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confectionery, soft drinks or juices, bag-snacks, crisps, or birthday cakes. Thesurvey covered the remainder of the range of foods normally available: fruit andvegetables, canned foods, meat, fish and dairy products, frozen foods, cereals,desserts, etc. A total of 358 products were identified.An analysis of the details given on product labels was undertaken in order toassess the products’ nutritional value – principally the fat, saturated fat, sugar andsalt – and the additives used in the products. These details are reproduced for all358 products in the Appendix to this report.Of the children’s products examined, 32% failed to give information aboutsaturated fat, sugar, and sodium. Of those that did provide the information, 30%contained high levels of saturated fat, 57% were high in sugar and 46% were highin sodium. Only a small number, some 7% of products, had low levels of fats,saturates, sugars and sodium and could be recommended as healthy products forchildren.Table 1: Nutritional assessment of children’s foodsHigh fat 16%High saturated fat 30%High sugar 57%High sodium (salt) 46%One or more of the four above 77%Low levels of fat, saturated fat,sugar and salt 7%An examination of the ingredients list on foods showed that 61% of the children’sproducts in the survey contained added flavourings and/or flavour enhancers, and2