In a world of children’s nutrition, health messages can be confusing. From 5-a-day, to sugar taxes and even vitamin deficiencies, it can be hard to ensure children are receiving all the key nutrients they need, and none of the artificial additives that they don’t need.
Confusion is clear across the country; recent research of 10,000 UK adults from the Health Food Manufacturers’ Association found that 59% are not giving vitamin supplements to their children, with 64% believing their children get enough nutrients from their normal diet alone.
In contrast, England’s chief medical officer, Prof Dame Sally Davies, claims that all babies and young children should be given free vitamins on the NHS to combat rising cases of bone disease. In her annual report last year, Davies said that up to 25% of children in the UK are vitamin D deficient, leading to a rise in rickets cases.
Vitamin D, nicknamed the sunshine vitamin, is obtained mostly from sunlight on the skin, so can be difficult to access in the darker months. There are also very few food sources of the micronutrient, so whilst oily fish and eggs can help towards a daily dose, it might be slightly harder to persuade fussy eaters into stocking up on these nutrient rich foods. Both vitamins A and B are also tricky to obtain from foods, with an average cup of whole milk only containing 5% of vitamin A, and an average serving of cereal only 15%.
To help combat confusion, and provide parents with daily peace of mind on their children’s nutrient levels, Solgar® has created U-Cubes™ Children’s Multi-Vitamin & Mineral Gummies.
U-Cubes™ provide:
- 100 IU (5 μg) of Vitamin D3 needed for growth and bone development
- Vitamin A for eye health
- B Vitamins to support energy boosting metabolism
- Vitamin C for immune function
- Folic Acid for new cell growth
- Plus, other essential nutrients
Coming in natural grape, cherry and orange flavours, U-Cubes™ give parents a great tasting way to ensure their children’s daily vitamin needs are boosted, without artificial colours, sweeteners or flavourings. The tasty fun gums are suitable from ages 3+, to ensure even the youngest bodies are getting all the important levels of vitamins and minerals, in safe levels designed by Solgar’s scientific experts.
My girls have been enjoying them all week they think they’re sweets and have never been so excited to take their vitamins – I think the fun packaging really helps as well, makes it interesting to look at. They only tricky part is telling them they can only have 1 per day. I also impressed at the size they come in each tub content 120 gummies so will last on average 4 months per child they RRP at £21.95 so it works out at a great price.
Solgar® has very kindly given me 3 tubs of U-Cubes to give away to my readers so you can try them for yourself all you need to do is enter the rafflecopter giveaway below to be in with the chance.
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These look yummy
Use a pipette while they sleep
make healthy soups and fruit smoothies
I cook and blend vegetables into pasta sauces even the fussy ones like it
making ice-pops out of nutritional smoothies/milkshaes/youghurts
Lots of nutritious smoothies.x
make healthy soups
Cut food into fun shapes
fruits as snacks x
fruit smoothies
Smoothies!
Choosing flavours and pack designs that they get excited by.
Lots of fresh fruit and veg, I’m lucky as my son isn’t a fussy eater at all
My son has fruit as a snack in the morning or afternoon
Such a yummy idea
lots of smooothies and homemade icepops
Promise them some ice-creams, after 😉
Milkshakes and smoothies.
I cut fruit into different shapes, using cookie cutters.
Smoothies go down well with my kids
vitamin drops in there drink
i actually have no yip as my kids love to take them, they actually remind me to give them there *strong pills*
smothies is the best way x
start them as young as poss .. they get used to it as the norm xx
I give a variety of fruit and veg for snacks and meals
Put lots of colourful fruits and veg onto their plates 🙂
Make a soup with there favorite things in, but put loads of veg in there as well, they will never know that they eating so many vegetables
I disguise vegetables in pasta sauces and pizza toppings and find its a good way to get vitamins from vegetables into my son.
I have had no problems with my children but i do make a lot of soups with fresh veg in
Make homemade pizzas with lots of colourful veg on in nice shapes, and make a fruit salad with a little pot of melted chocolate to dip
My daughter is 3 and very keen to be a big girl so is quite happy to eat anything I say is healthy that will help her grow! 🙂 x
make healthy soups
Fruit salad for desert : )
Instead of snack time, we have fruit break, so eating some fruit is a given. I also regularly buy exotic fruit for us all to try
Blend veg in to pasta sauce so they don’t know it’s there!
lots of soups and stews
Smoothies are a great way of hidden goodness!
Fruit smoothies with added veggies (carrot, kale, spinach all are great to add to smoothies and they dont make it taste like veggies either)
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Let your children grow their own fruit and veg.My daughter loves picking her own at our allotment, i often find her munching on a raw runner bean that she has just picked 🙂
Cross your fingers and hope for the best when you put vegetables in front of them.
making kale/strawberry jam 🙂
kale and strawvery jam 🙂
My daughters help grow the veggies in the garden and it doesnt work everytime but they are much more likely to eat it as they have helped grow them
Vitamin drops in their drink
I bought some vitamin drinks and my daughter can’t taste them 🙂
Lots of fruit