Comments on: Mead-Johnson withdraws Chocolate toddler formula: Meaningful or just PR?

By: Jake Jones

Jake Jones — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:13:21 +0000

A lady was just arrested for drunk driving on Vanilla extract. We’re easing kids into boozin’ early.

By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:59:41 +0000

i had to post again just because this whole thing irritates me… just because a bunch of upper class stay at home soccer moms that drive around in their hybrid mini vans that run on electricity, water, and smug self satisfaction get together and decide that they don’t anything as purely evil as chocolate passing the lips of their little elitist, my child who enjoys the taste of this stuff now can’t have it. ya know what, a little taste of chocolate isn’t gonna hurt them. teach them that certain things, most things, are best when enjoyed in moderation. i watch people scream at 10 month old babies, drag toddlers w/ black eyes screaming through toy stores, blow smoke in children’s faces cuz it’s cute when they cough, and on and on and on. i know there’s plenty of people that love nothing more than coming home from a long hard day filling out welfare forms to sexually assault some infants. so ya know what, if wanna lobby to make a real difference, leave the damn toddler chocolate alone and do something that actually matters. why not volunteer to mentor new parents, lobby for money for CPS so it’s not one under paid caseworker per thousand cases, something real. maybe put down your picket sign, turn off the damn baby Einstein, go outside and play w/ your kids, hell mix up a glass of toddler chocolate to share, maybe they’ll like it because chocolate isn’t even close to being the biggest problem around, it’s not even a starting point… and ya know what, baby Einstein ain’t that bad either, in moderation, and as long as you don’t really believe that it’s make your kids any smarter and it’s not a substitute for human contact but some of that music sure is catchy

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:20:12 +0000

oh jeez, it’s called moderation, people…. my 13 month old son enjoys a small (2-3 oz) cup of the chocolate stuff with his meals. the rest of the time he has either water or breastmilk. trust me, you can pull the enfangrow brand and those same people you’re worried about will go on feeding their infants and toddlers real chocolate milk, mt dew in bottles, and hot dogs. it ain’t the products it’s the parents

By: chocolate formula « Bowling Green Breastfeeder

chocolate formula « Bowling Green Breastfeeder — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:30:42 +0000

[...] also learned from Marion Nestle’s Food Politics blog that the chocolate flavor was discontinued. However, they continue to produce their amazing toddler formula in [...]

By: sometimes you win one–chocolate baby formula « turdacres

sometimes you win one–chocolate baby formula « turdacres — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:56:04 +0000

[...] that there are some actual limits to nutritionally reckless marketing” Tee hee. But alas, as Marion Nestle points out–they’re still selling the vanilla version, and THAT has nearly as much sugar [...]

By: Edwina

Edwina — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:00:42 +0000

Awesome news! The power of the blogosphere and the little guy–woo hoo! I’ll take it. Interesting that vanilla stays, for now. Looks like milk in the transparent bottle? We seem to accept that–as in the starbucks it’s not a milkshake it’s a coffee therefore ok thing.

By: Anthro

Anthro — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:24:34 +0000

Let’s hope your “powerful influence” (who knew? I thought we on this blog were lonely little champions of public health) will wipe out the vanilla flavor as well.

I eagerly await tomorrows post regarding the lethargy of the FDA!

By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:45:29 +0000

Way to go, Marion! Influence by thinking individuals has it’s rewards, and this is just one example.

I agree with you, Jack, on three points: PR, shameful, and shameful in the first place. So, one down, 34 million to go in getting sugary food products that masquerade as food off of the shelves. Information and public discourse IS power.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:42:44 +0000

Great post! I, too, thought it was pretty ridiculous that they kept the vanilla flavored one (or that they are even allowed to market toddler “formula” at all!). Apparently, only the chocolate flavor received the headlines. We blogged about this yesterday, too.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:05:29 +0000

Just a PR stunt by them. It remains shameful that they’ve kept the vanilla formula on the market. Well, shameful they ever produced either product. But shameless greed with no accountability…that sums up Corporate America.