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Baby Food Pouches

May 15, 2019 | BY Maia James
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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 fruits and veggies that he refused to eat. With Wolfie I was way chiller and basically did baby-led weaning.

But back to 2010, when I discovered squeezy fruit/veggie baby food pouches sold everywhere.

Baby food pouches are much easier to handle than jars of food, and both my kids still enjoy them in packed lunches on occasion. In addition, they are probably more nutritious than jarred foods (more on this below).

My Favorite Baby Food Pouches

I’m partial to the 100% organic White Leaf Provisions baby food pouches because they are biodynamic. You’ll read more about this brand below, under “The Good Stuff.”

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From: $65.99 every 2 weeksBuy Now

A lot of you have asked about the recent studies on heavy metals in baby foods. Here’s the bottom line, in my opinion: If you avoid rice-based baby food and anything with fruit juice concentrate, you’ll eliminate most of the risk.

The Problem with Baby Food Pouches

My only real issue with baby food pouches is that they are made of plastic.

All of the brands mentioned below use the same basic materials for their pouches, which is a combination of BPA-free polypropylene (this is the part that touches the food, and what the spout is made of) and foil.

Fortunately, polypropylene seems to be the safest type of plastic, and is probably non-toxic, but from an environmental perspective, it’s not ideal

Glass Jars Versus Plastic Baby Food Pouches

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Safety & Nutrition

  1. According to the companies that use them, plastic pouches “better protect flavor and nutrients, and require lower, shorter heat times, one of the effects of which means we can naturally preserve…products without adding additives and preservatives.”
  2. Although pouches are free of BPA, substitutes for the chemical may be toxic as well.
  3. While glass is always the safest material, the lids of jarred food may contain BPA.

Environment

  1. Pouches are roughly ten times lighter than a classic glass jar, so they require that much less energy to produce and ship.
  2. Pouches cannot be recycled, but they use more than 75 percent less materials than traditional baby food containers.
  3. The spouts on the pouches are #2 plastic, which is recyclable.
Note: All of brands of baby food pouches dubbed “Good Stuff” below use 100% organic ingredients.


The Good Stuff

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Beech-Nut Baby Food Pouches

Beech-Nut recently went organic, and I assume this is a result of consumer demand–so, nice job! Beech-Nut makes mixed fruits, veggies, and some that just one ingredient like organic carrots or organic sweet potatoes.


Happy Baby Food Pouches

Many Happy Baby/Happy Tot blends contain vegetables and grains, including salba (a type of chia seed). The salmon used by Happy Baby is wild Alaskan. Note that some other Happy Baby snacks contain sugar (the yogurt snacks and some of their frozen kids’ meals). Happy Baby food pouches are widely available in grocery stores as well as on Amazon.


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Sprout

Sprout doesn’t use sugar in any of their pouches; and none of Sprouts products contain starchy fillers. I love that their grain blends contain actual whole grains (i.e., cooked quinoa instead of quinoa flour). Sprout also avoids all fruit concentrates. While Sprout offers a range of meat blends, they also have a Plant Protein line for those who prefer only vegan options, with vegetable-based proteins from organic chickpeas, lentils, and beans.

How to Get Some
Sprout pouches are available in many grocery stores, as well as on Amazon.


Plum Organics Baby Food Pouches

Felix always seemed to prefer the Plum flavors to all other brands, his favorite being the mango and pear. Some of the newer flavors include grains–such as oats and brown rice–or organic meat and dairy.

Water is often the first ingredient in Plum’s pouches, and it’s a little sneaky that the “grains” are actually grain flours (i.e., millet flour, oat flour, etc.) (One other bone I have to pick here: Some of Plum’s other toddler snacks contain sugar.)

How to Get Some
Plum Organics pouches are widely available in grocery stores, as well as on Amazon.


Ella’s Kitchen Baby Food Pouches

I like that the cardboard outer packaging (when you buy Ella’s in bulk) is 90 percent recycled and 100 percent recyclable. Some newer varieties include grains, yogurt, vegetables, and/or meat–honestly, pureed Vegetable & Lentil Bake in a pouch sounds pretty gross to me, but it’s definitely healthful! I love that even Ella’s cookies and biscuits for older kids are free of sugar.

How to Get Some
Here in New York, I can find Ella’s Organics in my neighborhood grocery store or at Whole Foods. They are also available on Amazon.


