Mandy Sacher Nutrition

Mandy Sacher Nutrition Paediatric Nutritionist Mandy realised our journeys to junk food can begin with the squeezie yoghurts we are fed or the teething rusks we eat.

Committed to providing parents with honest, evidence backed advice, paediatric nutritionist Mandy Sacher is one of Australia’s leading experts on childhood nutrition and wellbeing, helping parents and mums-to-be-feed their children healthy, nourishing foods right from the start. Concerned by the lack of reliable, consistent nutrition information available to parents, Mandy is on a mission to share

her wealth of expert knowledge with families around Australia. In her newly appointed role, as Global Chief Nutrition Officer (CNO), Mandy will be have the opportunity to work with world-class leaders in neuroscience, education, psychology and theatre, and have access to research and resources to continue her life's passion and impact childhood nutrition on a world-wide scale. Mandy’s philosophy is simple: train children’s taste-buds to enjoy nourishing, nutritionally beneficial foods early as possible to ensure optimal development and establishment of lifelong healthy eating behaviours and food choices. After birth of her first child in 2010, she became increasingly aware of the lack of nutritionally sound information being made available to first-time parents. She was alarmed at the amount of baby and toddler food that were marketed as being ‘healthy’ when the sugar, salt and preservative content were overly high. Mandy is committed to helping parents understand the food choices available to our children, and to providing information and resources that make for easier access to better nutritional options than those available in the local convenience store. Mandy’s career in children’s health spans more than two decades and has previously consulted to hundreds of childcare centres, and supported over 80,000 families to implement healthy eating habits through her social media channels, training modules and her international best-selling book Wholesome Child: A Complete Nutrition Guide and Cookbook. Now she is embarking on a new journey, and will be working to create in collaboration with MindChamps, the world's leading Nutritional Literacy Programme and will be sharing her journey, MindChamps' research and delicious and nutritious meal ideas and recipes with you over the coming months. Mandy can be contacted via her website for a limited number of private workshops and private consultations for families in need of support.

04/06/2026

The yoghurt aisle has become one of the loudest parts of the supermarket.

High protein. No added sugar. Real fruit. Probiotics.

Here’s the thing. Plain yoghurt is naturally high in protein. It naturally contains live cultures (that’s what probiotic means). And real fruit on top is just real fruit.

So what are parents actually paying extra for?
A claim. A character on the front. A pouch instead of a tub.

The more health claims a product makes, the more important it is to flip it over and read the label.

Most of those claims are describing things yoghurt already does. And parents are paying a convenience tax for the privilege. More money. Less nutrition. Often more sugar.

“No added sugar” doesn’t mean no sugar. The sugar often comes from reconstituted apple juice, which the World Health Organisation classifies as a free sugar.

“Real fruit” can mean 4%.

Real food doesn’t have to be confusing. The simplest yoghurt is almost always the best. Milk. Cream. Live cultures. Add your own fruit. Use a reusable pouch or container when you need convenience.

Comment YOGHURT for my full guide on what to buy and what to avoid.

A special thank you to and for the opportunity to bring attention to an issue that isn’t being talked about nearly enough.

These conversations matter, and I’m grateful to be part of them.

28/05/2026

Comment BERRIES and I’ll send you my complete guide for Aussie parents 🍓

Everything Australian parents need to know about the berry conversation right now.

This is not about fearing fruit or cutting berries out.

It’s about helping parents make informed decisions in a food system that is becoming more confusing every year.

Parents deserve evidence-based information, transparency and practical advice without the panic.

That’s exactly why we created too, to make supermarket shopping simpler and help families feel more confident about the food they buy.

Follow along for real conversations about kids’ nutrition, food marketing and the issues Australian parents are rarely told about.

27/05/2026

Ultra-processed protein bars.. no thanks.

Here’s the version I actually make for my own kids — chocolatey, crunchy, and made with ingredients you’ve probably already got in the cupboard.

No artificial sweeteners, no fillers, no gut-disrupting additives. Just real food the whole family can enjoy.. although you might not want to share.

Comment RECIPE and I’ll send you the full recipe.

Send this to some who needs to make these for you 👀

25/05/2026

Comment “PLASTIC” and I’ll send you my guide with the easiest ways to reduce microplastic exposure at home 🤍

Microplastics are no longer just an environmental issue.

Researchers have now detected them in human blood, placentas and breast milk. And most families are exposed every day through things we barely think about anymore… takeaway containers, packaged snacks, bottled drinks and heating food in plastic.

But here’s the part I found really interesting.

Australian researchers found simple kitchen and food changes reduced plastic chemical exposure levels in just 7 days.

Not perfection.
Not throwing out your whole kitchen overnight.

Just small, practical changes that actually make sense for real families.

This is exactly why I wanted to talk about this segment.

Thank you for bringing light to such an important topic!

Comment UNFUSSY for the bliss ball recipe my kids still request 👇The kids and I spent Mother’s Day going through old pho...
14/05/2026

Comment UNFUSSY for the bliss ball recipe my kids still request 👇

The kids and I spent Mother’s Day going through old photos. I ended up sitting on the floor for an hour, looking at the version of me deep in the trenches of feeding two small kids.

I’d forgotten how hard those years were. The fussy phases. The dinners rejected or tossed on the floor. The constant questioning of whether I was doing enough to keep my babies nourished and healthy… and whether the latest batch of homemade snacks would actually get eaten.

And I was a paediatric nutritionist.

But as a mum with two small kids, I still felt overwhelmed at times. Which is exactly why I can fully empathise with parents going through all the colourful phases and stages of feeding little humans.

So this is your gentle reminder, if you’re in the trenches right now: you are doing more than enough.

The Unfussy Eaters Club didn’t come from having it all figured out. It came from years of working it out recipe by recipe, in my own kitchen.

Comment UNFUSSY and I’ll send you the bliss ball recipe, plus a link to the book with 100+ recipes the whole family will actually eat 💛

14/01/2026

I appeared on to talk about the rise of AI fake weight-loss and nutrition scams, and why anyone looking to lose weight needs to be more vigilant than ever.

💬 Comment “REAL FOOD” and I’ll send you my evidence-based guide to help protect yourself and your family from AI weight-loss and nutrition scams.

AI is rapidly changing the health and nutrition space.
Used responsibly…and guided by qualified professionals, it has real potential to support education and access.

But when AI replaces clinical expertise, manipulates images, or sells fast weight-loss promises, it becomes dangerous.

And that’s exactly what we’re seeing right now.

As people set New Year health and weight-loss goals, AI-driven apps are flooding social media with:
• altered before-and-after images
• calorie estimates from photos
• “personalised” advice that ignores biology, behaviour, mental health, and food quality

That’s not innovation.
That’s misinformation dressed up as technology.

No AI promises of overnight weight-loss can replace years of clinical training, real-world experience, or a deep understanding of how food, hormones, mental health, and environment interact.

This segment highlights how AI cab be misused to exploit vulnerability, create unrealistic expectations, and sell false hope.

Thank you for shining a light on such an important issue.

At Real Food Rating, we support technology that assists informed decision-making, not platforms that override science, transparency, or human expertise.

If health or weight loss is one of your goals this year, choose approaches grounded in real food, real education, and real professionals.

Comment “REAL FOOD” and I’ll send you:
• my guide to spotting AI nutrition & weight-loss scams
• the link to watch the full segment
• an invite to join the waitlist for an app you can trust

Follow rating for guidance that puts your health first in a noisy digital health space.

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