food source for microorganisms in the human intestine. It reduces the risk of developing non-communicable diseases and death from them. Adults recommend 25-29g fiber per day. Children need less: children over 3 years old - 10-20 g of fiber per day according to the standards of Rospotrebnadzor and 15-20 g according to the standards of the UK Ministry of Health.
We do not know if this norm is maintained in kindergartens: the menu parameters include calories, proteins, fats and total carbohydrates, but how much fiber is there, we can only guess.
Although fiber is classified as a carbohydrate, it is not possible to talk about its amount based on the total amount of carbohydrates in the product. For example, 30 grams of carbs could be in one banana, two carrots, or one Twix bar. At the same time, there will be almost no fiber in chocolate, but there will be 18 g of sugar, and in banana and carrot - 0 free sugars and 5.4 g of fiber.
Too few vegetables
For children under 7 years of age, Sanpin recommends eating 220 g of vegetables and 140 g of potatoes per day. This is in line with world practice, but there is a problem: in fact, this norm is not observed in kindergartens.
We compared 10 menus, and judging by them, on average, children receive about 190 g of vegetables and 93 g of potatoes - this is 21% less than the required amount.
Lots of ultra-processed foods
This category includes processed meats - sausages and sausages - and other highly processed products: baked goods, confectionery, sugary drinks. According to Russian standards, children should not be given raw smoked sausage, and boiled sausage can only be included in the menu in orphanages: a pupil of 3-7 years old will receive 10 g of sausage per day.
Classification of products according to the degree of processing
Study on the association of frequent consumption of fast food and obesity in children
Scientific review on the impact of fast food on children's health
Study on the relationship of fast food in the diet of children and impaired lipid metabolism
Study on the relationship of regular consumption of fast food and an increased risk of premature death
pastries, bread, fruit juices.
These foods are high in calories but low in nutrients.
Studies show that children who regularly consume 30-50% of their calories from ultra-processed foods are more likely to develop lipid disorders and obesity. Studies in adults show that people who get more than 15% of their total calories from ultra-processed foods have a 58% higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
In a typical kindergarten day menu, more than 21% of calories are presented in the form of products with high calorie content but low nutritional value: juices, compotes and tea with sugar, pastries, jams and bread made from premium flour.
This is the menu in the Moscow garden. Your child will get 2,659 calories per day, of which 36% comes from ultra-processed foods These diets can increase the risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. In addition, ultra-processed foods can crowd out other foods from the diet: children are more likely to eat sweet cereals, white bread and pastries than vegetables, fruits, fish and legumes.
Too little vegetable protein
Rospotrebnadzor recommends consuming 35 g of vegetable protein per day. Such protein is found mainly in legumes and nuts, and there are very few of them in the current menu in kindergartens or not at all. Deficiencies in these food groups lead to deficiencies in fiber and unsaturated fatty acids, the main components of dietary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Of the 10 menus examined, none contained nuts. Children get vegetable protein mainly from buckwheat porridge, green peas and some bread.
An example of a daily menu in a kindergarten in Novosibirsk, which contains 21 g of vegetable protein A is a daily menu in a kindergarten in Yekaterinburg: vegetable protein is found in bread and carrot salad. Total 9.3 gToo little fish
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the UK Department of Health recommend eating two servings of fish a week, with one serving containing a fatty type of fish such as mackerel or salmon.
For children, this amount of fish is about 60 g per week.
American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Fish in Children's Diet
UK Department of Health guidelines
Current regulations recommend giving Russian preschoolers 37 grams of fish per day, including light or lightly salted. This is an adequate amount, however, in practice, fish is often replaced with meat or dairy products. So you can: in the table of substitutions in sanpin it is indicated that instead of 100 g of cod, you can offer the child 87 g of beef or 105 g of cottage cheese.
But in this case, the norm of fish is not maintained. And fish and seafood is the only guaranteed source of omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids in the diet. The ones that are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
Of the 10 kindergarten menus we studied, fish dishes were only in half. If we calculate the average weight of fish dishes, we get 57 g - it looks like a normal amount. But in fact, the weight of a portion does not consist only of the weight of the fish.
