Mamia Fruit & Oat Apricot Bars | Chewsday Review

Today’s Chewsday Review features another product from the Aldi Mamia baby range, their Fruit and & Oat Apricot Bars.

Ingredients

Fruit paste (62%) [Sultanas, Pear Puree Concentrate, Apple Juice Concentrate, Apricot Puree Concentrate, Apple Fibre], Organic Oat Products (27%) [Oat Bran, Oatmeal, Rolled Oats], Rice Flour, Vegetable Oil, Natural Apricot Flavour.
The ‘fruit paste’ making up 62% of the bar may come from fruit, but it is mostly just the concentrated sugars. All the good bits of the fruit have been removed, so really this is no better than regular sugar.

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These bars sit better than the similar style soft fruit bars by Woolworths and Coles, which both have an even higher sugar content! However, I still wouldn’t be recommending these bars- there are definitely more nutritious options to choose from.
An actual piece of fruit would be much more nutritious. Similarly, two dried apricots would weigh the same and have more fibre and less sugar (just remember to brush sticky bits off little teeth).
My homemade peach, apricot and almond bars are super simple to make and are a great alternative for a fruity and chewy snack- https://babymealtimes.com.au/peach-bars/. Remember, babies don’t need too much dried fruit so I would still be offering these bars one serving at a time.

The composition of food products changes regularly. The nutritional values of the products in this Chewsday Review were correct at the time of publishing.

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