They say there is risk with rusk! (Heinz Farley's Rusks Original)

Member Name: strawberrybonbon

Product:	Heinz Farley's Rusks Original
Date:	24/11/08 (61 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: taste very, very good.

Disadvantages: Not as good for our kids as we first thought it seems!

Farley`s rusks or Heinz Farley's rusks as we should call them these days since the buyout of Farley`s by Heinz back in 1994, are probably one of the best known baby food products anywhere and more than a few adults still enjoy one of these.

My kids were all brought up on these biscuit type snacks and they enjoyed eating them mushed with milk into a porridge type substance or eating them straight from the pack as a biscuit.

Eating them from the packet was also said to help the little ones cut their teeth and most of the things you heard about them in my day as a parent were positive, nowadays however that has changed.

I was shocked to hear my daughters health visitor advise her against rusks as even the reduced sugar ones (which are not good by the way) are still seen to be bad for teeth and also have too many additives.

I was always sure these were healthy and good for babies and the box they come packaged in will still lead you to believe this but all the advice my daughter got from health visitor`s, baby groups and even her GP was that although these could be given as a snack she should not replace meals with them and there was little or no goodness in them and much more substantial snacks were now available.

My grandkids do still get rusks but only occasionally, they love them dearly and maybe that is an indication that they are not great for kids because what kid enjoys things that are good for them?

Summary: Once a big favourite!