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How good are the baby food sold at supermarkets?

I'm still breastfeeding. However, as I have gone back to work, I have to find a complementary way to feed my baby, as it is very difficult recently to give him formula milk . FYI, mine is a 4-month-old baby. At Tesco or Asda, they sell baby food, with various names like Banana yogurt breakfast, creamy rice breakfast. Have you tried these? Do they lead to any long-term harm to your child?

Public Response to How good are the baby food sold at supermarkets?

1. I'm pretty sure they will not harm your baby long term. Baby food is there to start your baby off on the right foot as far as eating goes.
2. Supermarkets are NOT allowed to sell anything that could cause long-term harm to anyone. It just sounds like they are buying 'organic' brands.
3. i have used Asda and tesco baby foods for the last 7 years They are all ok and my girls are fine
4. Do you mean commercially prepared (jarred) foods? If so, they're fine. The vast majority of us were raised on them, and they're fine. :) If you're concerned, look at the label ingredients. They're minimally processed and don't contain preservatives. For example, the stage 1 bananas contain bananas, water and ascorbic acid (vitamin c to prevent the bananas from browning, and also to give the baby a little extra nutrition). I assume since you shop at Tesco, you're somewhere in England? I can't imagine your baby food is much different from ours here in the US. :) Pediatricians here in the US suggest starting your baby on plain cereal (the infant cereal that you mix with formula or breastmilk) between 4 and 6 months, and then start them with fruits and vegetables once they've tried all four varieties of the cereal for about a month. Generally when you get to the stage 2 and stage 3 foods (the kind that you give to older babies once they get teeth and can chew, they contain a few more ingredients, but they're minor--things like starch, etc. to thicken the food. I'd send your baby with just plain cereal--I woudln't send him to daycare with any of the mixed kinds (that contain yogurt or other dairy, fruits etc.) until he's tried the plain cereals and you rule out that he doesn't have any food allergies. My boys are 5 and 4 and we started them on jarred baby foods when they were about 6 months old, and they're both the picture of health--rarely sick, not overweight, etc.
5. my son is 10 months old big healthy boy and hes been living off of parents choice since my milk disappeared its a walmart brand just as good much better price!