Non-organic home made baby food.

julieb00lie · May 2010

Is anyone out there making their own baby food but not doing 100% organic?

ladyalmalthea · May 2010

Me. I am picking and choosing what I choose to make organic or not, but most of my produce is coming from my farmer's market or my grocery store.

kes3237 · May 2010

I do about 50-50 organic and non-organic stuff. Depends what's in season, what's local, whether it's on the dirty-dozen list, etc.

brlindy · May 2010

DH and I dont eat organic and so a lot of the food that Parker ends up eating isn't organic. I dont really give it a second thought.

If I am buying something specifically for DS, and I can find it easily in the organic sections I'll sometimes go for that too.

newguardwife · May 2010

I do organic when I can but if its super expensive or not available I will skip it.

angie05161 · May 2010

I make most of my baby food and don't buy any organic produce. One of my reasons for making food is cost and organic wouldn't be as cost effective. I'm also doing this so that I can know exactly what is in my food. I'm not thrilled with the addition of "ascorbic acid" to a lot of the baby fruit purees and other preservatives/additives.

emmared1986 · May 2010

angie05161:
with the addition of "ascorbic acid" to a lot

Ascorbic acid is just the chemical name for lemon juice.

Cityplanner · May 2010

cmeon_the_water:
There are foods where "organic" doesn't mean much, as far as pesticide and chemical contamination go. Bananas- the only reason to care whether they're organic or not, is for environmental reasons- their thick peels keep contamination levels extremely low. Avocados, mangoes and sweet peas are similarly protected. Sweet potatoes are pretty safe, too.
Obviously, you should wash anything before cutting into it, or you're negating the benefit of the tough skin.
Things like apples, grapes, berries, peaches, milk/dairy and meats are very very contaminated if not organically grown, often even worse if they're imported. So, I go 100% organic on those things for our famiily.

This. And antibiotic/hormone free on dairy and meat.

Traycee1242 · May 2010

Cityplanner:
cmeon_the_water:

There are foods where "organic" doesn't mean much, as far as pesticide and chemical contamination go. Bananas- the only reason to care whether they're organic or not, is for environmental reasons- their thick peels keep contamination levels extremely low. Avocados, mangoes and sweet peas are similarly protected. Sweet potatoes are pretty safe, too.

Obviously, you should wash anything before cutting into it, or you're negating the benefit of the tough skin.

Things like apples, grapes, berries, peaches, milk/dairy and meats are very very contaminated if not organically grown, often even worse if they're imported. So, I go 100% organic on those things for our famiily.

This. And antibiotic/hormone free on dairy and meat.

Yep. I dont see the point of making your own food if you dont go organic on the important things listed above.

It is more costly but I'm doing it for the health benefit.... saving money on certain things is a bonus.

Cityplanner · May 2010

angie05161:
I make most of my baby food and don't buy any organic produce. One of my reasons for making food is cost and organic wouldn't be as cost effective. I'm also doing this so that I can know exactly what is in my food. I'm not thrilled with the addition of "ascorbic acid" to a lot of the baby fruit purees and other preservatives/additives.

If asorbic acid (even though I think that is pretty harmless) and preservatives/additives concern you, that is a compelling reason why you should go organic. For the dirty dozen if nothing else.

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