Hi,
We have a 9 month old daughter and are having trouble finding organic baby food for her. We have tried the regular supermarkets and also the eco / health food shops.
She doesn't yet eat wheat and most Dutch baby food (cereals and also finger food) contain wheat. Also Dutch ready to eat food for babies her age contains mostly mixed fruit, some of which are not recommended at her age.
The only other cereal option I have found is rice. We would like to find oats & millet, either in cereal form or biscuit form.
Any inputs would be appreciated. Thanks,
Phataka
phataka33 said:
Hi,
We have a 9 month old daughter and are having trouble finding organic baby food for her. We have tried the regular supermarkets and also the eco / health food shops.
She doesn't yet eat wheat and most Dutch baby food (cereals and also finger food) contain wheat. Also Dutch ready to eat food for babies her age contains mostly mixed fruit, some of which are not recommended at her age.
The only other cereal option I have found is rice. We would like to find oats & millet, either in cereal form or biscuit form.
Any inputs would be appreciated.
Thanks, Phataka
If you're looking for Oats, seach for HAVERMOUT in the cereals section.
If you want millet, you need to find a shop that sells bird feed as it's not really eaten by humans in Europe.
phataka33 said:
@Osita - Yes I just found some havermout in AH. My only question is that is it ok to give adult cereal to a 10 month old? I wonder why they don't eat millet here, it is so healthy!
We just don't eat it - perhaps it isn't grown here (no idea) and thus has no tradition in our food - hence only the birds are fed it. Even rice is a recent addition to European diets, as we've only been able to transport it in massive quantities within the last hundred years.
As for 'is it suitable for a 10 month old', I'd say probably, if it's not too thick and made with formula mile or water, rather than cow's milk? From memory, at 10 months old, children should manage most liquidised foods that their parents eat - but check with a health visitor or parenting website. If organic food is important to you - and you eat it yourself - why don't you simply invest in a hand-blender and liquidise whatever you are having for your evening meal? It doesn't have to be a big deal and don't pay massive amounts of attention to the 'Research shows...!' food articles. European baby food has never been responsible for deaths or malnutrition in children as far as I know - and certainly all of mine 'survived' on eating mixed fruit blends.
phataka33 said:
Hi,
We have a 9 month old daughter and are having trouble finding organic baby food for her. We have tried the regular supermarkets and also the eco / health food shops.
She doesn't yet eat wheat and most Dutch baby food (cereals and also finger food) contain wheat. Also Dutch ready to eat food for babies her age contains mostly mixed fruit, some of which are not recommended at her age.
The only other cereal option I have found is rice. We would like to find oats & millet, either in cereal form or biscuit form.
Any inputs would be appreciated. Thanks,
Phataka
Hi,
Check on this website http://www.joannusmolen.com/#/nl/home/
Anna
phataka33 said:
Hi,
We have a 9 month old daughter and are having trouble finding organic baby food for her. We have tried the regular supermarkets and also the eco / health food shops.
She doesn't yet eat wheat and most Dutch baby food (cereals and also finger food) contain wheat. Also Dutch ready to eat food for babies her age contains mostly mixed fruit, some of which are not recommended at her age.
The only other cereal option I have found is rice. We would like to find oats & millet, either in cereal form or biscuit form.
Any inputs would be appreciated. Thanks,
Phataka
There is quite a big range o organic baby food at albert heijn (green label). I was buying it for a while, but in the end, I decided if its pureed and put in a bottle to stand on the shelf for a long time it can't be as healthy as what I can make at home fresh.
I don't think they put unsitable fruit in baby food in Netherlands, which fruit do you have in mind?
As for baby cereal, at that age, you can find rice, buiscuit and wheat cereal (which is introduced at about 7-9 months old baby).
Don't give your baby "adult" cereals, they often contain too much salt.
phataka33 said:
I was looking for just plain fruit jars like prunes / apricots and plain vegetables like broccoli / carrots / sweet potato which are nice to have when we go travelling. The only meat she eats is chicken but she is very happy eating that in small pieces (infact that's the only food she doesn't get tired of eating). And she has egg yolk. What I find in the stores is pasta puree, red meat like beef..
Why would mothers buy cereal with dried processed fruit, when you can make the cereal and add fresh fruit puree?
Olvarit has jars (small) with plain vegetables like carrots, beans and some fruit ones. I don't remember exactly from when, but at that age my daughter already ate red meats, since babies need it for iron. In teh shops you can find food with only turkey or chicken with vegetables.
Every country is a bit different when it comes to baby food. especially cereals. I never had problems finding plain wheat cereal without added fruit, and I actually saw it today at Jumbo while passing that isle. they have several options with no additives, but I can't remember the brand now. Box is yellow though.
Mothers buy cereal with dried fruit because it is easier and we don't always have the time or "fruit" at hand to make everything fresh.
Anna1106 said:
Olvarit has jars with plain fruits and vegetables but not much. You can find only banana, peer and green beans in small jars ( for babies older than 4 months).
And brown beans, carrots and apple. And thats just what we have in our local Jumbo which is not by any standard a "big" or XL supermarket. Th bigger the supermarket, the bigger selection.
Every country has different baby food and what is recommended in one is not necessarily recommended in the other. Last year when we were in France (and were buying pre-done baby food a lot) I was surprised to see all sorts of soups in small tetrapacks and different "paps" that go into bottle of milk to reinforce bedtime bottle.
