What Kind of Sweets Can Babies Eat? What about IMO?

When it comes to babies eating sweets, many parents think that eating sweets will cause their children to have bad teeth, that eating sweets will lead to obesity, and so on. The dangers of eating sugar can be said to have been very popular, but is sugar really useless? In fact, sugar also has its benefits.

Benefits of sugar.

Sugar is one of the three main nutrients in the human body and the main source of heat energy in the human body. The heat energy supplied by sugar to the human body accounts for about 60~70% of the total heat energy required by the human body. Except for cellulose, all sugar substances are sources of heat energy. Babies also need to consume an appropriate amount of sugar to provide calories for the body. So in this era of snack explosion, how to choose sugar in snacks for babies?

Roughly according to the range we choose, we can divide sugar into two types: industrial fructose and natural fructose. The most common industrial fructose include: fructose syrup (isomeric syrup), cyclamate, saccharin sodium/saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, asparagine phenylpropanol, and calcium cycloethyloxyxanthate wait. It is best not to give foods containing these additives to children.

Common natural fructose is divided into two categories:

Carbohydrates: sucrose, glucose, lactose, maltodextrin.

New prebiotics/dietary fiber: isomaltooligosaccharide, lactitol, isomaltulose, resistant dextrin, fructooligosaccharide, etc.

What kinds of sweets can babies eat?

Our common sugars are far less harmful than industrial fructose, but they all need to be consumed in moderation.

Isomalto-oligosaccharide is the proliferation factor of Bifidobacteria, that is, the bifid factor. And because it can efficiently proliferate beneficial bacteria in the intestine, it is also called a prebiotic. Not only will it not cause dental caries and obesity in your baby, it can also regulate your baby’s intestinal flora and prevent constipation!

The role of isomaltooligosaccharide.

1. Promote the reproduction of beneficial intestinal bacteria.

Because isomaltooligosaccharide contains а1.6 glycosidic bonds, it can neither be hydrolyzed nor digested and absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract, but directly reaches the large intestine and is used by beneficial bacteria there. Its physiological function is mainly to achieve the same function as probiotics by promoting the reproduction of beneficial bacteria in the human intestine and optimizing the balance of the flora.

2. Enhance immunity.

It also has the function of dietary fiber, which can increase the water-holding capacity and capacity of stool, thereby making it easier to excrete; it can absorb anions and bile acids in the intestines to effectively reduce blood lipids and cholesterol; it can induce intestinal local immunity or systemic immune responses that are beneficial to the health of the host, so it has the effect of enhancing immunity.

3. Inhibit intestinal pathogenic bacteria.

It can also be fermented to produce short-chain fatty acids that lower the pH value of the intestine, thereby inhibiting intestinal pathogenic microorganisms, proliferating bifidobacteria, and improving mineral availability.

4. It has anti-caries properties.

Isomaltooligosaccharide is a refractory sugar that cannot be used by tooth decay bacteria. Isomalto-oligosaccharide with isomaltose residues, when used in combination with sucrose, will strongly inhibit the synthesis of insoluble glucan, thus preventing the formation of tartar and preventing the growth and reproduction of bacteria on the teeth. Therefore, isomaltooligosaccharide plays an anti-caries role in foods based on sucrose.

It is recommended that babies after six months of age consume natural fruit and vegetable juices as much as possible to improve gastrointestinal function and avoid excessive consumption of isomaltooligosaccharide.