Nestle to launch of 'no refined sugar' variants of infant food Cerelac

FMCG major Nestle India on Thursday said it will soon launch variants "with no refined sugar" of its infant food Cerelac. The announcement is important as Nestle India, part of Swiss multinational Nestle SA, recently faced criticism for having added sugar in Cerelac. In the company's earnings statement CMD Suresh Narayanan said: "We have achieved our ambition of introducing Celerac variants with no refined sugar." This was initiated three years ago and culminated this year with the introduction of new Cerelac variants with no refined sugar, he added. "The expanded Cerelac range in India will now consist of 21 variants, of which 14 variants will have no refined sugar," he said. Of these 14 variants, 7 will be available by end of November 2024 and the rest will be introduced in the coming weeks, he added. In April this year, Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organisation, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), alleged that Nestle added sugar to its Cerelac products