If you only offer fruit, you’re likely to encourage your baby to develop a sweet tooth and make the introduction of vegetables even more difficult, so aim to start your baby off on vegetable purees ...

as when whole fruit is pulped to make juice it realeases more of the fruit sugar. Juice does, however, provide vitamin C, and giving orange juice alongside a meal can help your baby to absorb the iron ...

It warns that even baby food marked "no added sugar" often contains sugars from honey or fruit juice. Parents should offer bitter flavours too, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ...