Research provided by Michael Hopkins, PhD. You've likely already read about the recent Congressional Report on toxic heavy metals in baby food. Below, we will provide a summary of what's happened and what the report found, followed by our own insights (and outrage!). Timeline & Players On August 1, 2019, the FDA received a secret slide presentation from Hain (which owns Earth’s Best
baby food
Baby Food Pouches
1. Beech-Nut organic varieties / 2. Happy Baby / 3. Sprout / 4. Plum Organics / 5. Ella’s Kitchen / 6. Once Upon a Farm / 7. Peter Rabbit Organics / 8. Serenity Kids / 9. White Leaf Provisions Soon after Felix turned one, he finally started enjoying foods other than breast milk. Unfortunately, by this point I was pretty burned out from preparing and then throwing away homemade pureed
Could This Baby Food Prevent Peanut Allergies?
(First, read our disclosure page.) My six-year-old, Felix, is allergic to peanuts. Due to very low Ieg levels in his blood, we are hopeful that he may outgrow it, but it still really sucks to have to worry about it for now. (Also—what about the protective effects of long-term breastfeeding?!) I am probably as concerned about the psychological effects of a food allergy as I am about the
What is the Best Rice Cereal for Babies? Which Rice Cereal is Good Stuff?
Okay, this a trick question, but it's one we are asked a lot. The rice cereal that is best for your baby's first food is…none. Our readers often ask why we haven’t done a Safe Product Guide on rice cereal for babies. Most pediatricians still recommend rice cereal as the first food, because it's gluten-free and almost never causes an allergic reaction. And readers think, surely there are brands
Safe Puffs Guide
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure page. UPDATE: Our thoughts on heavy metals in baby foods. (Look for Maia's blog entry on organic baby puffs on Dr. Frank Lipmans's website in March 2014.) For better or worse, Cheerios have long been a popular first finger food for babies; their size and shape make them a perfect tool for new eaters eager to practice the
Best: Frozen Food
If you don't make homemade purees for your baby, store-bought, organic frozen baby food is the next best thing. Frozen baby food has a higher nutrient-content than shelf-stable food (such as purees in jars or pouches), and the flavor is generally superior as well. What Happened to All the Organic Frozen Baby Food? Despite the superiority of organic frozen baby food, there are no longer many
Good: Jarred Food
Predictably, I had big plans of feeding Felix only homemade food when it was time to start him on solids. We first tried when he was six months old, but Felix had no real interest in anything besides the ultimate good stuff, AKA breastmilk, until after his first birthday. I ended up throwing away a ton of homemade fruit and veggie purees that I'd whipped up in the Beaba. Pretty soon, I was
Baby Food Purees Review
We've at last completed the never-ending process of reviewing baby food purees. We found only one brand of jarred food that qualifies as Good Stuff, but there is no shortage of pouches that are nutritionally sound (although I worry about the effects of the plastic packaging). Frozen baby food, while less convenient than its pouched and jarred competition, is a better bet, and there are a few