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The U.S. hasn’t set nutritional guidelines for commercial foods for infants and toddlers, but the World Health Organization has. And a new study says that almost 60% of the baby foods available in U.S. supermarkets fall short.

In a study published in the journal Nutrients, an international team of researchers from The George Institute for Global Health looked at the nutritional profile of infant and toddler foods on the shelves of 10 U.S. grocery chains, then compared them to the international health organization’s recommendations, which came out in 2022.

Of 651 products considered, 60% failed to meet the nutritional requirements set by WHO in its “nutrient and promotion profile model.” Seventy percent failed to meet protein requirements, while 44% had too much sugar. One-fourth of the products didn’t meet calorie requirements and 20% contained too much salt.