What's wrong with fruit shoots?

[branflake81]

OK - forgive my ignorance but I have never actually had or been in contact with a fruitshoot or read its label* - can someone explain why they are seemingly akin to giving your child arsenic?

*this is not down to any kind of deliberate alimentary puratism, I just haven't.

OK have been called nazi, pompous and told to fuck off because I think it's a bonkers to buy children chemicals to eat

What chemicals are in a cheesestring? That was my beef.

Look even Netmums agrees with me

"Summer Food Nasties: From their label Robinson's Fruit Shoots certainly look as if they're full of healthy fruit juice, but they actually only contain 10% juice. They also include a preservative that are thought to cause hyperactivity in some children (Sodium Benzoate) and artificial sweeteners."

It is because of the proven interaction of colourings with Sodium Benzoate that the Food Standards Agency is trying to ban various E-numbers.

I don't know what chemicals are in a cheese string because they don't have to reveal much more than 'cheese' due to labelling laws (I would imagine). But you only have to taste them to know they are NOT RIGHT.

ahem

'Processed cheese is a mix of different cheeses and other dairy products (such as whey), melted and mixed with emulsifiers (salts that change the texture and get them all to mix together) and reformed into another shape.'

sounds delish

They don't taste too different to a block of mozzarella to be honest.

Anyway, enough of this thread.

Boring as hell really.

OK I admit I am being slightly tongue-in-cheek about cheese strings

But in all seriousness I do think Fruit Shoots are a bad thing to feed children and in 10 years I expect that several of the ingredients will be banned from sale

No big deal to me, I don't mind my kids having them and, each to their own, but I get abit miffed with friends who say they can't have this that unless it is exactly this way. My kids are all healthy and have no fillings etc and are not hyperactive and nothing is banned really.

Looking for another quote in the press eh? sigh.

I buy my kids gum...

lol Check this out: Gregg's Sausage Roll and Fruit Shoot controversy also rages on BABYWORLD!

Cheese string is OK imo, apart from being an expensive and overpackaged way of eating cheese.

Fruit shoots really are dirty though. I don't think aspartame is a good thing to feed small children for a start.

OK I am back from Babyworld

The main difference is that the TheDevil should have written:

"Fuck the fuck off morningpaper.
Love from Debbi xxx"

p.s. I hope you aren't called Debbie

Do they swear on babyworld? I thought we were the best swearers. Cunts!

well they could try but TBH I think it is automatically turned into a little row of pink hearts

MP I am a bit to say I pressed your link to the "other site" and read a few posts(baby is unusually still asleep so I had a few spare minutes)

What struck me was that they may not be allowed to swear, but they certainly enjoy being sarcastic and bitchy and a bit 2 faced really. So if you don't swear, add a load of xxx at the end, and preferably add some very personal information, that's ok.

onepiece xxxxx enjoying day 4 of AF

(that last bit not true btw)

Snort.

MP - please start a blog - 'MP's adventures in Babyworld'

I woudl have to agree with you onepiece

It could be like 'Alice throurgh the Looking Glass'

It's weird that they are not allowed to mention other parenting sites

It's like Babyworld itself has low self-esteem

Oh I see.

Blu - good idea. Do it, mp!

But with scarier characters and a PGA certificate, obviously.

'mild peril and extreme saccharine'

Oh and I found their faces a bit twee. (they actually wink - bit too tacky cute for me)

xoxoxo

Lol MP I like that low self esteem.

There are so many forums out there not just parenting sites that don't let you mention other sites, tis quite sad really.
One wedding site won't even let you type the word hitched into a post because it is on of their competitors.