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Best Organic Baby Food Brands?
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Anonymous
I had no problem making the baby food very smooth and runny to begin with. Just cook well, add plenty of water, and blend in the food processor or blender. Some foods will never get totally smooth, like peas, corn, or anything with hulls, so those are not good to start with, but you should have no trouble starting with things like sweet potatoes, apples, pears, carrots, and bananas. |
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I noticed no one mentioned Happy Baby Foods - I love their HappyBellies Cereals. I started my son on Happy Bellies Baby Cereals and then made him homemade baby foods once he really started eating - I would also use their happy baby frozen purees when I needed something faster. My daughter is just about to begin eating cereal and I am excited to use Happy Bellies again.
http://www.happybabyfood.com/ |
Anonymous
| We send him to school with Plum. He loves them! At home we use homemade food or Yummy spoonfuls. If I could afford it I would do all Yummy Spoonfuls (we buy on amazon). |
Anonymous
| DS HATES happy baby...not sure why, but he can't choke them down. Too bad because I like the ingredients... |
Anonymous
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earth's best glass jars of baby foods have BPA in the lids!!!! So I wouldnt reccomend their jarred food, but their organic formula is great.
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Anonymous
THEY DO?!?!?! how do you know that? I use those jars/lids to store my homemade food in. Please provide more deets! |
Anonymous
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Jar baby food has preservatives and other unnecessary ingredients. If you have the time then make to baby food yourself, it's extremely simple. Just steam everything and stick it in the blender add breast milk or formula if you need too. Don't worry about meats, you can always start them when he gets his first teeth.
My daughter started purée at 4 months and was on finger foods by 7months. As long as you watch them and make everything soft enough, they will be fine. I also don't follow many of the food restrictions except for no milk until one or honey. Everything else was given to her when I felt it because no food allergies run in our families. |
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Almost *all* jarred foods have BPA in the metal lids (just like canned goods, it's a practice that's been around for years, and I don't know that there are alternatives yet?) I was/am religiously anti-BPA, but when making my own food all the time wasn't possible (though I loved the wholesomebabyfood site!), I bought Earth's Best and aimed for jars where the food wasn't touching the lid (can't leach in if it never touches...) or bought the pricey Happy Babies frozen cubes.
My son was little before the advent of pouches, but I believe most of those (Happy Baby, Sprout, Plum) are entirely BPA-free... |
Anonymous
| Sprout - DS is small and Sprout meals provide the most calories. |
Anonymous
| We used Earth's Best (rice cereal and some jarred foods) and our own purees. |
Anonymous
| i make some, but we also use sprout and plum. they're delicious! |
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We use Earth's Best as well. I was also was not thrilled to learn that there is BPA in the lids of the jars. I sent an e-mail to EB to confirm, and their reply eased my mind a bit (assuming it is true). In case it is helpful to anyone else, I have copied it below. On the same subject, I want to start giving DD beans, but canned beans also have BPA in the linings. I'm embarassed to say I've never used non-canned beans - is it very time consuming? Thanks!
Dear Ms. Thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding our Earth's Best Baby Food. We strive to maintain the highest quality products and your satisfaction is very important to us. At Earth's Best there is nothing more important to us than the safety of your children. We are confident that we are offering only the safest and healthiest products for your family. Earth's Best Organic jarred foods do include a metal lid which has two layers of coating to ensure product safety and nutritional integrity. The coating that comes in contact with the contents of the jar does not contain BPA. Underneath that layer lies a second coating which adheres to the inside of the metal lid and does contain trace amounts of BPA, which does not come in contact with the contents of the jar. Currently, there are no commercial sealing alternatives available to these lids that have been evaluated over time to ensure product safety and integrity. We have been conducting ongoing studies using non BPA materials in partnership with our suppliers. Our industry collectively faces the challenge of finding packaging alternatives that work across all products. We will continue our efforts to produce the most nutritious, best-tasting, and safest foods possible for babies and children. Thank you for your continued support. If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-434-4246, Monday through Friday from 7AM - 5PM Mountain Time. Sincerely, Christina Consumer Relations Representative |
Anonymous
I like Sprout, it seemes to have more texture/ less water. I also have some Happy Baby and Earths Best. I motly use these when we're out. I prefer mostly to feed what I make at home No need for a processor, just use an immersion blender and add water to thin. Roasted veggies have way more flavor than boiled/steamed. To freeze I lay plastic wrap over a mini muffin pan, spoon in then freeze. Once frozen, pop in to a freezer bag. No cleanup! 
If youre worried about time to make the food, I think I spend maybe an hour or so a week prepping. I just cook whatever while I'm making dinner. |
Anonymous
| If you puree, just add enough water so the puree is the consistency of thin yogurt (think yoplait) and gradually work your way up to thicker purees. I just used a food processor and ice cube trays and found it really easy to do, and easy to introduce a lot of different foods to my son. He is now 2 and a half and still eats lots of vegetables. Maybe the variety when he was little helped, maybe not, but it certainly was much easier to do then I expected and a lot cheaper too! |
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Totally off topic, but I heard that the biggest exposure to BPA is from laser printed reciepts...anyone know if this is true?
To OP: make your own!! Seriously, it is SOO easy...just make a huge batch and freeze it in ice cube trays, then dump the cubes into BPA-free freezer bags and defrost a few each day. Easy peazee...and WAY less expensive. My DS loves the happy baby pouches...they are great when we are out and about! |