23 Dec

How good is Gerber baby food? Should I continue feeding my baby with it?

Posted by: Baby Food Grinder  /  Category: baby food questions

Can anyone please tell me if I’m ok feeding my baby with Gerber baby food? I read a few articles today and I got totally disappointed. Have I been doing wrong? What about homemade baby food?

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4 Responses to “How good is Gerber baby food? Should I continue feeding my baby with it?”

  1. sharkyincanada Says:
    December 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Please provide links to these articles if you can.
    I am feeding my baby Gerber food, and would like to know what you are disappointed in.

    (I also make my own baby food when I can – that’s best for baby!)

  2. Cindy B Says:
    December 23rd, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    I have had friends who started the whole “make your own babyfood” stuff based on what they read here and there. The way I look at it is…I want my child to have good nutrition, but I do not want to spend loads of time in the kitchen preparing and cleaning when I could be playing with my baby.

    Gerber has been around a long time. Chances are, you ate it as a baby! I know I did! It is basically the vegetable or fruit with water added for thinning it to a good consistency.

    If you are really concerned, I would avoid babyfoods that are the dessert variety, and not rely heavily on the meals with pasta or rice. (too much starch, according to my pediatrician) Gerber and other baby foods also make many choices in Organics now as well. I have chosen that route with a clean conscience rather than buy into the fact that I can make babyfood myself better than a company that has studied it and done it for many years successfully.

    Best of luck!!!

  3. beanschlager Says:
    December 23rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    Well, personally, I’m a fan of homemade babyfood. I only use the premade (usually Gerber) once in a while. Homemade is super easy and SUPER CHEAP! Get a little grinder ($10 from OneStepAhead.com) or a mini processor. Use frozen veggies or fresh fruit. Put some in a pot with water and cook well. You can be doing the dishes or something while it cooks. Turn it off. Let it cool. Come back later and grind or process it and voila! Depending on how much you cooked up you can put extra in the freezer. When you get to meat. Boil a chicken breast til cooked thru then cool, cut up and either use grinder or process with some formula/breastmilk or the leftover liquid from the veggies you cooked. It really isn’t that hard, saves a bundle and baby will transition to table food much easier because he’s been eating the real stuff all along! By the way, you can’t tell me they don’t add preservatives to some of that stuff….how else could it last on the shelf that long?

  4. maegs33 Says:
    December 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    There’s nothing wrong with Gerber, it’s just not the best. What you make will almost always be healthier and cheaper. I was never fed jarred food and I don’t want to feed my kids that stuff either.

    I prefer to make my own food because I know what goes into it. I don’t have to trust a factory, a corporation, or their processing. My friend’s baby just got a cut on her mouth from a piece of glass that came off the jar. Yeah, I’m never going to feed my baby jarred food.

    I mean, what’s easier than peeling a banana, mashing it with a fork, and feeding the baby? Why on earth would you buy jarred bananas? Bananas in their natural form are totally portable!

    I work full time and it honestly doesn’t take long. Wash veggies, steam, puree, pour into ice cube trays, freeze cubes in ziploc. The older foods have a lot of binders and fillers, I’m not down with that. If I’m cooking for my family just about every night, it’s no skin off my nose to make extra for baby.

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