For example, potatoes, carrots and butter are put in pollock ear. Most likely, children receive about 30-40 g of pure fish per week - this is two times lower than the norm.
Why is this a problem
Such a menu will not harm the child for a day, a week, or two. But over a few years, unhealthy eating habits can form.
A child who is accustomed to breakfast with semolina, a loaf and tea with sugar, with a high degree of probability, grows into an adult for whom such a breakfast is the norm.
Regular nutritional imbalance is a risk factor for obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. It turns out that by instilling unhealthy eating habits in children, we are raising them into adults with the risk of developing fatal diseases.
What can be changed? Any deviation from the menu is fraught with both the kindergarten administration and the food supplier who decides to put less sugar in the compote.
Therefore, blaming the kindergarten for a bad menu is unproductive. At the state level, it is necessary to revise the calorie norms - this is likely to help reduce the daily amount of sugar in children's menus. It is also necessary to revise the norms in sanpin: increase the amount of vegetables, fish, legumes, nuts and whole grain carbohydrates, reduce the amount of salt, exclude the replacement of fruits with juices, and do not give drinks with added sugar to children at all.
However, private kindergartens can do something themselves to make children's nutrition more balanced. For example, they can approve the menu, choose another food supplier, or cook on their own. Yes, the menu must meet the requirements of the SanPin, but the norm of 1800 kcal can be obtained not through sweet buns and processed grain porridge, but thanks to legumes, oily sea fish, whole grain carbohydrates, a large number of vegetables and fruits, dairy products without sugar.
This way, children will have a chance to reach the norm for fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, vegetable protein and not exceed the norm for salt and sugar.
How to help your child
Feed breakfast at home. Try to include unsaturated fats, such as nuts and seeds, and whole grain carbohydrates: rye flour and second-grade bread, cereals with a shell, vegetables and fruits. A quick and healthy option is a smoothie with oatmeal, nuts, fruit, and a sugar-free fermented milk drink.
Teach your child to drink water and ask for it when he is thirsty. The current sanpin provides for the mandatory availability of drinking water in any kindergarten, so the child should always have a choice whether to drink sweet compote or a glass of water. Separately, you can ask the teacher not to specifically remind about compote, but to put a glass of water.
Bring your own food. This item is especially relevant for children with special diets or medical nutrition. It is possible that you will be able to get a certificate from the pediatrician about the need to eat less sugar and more vegetables.
To accept a child with their own lunch box, the kindergarten must have a refrigerator and a microwave. If there is no technology, then talk with the teacher so that the child is not forced to eat up if he does not want to.
Teach your child to make healthy choices. The family plays a decisive role in shaping a child's eating habits: children are more likely to eat vegetables and fruits if they see that their parents themselves choose such food. After the kindergarten, the child often has dinner at home, so it’s better to offer him something that he didn’t get in the kindergarten: cutting fresh vegetables, broccoli or cabbage salad, fish, legumes and other foods that are more healthy than sweet semolina.
What is the result
The menu in kindergartens and schools in Russia has drawbacks: it contains more sugar, salt and calories than the international scientific consensus allows. There are few vegetables and fruits, and carbohydrates are mainly refined sources, almost completely devoid of fiber: semolina, sugary drinks.
Red meat is more common than fish and legumes.
Here is what can be done to ensure that Russian children in kindergartens are fed in accordance with international recommendations:
- Set the upper limit of free sugars to 15 g per day.
- Reduce the amount of salt to 2-3 g per day.
- Do not replace fruits and vegetables with juices.
- Meet the recommended amount of fiber per day. To do this, enter the breakdown of carbohydrates into free sugars and fiber into the menu and indicate it on the menu along with calories, proteins and fats.
- Enter the required minimum of dishes - sources of vegetable protein.
- Exclude industrial sweets like juices and jellies from the menu in kindergartens.
- Increase fatty fish to a minimum of two 30g servings per week.
- Revise the allowance for orphans - keep the amount of sugar at an acceptable level, and increase the calorie content through foods with a rich nutritional value.
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