Heinz Baby Food Review & Giveaway
I generally feed my girls homemade food but I do like to keep on hand “back up” items like baby food jars and pouches as well as everyday staples such as infant cereals. I’d love to always have the energy to whip up a batch of baby food on top of whatever else I am cooking when our freezer stock runs low but that isn’t always the case. You can generally find an entire shelf in my kitchen of Heinz Organic Baby products just waiting for me to be in need of a quick, easy and nutritious solution.
When I last went to stock up, I couldn’t find the jarred organic foods from Heinz we typically buy but Ava also loves the Heinz Mom’s Recipe jars and they contain nutritious ingredients that are similar to those found in the organic line – just not certified organic ingredients. Not a big deal since I don’t always buy organic ingredients when I make homemade foods anyway.
One of our favourites from the Mom’s Recipe line is the Sweet Potato and Beef Medley. It is similar in flavour to a recipe I typically make myself for her and just the right combination of chunky and smooth. I love that you can see the vegetables in this food and that there are no salt, sugar, or preservatives.
I often see people talk about amount of water listed in commercial baby foods, and indeed Heinz does list water as the first ingredient in many of their jarred baby foods. I would love to know what people use to create a smooth texture in their baby food if they aren’t adding water though. I often have to use copious amounts of water to get the texture to be palatable so I absolutely have no issues with this particular point of contention.
The ingredients in the Sweet Potato and Beef Medley include WATER, SWEET POTATOES, CARROTS, BEEF, PEAS, TOMATO PUREE, LENTILS, BROWN RICE FLOUR, YELLOW SPLIT PEAS, DEHYDRATED POTATOES, ONION POWDER, BEEF EXTRACT, SPICE.
See. Nothing Scary. Well Beef Extract doesn’t sound too appetizing but its basically roast beef drippings – the stuff you make gravy out of. Certainly nothing in there I wouldn’t want to feed my child. Plus Ava loves it just as much as my homemade cooking judging by how eager she always is to eat it!
I also love the quality and convenience of the Heinz Organic Pouches. The pouches actually say to pour out and serve with a spoon but try telling that to my two girls who just want to to do it themselves! Even Ava at only 10 months old prefers to just eat it on her own which has proven to be a handy way to give her “dessert” and keep her quiet while I eat my own food.
The ingredients in the pouches are amazing and they taste really great too! Our favourite flavours are the Banana Brown Rice Quinoa and the Strawberry Plum Barley Organic Pouches. They are full of simple, organic ingredients and I love the inclusion of whole grains and “superfoods” which I have not seen in other infant food pouches.
Of course, Ava isn’t too fussy about what is in her food – that is my job! – she only cares about the flavour and this baby definitely gives Heinz Baby one giant smile.
Win it:
One Canadian Frugal Mom Eh reader will win a set of Heinz Baby Free Product Coupons! Giveaway ends on December 7th 2014 at 11:59 pm EST. See Giveaway Tools for entry and T&C.
Disclosure: I was provided with the above mentioned product in order to facilitate this review. All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own.
Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!
Banana baby food
Pearson, they always love the pears
Pears not Pearson. Auto correct. Lol
The Oatmeal Cereal with Carrot and Apple sounds great!
I think my grandbaby would really like Strawberry Plum Barley pouch.
I think the Organic Vegetables, Beef & Spaghetti Casserole sounds good!
Oatmeal Cereal with Carrot and Apple sounds delicious
I think she would enjoy the pears
peaches are the best
Strawberry Plum Barley. thanks
I think she would like the Strawberry Plum Barley.
Oatmeal Cereal with Carrot and Apple!
I think my son would love the Organics Strawberry Plum Barley pouches.
I think she would enjoy the Strained Pear Banana Kiwi organic pouch.
I am so excited to give her some real food … another 2 weeks and I think she will love the rice cereal. (she is already trying to grab my coffee,, so I am sure her mom will be relieved that Mimi goes for something on the good list!
Any of the fruit would be loved!
Strawberry plum barley pouch!
The Apple Squash Carrot Prune Pouch is one of my daughter’s favourites.
my kids would love the organic fruit pouches
Strawberry Plum Barley would be a favorite
I think the Apple Sweet Potato Carrot would be a favourite.
first of all, I cant believe how clean the baby is when she eats, my 9 month old is a mess! We feed him all Heinz products, do I hAVE to pick one?? he is liking his pablem now, it is the mango pear and pineapple one
The strawberry plum barley would be a hit!
Granola cereal bars
My kids love all of the Organic pouches.
Pears just like my favourite when I was a baby
I think Strawberry Plum Barley will be most loved.
…maybe the “Strawberry Plum Barley.”
Banana all the way.
the Strained Pear Banana Kiwi organic pouch.
She would love any of the pouches, but I prefer ones with quinoa in them!
bananas
The Banana Brown Rice Quinoa sounds really good
Tropical Fruit Yogourt Pouch is one im sure they would love
The Cherry Sweet Corn Greek Yogourt would definitely be a favourite!
My little man is 29 months old but hates lumps so he won’t touch anything but pureed baby food. He would love the Beef Bolognese with Vegetables.
The Banana Berry Beet in the pouch.
My little girl would love the Banana baby food
My daughter loved the oatmeal cereal. Every single kind of flavours.
He loves the pouches
the banana or pears
My 11 month old loves the Raspberry Yogurt Oatmeal pouch. We are having a hard time getting her to eat the chunkier 8+ month foods. She gags with the first small bit. However she has no problem taking a little bit of different foods mommy and daddy are eating.
Any of the baby cereal…especially anything with bananas!
The banana baby food
Strawberry plum barley! My baby loves the pouches, they are so quick and convenient when out and about!
My son loves any type of food in a pouch format!
My baby would love the Broccoli, Potato and Cheese baby food!
Strawberry Plum Barley pouch 🙂
Anything Bananas
My kids love the Açai Blueberry Raspberry Cereal Bars
My toddler loves the Nutrios and we use the crisps in rice cispie squares instead of rice crispises lol . He loves all fruit ones
Strained Pear Banana Kiwi pouch for the win!
Oatmeal Carrot Cereal for sure!