Natural Treats

There’s an advert in Today’s Times newspaper from Nestle for confectionery/sweets that made me see a little red.

They say: “We’ve added something on the outside, to tell you what we haven’t added inside.”

There are pictures of Smarties, Milkybars and Fruit Pastilles with slogans such as ‘all natural ingredients’ and ‘ no artificial colours or flavours. Contains 25% fruit juice’.

So that’s alright then. These are ‘healthy’ sweets to give kids! Far from it, they are packed with sugar which rots teeth and causes fluctuations in blood sugar and mood swings.

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with the odd chocolate bar, but let’s not kid ourselves we are doing something good and healthy by giving this stuff to our children.