Low sugar biscuit ideas

[Zenlifeforme]

Hi, playgroup give a rich tea biscuit to every child after singing. Trying to encourage organiser to give something else. I refuse it for my little girl. She was sympathetic to my opinion on it but says she cant just stop it (cos they love it). Suggested cream crackers but said its too different, so needs to be a diff biscuit. Anyone know any good ones? Cant be sweetner cos they aren't recommended for kids (nor is sugar I know but cultural conditioning is far too strong here).
Irony is the playgroup takes place in a leisure centre 🤦🏼‍♀️

A rich tea biscuit has only 1.5g of sugar in it so it's hardly a high sugar biscuit to give

Op you have my sympathy. I'd rather they had fruit, cheese, yogurt etc. It's a cultural thing and hard to fight against

Biscuits last longer than fruit/veg before going off/out of date. Cheese biscuits?

I buy this brand from the pound shop, sometimes Aldi and Lidl get them in
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Can they be given breadsticks? Or does the organiser think that's no going to work either?

Oat cakes?

I'm all for encouraging healthy eating habits in kids but I don't think that one biscuit, once a week is that much of a problem. One rich tea biscuit has 1.9g sugar, half a small apple has approx 7.5g of sugar - yes, the apple has lots of other nutrients, but if a child is eating an otherwise, well balanced diet, they shouldn't be missing out on anything.

You could suggest the rich tea finger biscuits (about 1g sugar).
Cost could also be a factor with many playgroups - if they are running with volunteers and donations, buying expensive fruit and biscuits isn't affordable.

I sympathise with this. So many people want to give small children biscuits. We refused at that age but sometimes resorted to the kuddylicous gingerbread and biscotti.

I know there’s no harm but if my child is having 1 treat a day I’d rather it was at home, chosen by them and not just wolfed down and forgotten about.

Thank you for helpful suggestions and ideas

I did see the gullon ones... they have sweetner in tho and its like replacing one evil with a lesser known evil.... but maybe its better for now. Ill go check out the pound shops.

Just for some of you to think about, attitudes like 'its only xyz' are why we are such an obese country. Sugar is everywhere. If should be a treat not a staple. Especially for the people who dont choose what they eat. We need to be more responsible and think more. This is exactly what I mean about cultural conditioning. (My daughter has sugar, a biscuit here or there but certainly not every week!)

Its only a biscuit, then
Its only a scoop of ice cream, then
Its only a small bag of chocolate buttons, then
Its only one small hole in his teeth

Also re fruit sugars, sugar in an apple is intrinsic, it doesn't compare in terms of how the body handles and processes it, than the extrinsic sugar in biscuits, which is a diff and more worrying ballgame. Be sugar smart people. The food industry would rather you weren't.

I assume this is your PFB?

The problem with using sugar free sweetened biscuits is that you are not changing habits - the child doesn't care whether it has sugar or sweetener, they just know that they can expect a sweet tasting biscuit.
The two year old I look after has a really good diet at home - they don't have biscuits, sweets, sugary cereals, kids yoghurts etc in the house. They might have the odd treat at the weekend and she has a biscuit at playgroup once a week (which she considers a huge treat!). Teeth and weight are all fine, she's very active - scooting or walking 4+ miles a day mon-fri, so neither myself or her parents have any problem with her having a single biscuit once a week.
Maybe the way to go is to have bread sticks or cheese straws offered alongside the rich tea and give the children the choice.

Just don't accept the biscuit for your child and leave other parents to make their own decisions for their children. No need to make a deal of it.

A rich tea biscuit is actually a very good choice

1 rich tea biscuit at playgroup is not why some children are fat.

Honestly relax. A rich tea biscuit once a week will not make your child obese. They give them out because they are very cheap and will keep for while. If you really are against it simply take something else for your dc and let the others get on with it.

I definitely wouldn't go for a sweetener biscuit over a sugar one. I think it is the greater of two evils not lesser. I would recommend looking at baby biscuits. Like the organix gingerbread biscuit. This is 1g of sugar per biscuit but definitely not as cost effective.

Also I agree with pp take your own biscuit for your child as the majority of parents, myself included, are fine with 1 rich tea biscuit. The issue with obesity is moderation not abstinence.

I like these as they gave much less sugar than other breakfast biscuits. However it's still 1.5g per biscuit, although they are more filling than a rich tea due to the whole grains.

A rich tea biscuit a week isn't going to make your child obese. If you're that bothered take your own snack. Leave the organiser to it, you've asked them to change the biscuit and they've said no, presumably because they know that all of the other parents are fine with the biscuits.

Don't be that parent OP - and I say that as the mum that asks for water instead of squash at stay & play. It's just a rich tea biscuit - they are relatively low in sugar, easy to find in the shops up, cheap and don't make too much mess, probably all of which are considerations for the organiser.

Certainly not every week 🤣🤣