Good morning! It has been a month or so since I did a product review, and I know that the last one was a baby food brand too. My son is eleven months old so I have had some time to go back and forth with baby food brands and find the ones that I really enjoy. In the beginning I made all of his first foods. I was given that awesome Baby Bullet so I used it as much as possible. Then as he got older I was seeing all these foods in the stores with 3 and 4 mixed fruits and vegetable that looked really fun! Things like pumpkin, apple, apricot and prunes...(an example) looked so good and I knew that I was never going to puree a pumpkin or prunes so it was easier to just buy the foods already made. Anyways I narrowed down my two favorite brands that are cost affordable and delicious. I do enjoy the Ella brand pouches, but they range from like 1.40-1.85 a pouch...no can do on our budget. Sprout Organics and the newest Beech Nut baby foods are the only two I purchase now. Granted, my son does eat things I cook for my husband and I...but I like to keep jars still as back up. I mix jarred fruit with his yogurt, if he has oatmeal for breakfast I will mix it with a pouch or a jar, pouches are good for on the go snacks, and sometimes I will give him a jar of veggies with whatever he ate for dinner. Last night he ate two Perogies and cut up small veggies. I switch it up on him often.
Today I thought I would share why we love the new Beech Nut 100% Natural baby food. I actually found out about this new food via the Green Moms Meet website. I posted about this sampling earlier, but I believe it was more about the website then the actual baby food. So I was sent 20 Jars of food to sample with a few friends and their babies. Right off the bat, Beech Nut draws you in with their packaging. I hate to say I fell for the advertising...but I did. Besides the cute little boxes the food came in, the jars are adorable! They are still your typical 4.25oz jars of food, just cuter. Perfect for re using with things like your spices, or knick knacks, or if you work with children they are great for crafts. In my previous post you see I used one for a father day present I found on Beech Nuts Facebook page. Along with adorable packaging comes a wide variety of flavors, which is something I feel was lacking years ago. I have worked with kids for over 15 years and have fed my share of infants. The most you would see in the jar foods then was your typical apple, berry mix or just mixed fruit and just mixed vegetables. Companies are picking up on the interest of combining flavors you wouldn't normally consider, and children are digging it! In the photo you see the remaining jars of food I have at the moment, and just look at the flavor combos.
For breakfast my son had his oatmeal mixed with a half jar of Pineapple, Orange and Banana. It is delicious. I of course try everything he eats. I could easily eat a jar of this for my own snacking. Not only is this a fun way to eat foods, but you are sneaking in some good for you vegetables that your baby may or may not eat in a solo food jar. I love Quinoa myself, and it is filled with fiber, I love that Beech Nut includes this in their baby foods. Who would have thought? Not me. They also continue to carry simple ingredients since there are still stages of food from 1-3. Stage 1 foods are single ingredients like just banana, just pears, just green beans etc...then as the stages go up so do the amount and type of foods in the jars. Now most of their 100% natural jarred foods say "JUST" on the label. Example, "Just Bartlett Pears" I eat mostly Organic in my house and usually fed the baby only organic as well. However, organic is costly and can not always be within the budget. I scour labels and when I looked for the ingredients in this particular brand it simply states "Just Bartlett Pears" So I emailed Beech Nut via Facebook and asked them what the preservative was that was not listed. There had to be one, there is a shelf life on these foods. What I got back as an answer was this...
"Actually, our new foods don't have any preservatives in them. Using our new cooking method we like to call just gentle cooking, we essentially take out all the air to keep the freshness in. This is what allows us to have just the food and nothing else-and still have a good shelf life! When you see our jar of just honey crisp apples that's truly all it is. No water, no preservatives."
So as a mom who depends on healthy foods and products for her children, I am thrilled with this product and have had nothing but a positive experience. I will continue to give this to my child, as well as recommend to any new parent I know. I have in fact already turned a couple onto it. You cant wrong when the price is hardly ever over a dollar a jar. My local Stop and Shop/Walmart and Price Chopper often have these for sale as well and I stock up when I need to. I mean, do you need more proof than this?
For more information, head over to their Facebook page. If you have any questions they are very good about answering comments and messages.
Enjoy!!
(all writings in this blog are of my own opinion and I receive no compensation from any company I review)
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