Organic Baby Food: Safety, Product Details and the Texture Most Babies Prefer

Irene Woods
Today's best parents and care-givers insist on not serving their precious babies insect poisons and artificial soil fertilizers. These parents use organic baby food. This article is aimed at helping these committed, yet busy adults to find the information they need.


Examples of Organic Baby Food Producers

Sweet Peas Baby Food

http://www.sweetpeababyfood.com/sweetpeababyfood.php

Bobo Bady

http://www.bobobaby.com/

Organic baby food should be certified by credible organic agencies. Companies that that use their resources to certify themselves with several agencies scream credibility. You'll notice that both the organic baby food companies listed as examples show various food certification/safely labels.

No busy mother has the time to research the authentic nature of each bite of organic baby food they serve. Looking for the easy to spot labels, such as the USDA organic label, helps mothers to made good organic baby food decisions in short amount of time.

http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/Consumers/Consumerhome.html

Many organic baby food companies stabilize their organic baby food with freezing rather than canning. This effects the taste. Experiment with your baby to see if he or see prefers the texture of canned organic baby food or frozen organic baby food. Most infants this author knows prefer texture of the flash frozen products.

Another sign that the organic baby food is well produced is the in Nutritional Facts section on the packaging. This is a key item that must be examined when selecting organic baby food. All you want to see listed in the ingredients section is the name of the main food(s), preceded by the word, organic. Perhaps some water and that's it!

The companies listed as examples can be found in market freezer sections. Detailed store listings are on their web sites. Pricing can vary as different supermarkets offer sales and promotions at various times. Check with your local grocer for more details.

Safety Issues of Organic Baby Food


Unfortunately, recalls are made of some organic baby food products. Sometimes the general media does not report on these incidents. Sometimes, busy parents miss the newscasts that detail product recalls.

For example, on January 26, 2008 warnings were issued over four varieties of My Organic Baby cereal for infants.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080126/cfia_babyfood_080126/20080126?hub=Health

Care-givers can check these sites for food safety warnings.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/recaltoce.shtml

  • Today's best parents and care-givers insist on not serving their precious babies insect poisons.
  • Companies that that use their resources to certify themselves scream credibility.
  • Unfortunately, recalls are made of some organic baby food products.
For example, on January 26, 2008, warnings were issued over four varieties of My Organic Baby cereal for infants.

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