Infants’ welfare is the very essence of concern, but, of late, the baby care products’ nourishment land in India is alarming.
Nestle, a global galactic in the creation of baby food industry, has suffered the accusation of the existence of large sugar content in its products sold in India, Africa and Latin America and eaten in the same part as Europe. This disclosure makes us reverse our point of focus to standards and priorities set by many corporations at different places.
Although the Indian laws allow a certain amount of sugars in baby food, the amount of sugars may be very different from region to region, showing the possible health grounds for infants. The results reflect the alarming pattern in which the trade of corporate gains appears to crush the integrity of delivering nutrition at its best for the hard-to-reach population.
As the major carriers of infant health, both government and consumers should recommend and insist for some standards and transparency of procedures in the manufacture and labelling of baby products Indeed, future of our youngest generation should not be traded by any means with profit maximization tendencies of the corporate world.
