Most parents stress when their kid refuses to eat vegetables, and some may choose to hide veggies in their child’s favourite foods. But while whirring up some greens in their fruit smoothie is a worthwhile effort, buying ketchup infused with a “blend of veggies” sadly just isn’t.
Heinz, the company behind every kid’s favourite condiment, has just released Tomato Ketchup with a Blend of Veggies, which is being marketed for ?kids who have turned up their noses at their side of veggies.? In addition to tomatoes, the blend is made with carrot puree and butternut squash puree. Heinz says this blend ?miraculously offers the veggies parents? love, without compromising the taste kids love.?
As you can probably guess, a squirt of ketchup can’t replace vegetables at meals. But can parents at least feel a bit better about their picky kids’ veggie consumption if they switch to this new ketchup" Not really. Sorry. First of all, the suggested serving size of ketchup is one tablespoon. That?s about the right amount for your kid to squirt on their burger or dip their French fries in. But according to the new Canada’s Food Guide, the recommended serving size for vegetables and fruit is to fill half the plate. A tablespoon doesn’t come close.
So just give them more ketchup" Obviously no. Filling half the plate with ketchup would require about a cup of the sweet stuff, and that contains 2,720 mg of sodium and 12 teaspoons of sug...