Food Standards Agency publishes new caffeine advice for pregant women
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued new advice to pregant women lowerng their recommended limit for the daily intake of caffeine. The new limit is 200mg per day, down from the previous recommended limit of 300mg. Caffeine is present in coffee, tea, chocolate, some soft drinks and certain medicines. The new 200mg limit is equivalent to roughly 2 mugs of coffee per day. The FSA took action after new research undertaken on the agency's behalf by Leicester and Leeds Universities indicated that too mush caffeine might result in a baby with low birth weight (which may in turn increase the risk of some health conditions for the baby in later life), or could possibly result in spontaneous miscarriage. The FSA sought to reassure pregnant women who had been following the previous advice, saying that the risks were likely to be very low and they should simply reduce their intake to the new recommended level. Any pregant women still concerned are advised to consult their midwife or GP. The new advice follows a study of 2,500 women in the UK which suggested that caffeine intake may be associated with an increased risk of foetal growth restriction. Tea was found to be the major source of caffeine for the pregnant women in the study. Labels: baby food, caffeine in pregnancy, health, pregnancy
new products- an updated children's food flask from thermos
Way back when, 3 years ago infact, when I started Kiddies Kitchen one of the very first products that we stocked was the thermos funtainer food flask. This child-sized wide-necked food flask, was, we thought, the perfect answer to the thorny prioblem of how to take out homemade baby food with us on day trips. It fits into a changing bag and will keep food hot for about 5 hours. And it worked brilliantly for us and for hundreds of other parents aswell judging by the number we sold through our baby food website and shop in Tavistock. Since then this product has been recommended in the BBC good food magazine and the independent newspaper to name but two. We were excited to hear from thermos that they were introducing a new version of this product earlier this year and we are delighted to now have our hands on it. Introducing the foogo food flask which is now available on our sister website lunchboxesetc.co.uk. Once again, despite the name this is a brilliantly practical compact thermos falsk that is ideal for hot packed lunches of for homemade snacks. It can keep food hot for 5 hours or cold for 7 and is 100% BPA free. Check back soon and we'll have the new thermnos foogo BPA free insulated sippy cups aswell! Labels: children's food flask, thermos foogo, thermos products
New products - burroughs frozen baby food
We were approached by Tom Burroughs shortly after he launched his new frozen organic baby food company. As soon as we tasted some of his recipes we were eager to stock his products and they are now available on the site. To begin with we are offering a sampler hamper containing at least one of each of the delicious recipes Tom has devised for babies aged 6 months or more. You can read more about the hamper on our frozen baby food pages at the Kiddies Kitchen organic baby food site. Tom's range of baby food is a great complement to our existing ranges from Truuly Scrumptious, Miniscoff and Juniorganics. Frozen baby food is not heated to the very high levels that jarred food is (no pasteurisation is required) thus leaving both texture and taste more like thast of homecooked baby food. Tyrit once and you'll never go back! Labels: burroughs baby food, frozen baby food, organic baby food
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