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# Kid Foods Labeled 'Better for You' Often Aren't
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/kid_foods_0120110746/
- Published: 2011-01-20T08:44:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:56:47.000Z
- Description: The Prevention Institute examined children's food products and found 84 percent did not meet even basic dietary recommendations and nutritional standards, and suggests that without federal regulation companies are making deceptive claims.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Shopping, Kid Foods, #vivvo-import

### BY [MARY ROTHSCHILD](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/contributors/mary-rothschild/?ref=foodconsumer.org) | JAN 20, 2011

When the label on the children's food product says it's better for you, chances are it's not, and one nutrition advocacy group suggests that in the absence of federal regulation, companies are making deceptive claims.

[Prevention Institute](http://www.preventioninstitute.org/component/jlibrary/article/id-293/127.html?ref=foodconsumer.org) of Oakland, CA. found that 84 percent of the children's food products it examined did not meet even basic dietary recommendations and nutritional standards.

Read more[ here](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/01/kids-foods-labeled-better-for-you-arent/?ref=foodconsumer.org)