So, is that food with no flavor better for our children, or just cheaper to produce? It is soooo convenient, it took me a long time to think to ask.
Do we know if first quality foods were used? The World Watch Institute, Healthy Child Healthy World Organization, and Greenpeace U.K., all have some interesting information on this and other things in our baby’s daily grasp that may or may not be so safe. Even some of the organic foods are on the Greenpeace list of brands that contain harmful ingredients or toxins.
If this is enough to get you cooking, you can find some good tips and recipes here..
http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/
If you go with the jar I would highly recommend organic.There is a buzz going around that foreign investors are bidding to buy some of our baby food companies. The list is said to include China which has had food stuffs pulled from our shelves for metal fragments and toxins.
Do your homework! Check out what company you are trusting your baby’s health with. Find out who owns the company.You will be glad you made the effort.
You may also want to see if biotec foods are used since we do not yet know the long term effects of eating altered foods.
Happy cooking or happy shopping!!
Great advice. Organic is the way to go. If organic fruit is proven to have 60-75% more nutrition than non-organic fruits, it’s logical to conclude that organic baby food will be healthier than non-organic baby food.
My wife and I are planning to have kids in the next few years and it’s definitely important to know how we’re going to raise and feed them. Thanks for making me think!
Thanks for the review, Pam. You have a great blog here.
My children are grown-ups now. My grandchildren range in age from 5 to 15. They are picky eaters. The little one loves potatoes, though.
I heard from a dietist that boiled potatoes (well mixed with unsalted butter)are the number one healthiest vegetable and can be offered as a first food to babies … every day to your 6 to 9 month baby. Fat (the butter) is important for the development of the baby’s brain. Eventually carrots, green beans and peas can be mixed in.
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I found it easy enough to make my own even with working outside the home. It was a cost factor for me. Seemed ridiculous the prices they were charging for tiny jars.
My oldest did get store-bought food but that was what you did at the time. Or at least all I knew about at the time(my pre-internet days 15 years ago). It never occured to me to feed him anything but. It was all I had ever seen babies fed.
My youngest son loved mashed avacados. It was a ‘baby food in a hurry’ thing. I could cart an avacado anywhere and then peel and mash.
Most nights we ate dinner was something that could be blended.
It’s only more recently I’ve been trying to buy organic food — not always but more often.
Seems every year I learn something new :).