Asda baby food pouches (minor rant)

alinwales

the wife was in asda last night and fed the kids there. The cafe was serving their own brand baby food instead of what we have previously been used to (C&G or heinz jars).
What really struck her was that these food pouches were significantly lighter than the branded jars (presumably net weight, not gross!), e..g the 10Month+ pouches were 190g, compared to jars which are 250g.
Our 9mth daughter finished off a pouch, then my wife had to buy a jar and she finished that too.. plus some of our sons baked beans and fish fingers!

Surely when companies are setting weights to get to a specific price point (in this case 99p), they should really consider the moral implications of doing it to baby food... these individual portions which are considered a main meal in themselves. If they reduce the weight then kids will starve!

I don't see them being popular, as jars are still far far cheaper. We would never buy these pouches at the price they are sold at, and not even if they were cheaper than jars given the amount of food in them.

notes:
we buy jars as convenience for when we are out, or too lazy to cook something (which is rare).
child obesity doesn't start at 7 months old, or so I believe. Kids need to grow.
I'm seeing this more and more that supermarket brands are justifying their 'lower than brand' prices by offering less in the jar. Only the other week I nearly bought a jar of asda white sauce which was 99p compared to homepride's £1.35. Then i noticed the difference in weight of 340g to 500g! £/kg they're similar, but 340g ain't gonna do a lasagne for 4!!