S/O fruit chews?

isabella22 · November 2009

We get DD these fruit chews that are 100% fruit, no sugar added. She doesn't eat them a lot but since they are all fruit, I think they are ok.

Am I wrong?

butterbeansmama · November 2009

Are they Welch's brand? We give these to P too. He used to be a fanatic about them, but now he will have 2 or 3 packages a week.

I also give him packaged meals (like ravioli, beefaroni, beef stew, mac & cheese, etc.). Yikes.

momintn · November 2009

My kids eat them also. I don't think they are that bad....

Yodajo · November 2009

I avoid buying any kind of fruit chews, rollups, etc because they are so sticky and get caught in their teeth. I am a dental hygienist and I have seen so many kids get cavities from these kind of snacks. I also avoid raisins for this reason.

isabella22 · November 2009

Yodajo:
I avoid buying any kind of fruit chews, rollups, etc because they are so sticky and get caught in their teeth. I am a dental hygienist and I have seen so many kids get cavities from these kind of snacks. I also avoid raisins for this reason.

This is why I started limiting them a bit, the dentist talked about the teeth issue. We make sure to brush extra-good after she has them

JOEBunny · November 2009

Even the ones that say 100% fruit are often just fruit sugar, not real fruit. Trader Joe's has some fruit only that really is just pressed dried fruit, but most of them take out the fiber and just use fruit juice to get a lot of extra sugar.