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Tricky biccies: It’s not just breakfast cereals that have been attracting negative attention

Tricky biccies:It's not just breakfast cereals that have been attracting negative attention. According to the UK's Children's Food Campaign, many popular baby foods are loaded with sugar and fat.

It found that 100g of Farley’s Original Rusks contained more sugar than the same weight of McVitie’s Chocolate Digestives while Heinz Toddler’s Own Mini Cheese Biscuits contained more fat than a similarly sized piece of McDonald’s quarter-pounder burger with cheese.

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