Is Your Baby a (Organic) Gerber Baby?
Date: December 11, 2008 | Category: Food, Kids
Making your own locally sourced baby food is best, but let’s face it, it isn’t always possible! Did you know that Gerber makes organic baby food since 1997! Even if you were an early adopter (no pun intended), you might not have seen all of the latest offerings. The Gerber Organic 2nd Foods Dinners are complete meals in a cup, like the Chicken with Country Vegetables & Rice or the Vegetable, Turkey & Barley.
In addition to adhering to the strict standards of the USDA’s organic program, Gerber requires that the fields growing the food they use undergo rigorous soil testing for pesticides and other substances. Easily accessible at stores like Safeway and Target, the line has no artificial flavors, colors, added salt or added starch, so you can be assured that your baby will be introduced to new tastes and flavors that will put them on the organic band wagon for life.
We hope the next step for Gerber is to make the entire line organic and to make the packaging reusable or compostable (the main concern with small packaged food products). But with this line of certified organic baby foods, being the Gerber poster child is still a pretty cool thing.
* Photo courtesy of Gerber.com
Comments
shannon
Date: January 22nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
My daughter is out of the baby food but one reason i didn’t go Gerber was the #7 plastic that the food came in. I really felt that was a big reason to use my grocery store organic brand instead. I hope they change the packaging soon .
Katie
Date: March 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 am
I tried organic Gerber baby food after reading reviews about it from other parents. My baby loves organic Gerber baby food, especially Pasta Primavera and Sweet Potatoes. I am not entirely satisfied because Gerber has not “gone green” with the packaging, but I cannot deny that this is a fabulous product. I would love it if the packaging was reusable!
If you want to learn more about organic Gerber baby food before you buy it for your little one (like I did), check out this website: http://www.viewpoints.com/Gerber-Baby-Food.
The information was informative and I even joined the community because I found so many of the baby reviews beneficial. Good luck, and do try organic Gerber!
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