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Once Upon a Farm

You’ve probably heard of this one, since it was co-founded by Jennifer Garner. I’m happy to say that Once Upon a Farm is legit Good Stuff!

What makes these blends unique is that they are cold pressed to lock in the nutrients, which means Once Upon a Farm pouches are always refrigerated.

How to Get Some
You can buy Once Upon a Farm pouches in select grocery stores and on Amazon.


Peter Rabbit Organics Baby Food Pouches

These were Felix’s favorite baby food pouches, and the apple/grape was his favorite flavor. Peter Rabbit never dilutes its purees with water, but some flavors contain juice concentrate in addition to fruit purees.

How to Get Some
You can buy Peter Rabbit Organics pouches in select grocery stores and on Amazon.


Revolution Foods Mashups

The Good
The cardboard outer packaging is 100 percent recyclable and made of 100 percent recycled paperboard.

The Bad
Some Mashup flavors contain juice concentrates. Most other snacks by Revolution Foods contain sugar and various (natural) preservatives. I wouldn’t recommend any other Revolution products.

How to Get Some
It seems that this brand no longer makes baby food pouches.


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Serenity Kids

This new line of Paleo-inspired baby food. They use organic vegetables and grass-fed and pasture- raised meats. All blends are free of hormones, antibiotics, GMO’s, gluten, fillers, grain, dairy, corn, allergens, eggs, and nuts. I personally don’t think babies need to be eating meat at all but if you disagree, this is probably the best line there is!


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White Leaf Provisions

White Leaf Provisions is my favorite line of baby food pouches–and the only brand we’ve chosen to carry in our online store. The reason?

White Leaf baby food pouches are even better than organic (although it IS organic), because they’re also Biodynamic. Biodynamic farms are built to integrate every living organism within the system, and aspires to transform and maximize the health and vitality of the farm’s every aspect. A biodynamic farm aims to produce everything on the premises, including seeds, fertilizers, natural control agents for pests and even feed for livestock.

Choose from a range of fruit and veggie blends–all of which are free of concentrates and fillers.

From: $65.99 every 2 weeksBuy Now

 

 


The Bad Stuff: Less Healthy

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Gerber is maybe the only brand that makes a non-organic version, so I’m calling that Bad Stuff. (Note that their organic pouches actually are fine!)


The Sneaky Stuff

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Earth’s Best puree pouches, while appearing equal to the Good Stuff above, are not as clean. Even their simplest flavors (pears, for instance) are fortified with all sorts of stuff, including zinc sulfate, and citric acid. The yogurt varieties have fewer ingredients than the plain fruit/veggie blends.

Baby-Led Weaning

Proponents of baby-led weaning argue that babies should skip purees all together and go straight to “real” food as soon as they are ready to begin eating solids. There are tons of resources on baby-led weaning, and one good place to start is here.

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Read our review of
frozen baby food.

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Read our review of
jarred baby food.

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  1. Amy says

    May 28, 2019 at 2:21 PM

    Another great thing about Once Upon a Farm is that they are partnered with Terracycle so you can order a postage paid return envelope from their site to return the used containers for them to recycle!

    https://www.terracycle.com/en-US/brigades/onceuponafarm

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  2. Julia Wilkinson Manley says

    May 28, 2019 at 2:47 PM

    Our baby is on a keto-like diet for seizure control. Do you happen to know of any trust-worthy low carb packets? The Serenity Kids is likely the closest on your list, but I didn’t look at the label. Would be helpful to have packets I can easily stash in the diaper bag for emergencies or for days when I’m stressed to the max.

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  3. Batia Lavi says

    May 28, 2019 at 8:38 PM

    Most pouch ingredients mention “fruit puree” and “vegetable puree” instead of whole food, which means the brand buys the food as pureed and then create their own flavor mix. All of that cooking and recooking and pasturizing must kill most of the nutrients and turn the food to sugar concentrates, any research on the actual benefits in the food?

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  4. Meghan says

    May 29, 2019 at 11:25 AM

    Hi, I use the Earth’s Best pouches because they are the only ones I can find (although I will now check out Beech Nut) that have options that are just veggies, versus a mix of veggies and fruit, so there is about 10 grams less sugar in them. On the package the only ingredients listed are the two veggies and water. Are you saying that the other additives are in there but not required to be listed on the packaging? Thanks!

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  5. Karen Chiasson says

    July 18, 2019 at 4:10 PM

    What do you think of the Love Child pouches?

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