Comments on: Home-made organic baby food vs commercial baby foods

By: citypixie

citypixie — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:54:31 +0000

For all of the above reasons, plus no worries when baby food is recalled (seems to be something I see on Twitter nearly once a month recently) plus the fact that DIY baby food IS more nutritious is why I am an advocate of making my own baby food. Mass produced baby food is likely made from fruits and vegetables that have not been picked at peak ripeness when foods are most nutritious. If control over what your baby consumes is important to you, then puree away with what you have on hand! It is SO EASY and requires very little extra effort. I blog about it weekly in citybaby.posterous.com. If you aren’t sure you can do it, I am confident you can and I’d like to help.
I’m not a super mom, I work full time and I’ve never bought a jar of baby food, ever.

By: Poppy Talks

Poppy Talks — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:44:47 +0000

This post is very insightful and will help my Mom stick to feeding me nothing but the good stuff, thanks!
.-= Poppy Talks´s last blog ..in my tummy =-.

By: Sue Jones

Sue Jones — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:13:11 +0000

Hello Cheryl, it actually gets worse-people don’t realized how old commercial baby food really is, they come with a 2 year shelve life (meaning your baby sometimes might eat food that was actually prepared way before they were born) which explains also why the peas has a dusty green instead of the vibrant green color. This is really sad because our kids are started off the wrong part and we are then surprise why childhood obesity and diabetes are on a constant rise.

A lot of unnecessary ingredients that serve as stabilizers, sweeteners and preservatives are used so the food can outlive our kids’ childhood and thus manufacturers bottom-line is reached at the expensive of our kids health.

That said I am excited to let you know that there are better options now in the market for those who don’t have the time to do it themselves. What ever you do, always look at the label, make sure the food is freshly made and doesn’t carry a 2 year shelve life. I say feed your baby with an intention to good health and the rest will be histroy, personally I feed my family only that which is nourishing to them. Check out http://www.yummyspoonfuls.com baby food that is freshly made per order, now in Dean & Deluca, whole foods and online. You get fresh food everytime you buy

By: Cheryl C.

Cheryl C. — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:14:44 +0000

Hi Tara, I have been considering making my own baby food and after Googling the study you mentioned and reading it, I will for sure be making my baby food. I was very shocked to learn commercial baby foods use additives such as salt and sugar to foods.