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Regular vs. Organic Baby Food

pfallerj by pfallerj Proud Parent(July 2006) (rank 95th)

Today's tip - Regular baby food is just as good as organic baby food

Lately organic baby food seems to be all the rage, but at nearly twice the price, is it worth it?

The answer seems to be no, according to this and several other

articles. Turns out that unless your baby has allergies or an aversion to the taste of regular baby food, they're receiving the same safe nutrition as organic.

Most baby food farms aren't sprayed with the same harmful chemicals as the produce you eat, so harmful pesticides and herbicides aren't an issue. And the nutrients in the regular baby foods are controlled and optimized...something that doesn't happen in nature. I'll leave it up to you to assess whether or not that's better. Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with either.

And I tried some organic food - it seemed to taste and have a little bit better texture than the regular stuff. So if you want to give your baby a tasty feast, organic would be a good way to go. But if you're wondering if the extra scratch is worth it for organic baby food...it's not.

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trempnvt
September 30th | trempnvt
Re: Regular vs. Organic Baby Food

 I didn't even realize that there was such a thing as a "baby food farm"...



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sandra106
September 11th | sandra106
Re: Regular vs. Organic Baby Food

That's what my husband says about tomatoes these days they taste wierd so he is going to grow his own



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sandra106
September 11th | sandra106
Re: Regular vs. Organic Baby Food

if you can grow your own vegies and make your own even better



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      llmunchkin
September 11th | llmunchkin
Re: Regular vs. Organic Baby Food

I agree 100%, at least if you can't grow your own, buy food from a reputable source & make your own... All of that bought stuff tastes weird; my son was not a fan of any brand on the rare occasion we got caught & bought some.



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gr8est
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2006 | gr8est
oh dear

My partner makes bub his food from vegies we eat as always the vegies or fruit are washed but you have mentioned above that baby veg and fruit farms use less chemicals than what adults get is washing enough? I was told making the baby food is better should we begin buying tinned?



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lindterbean
5.00 (Excellent) | July 2006 | lindterbean
interesting
you make some great points I know I hadn't thought about. some things to keep in mind when making your own baby food as well.


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Sistersarah55
5.00 (Excellent) | July 2006 | Sistersarah55
Baby Food..
I agree, i dont think that organic baby food is that much better than normal baby food. Rather than desiding between the two, i turned my attention to finding a good brand of baby food that promote all the right things. xxx


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