"organic baby food" news and stories

This week, the Wall Street Journal reviewed several companies that make and sell organic baby foods. Unlike Tot Pots, all four companies sell their products online, which means that they're available to anyone with a credit card and a mailbox. Hopefully, you'll have a baby, too, but that's not really a prerequisite to purchasing baby food.

Evie's Organic Edibles uses no preservatives, salt or sugar in their well-flavored foods. The NY-based company offers in-home cooking, delivery and classes, too. Plum Organics were described as "good enough for a grown up" - especially some of their dessert options. Homemade Baby is based in Southern California, has food prepared by a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef and offers an on-site baby food tasting room for picky eaters, in addition to mail-order. Little Potatoes Baby Food is colorful from fresh veggies straight from the farm and offers different textures for different age groups.

When everyone else seems to be eating organic, locally grown, seasonal foods and is able to identify the exact patch of ground that their carrots came from (kidding), there is a group of consumers that is largely left out: babies. Babies don't have a lot of buying power, but their parents certainly do and as parents become more informed about their own eating choices, they want to pass that knowledge on to their kids by feeding them high quality foods.

Companies like Tot Pots are springing up all over the country. Tot Pots makes organic baby foods that are distributed in the Seattle area. The thing that sets them apart from the other baby foods out there is that they seek out food from local farmers, mostly relying on seasonal foods, and pair them up in combinations that are unusual for baby foods, like Fig Raspberry, Quinoa Vanilla Rhubarb and Black Bean & Banana. They sound so delicious, that I wouldn't be surprised to hear that adults were sneaking tastes when baby isn't looking!

They don't sell their products online, but you can check them out if you're in the area.

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