By
choosing organic baby food, you can avoid pesticides, additives and preservatives that could lead to allergic reactions.
In order to avoid these health hazards,
choose organic baby foods that are made with produce and grains that are less chemically - intense.
Not exact matches
Alice Fotheringham, nutrition expert at
organic baby food brand Piccolo, discusses the factors that influence the
foods we
choose to eat, especially in our formative years.
When it comes to feeding your
baby,
choosing organic foods is the natural choice.
We only
choose the freshest ingredients from certified
organic farms — no fillers, added sugar or salt, or artificial preservatives of any kind — because we want the best and will only feed your
baby food that we would eat ourselves.
Choosing to feed your
baby organic foods can limit exposure to toxic pesticides and chemicals by up to 97 percent.
Making your
baby's
food also has tremendous benefits for our environment — you are forgoing all the packaging involved in store bought processed
baby food, you are reducing
food miles (especially if you purchase local
foods), and if you
choose organic, you are reducing the toxin overload on the environment.
And by
choosing organic foods, you can also avoid the many agricultural chemicals that can find their way into processed
baby foods.
If you prefer to make your own homemade
baby foods vegetables that may contain nitrates, an alternative is to
choose organic produce.
Using a
food processor for making
baby food gives you the opportunity to
choose the quality of the
food that your
baby is eating, especially if you prefer to feed your
baby is completely
organic and natural
food, containing an abundance of nutrients.
We recommend that you
choose organic spinach for use in your
baby food recipes.
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