8 Vegan Baby Foods to Nurture Your Little Ones
Are you a busy parent looking for a simple way to get your baby the nutrition that he or she needs?
We’ve compiled a list of plant-based baby foods for the first stages of life, highlighting our favorite aspects of each company.
Once Upon a Farm
Features: Its products are vegan, organic, gluten-free, non-GMO, BPA-free, and kosher. Every food item on the website includes a loud and proud “vegan” label.
Jennifer Garner’s baby-food company is particularly noteworthy. No, not just because it’s that Jennifer Garner. The brand offers fruits and veggies as well as other foods, such as Just Right Porridge and Caroberry Mousse—and of course, they’re dairy-free.
Earth’s Best
Features: It offers different formula options for your baby’s various growth stages.
This company has a wide range of products, including formulas, toddler foods, kids’ foods, personal-care items, and frozen foods.
Pumpkin Tree Snacks
Features: Its baby foods are available in 10 varieties, so your child is sure to find a favorite.
Pumpkin Tree’s line of baby foods, Peter Rabbit Organics, offers handy, BPA-free pouches filled with nothing but organic fruits and vegetables.
Sprout Organic Foods
These products are easy to find at stores such as Target, and Walgreens as well as through Amazon.
This company uses organic fruits and vegetables. The formulas are simple and pure, often just one fruit, one vegetable, and water.
Happy Family
Features: This company has separate product lines for mothers, babies, toddlers, and kids.
It also offers many vegan snacks, such as Sweet Potato + Rosemary Chickpea Straws, Gentle Teething Wafers, and Fruit & Oat Bars. Not all products are vegan, so check the ingredients to make sure that the flavor doesn’t contain anything animal-derived.
RAISED REAL
Features: Each meal contains organic ingredients and is free of gluten and the Big 8 allergens.
Raised Real uses its meal plan delivery service to help expand your little one’s palate, train their taste buds, and encourage a healthy relationship with greens. With over 20 different vegan meals to choose from, you’ll definitely find something that’s perfect for your child.
NurturMe
Features: Many products provide extra vitamins, such as vitamin D from organic crimini mushrooms, B12, and more.
Its cereals, veggie Power Blends, and Quinoa Squares are all vegan and created for different age groups.
Beech-Nut
Features: Its products are available at most local grocery stores, at Walmart, and through Amazon.
This brand focuses on non-GMO fruits and vegetables. Its product line includes cereals as well as baby food jars, pouches, and snacks.
We do not need meat or dairy “products” to thrive, and cows produce milk for the same reason that humans do: to nurture their young. Life is better for everyone when we leave animal-derived foods off our—and our children’s—plates. ?
Avoid foods that support exploitation, and set an example of compassion.
Under 13? Ask your parents bee-fore you continue!