Baby Food

Question: What is the difference between gerber baby food and beechnut baby food. i and my cousin have a disagreement.?

(Posted by: a blessed mom on 2009-02-03 12:28:07)

She stated that gerber is better because it does not cause stomach issues and she also stated that beechnut has complaints, as I searched for those complaints. not one appeared. so mom's which is the best?.

Posted by: bizzurke on 2009-02-03, 12:31:56

I use both and dont see a difference.

Posted by: Noah's Mommy & Marine Wife. on 2009-02-03, 12:32:17

There is no "best ". Gerber may not cause 'stomach issues' for her baby but it may for others. Some may complain about Beechnut and others may love it. It just depends on your personal situation and baby. The only real difference between the two is the price.

Posted by: Brittany B on 2009-02-03, 12:34:09

Whats best is what ever ever you baby can eat, and has no problems with. my cousin does the same thing to me about baby products. i just let her talk, and still do what i want. it doesn't matter to me. i do what i think is best for my baby. and no one can tell me but me!

Posted by: MiKe on 2009-02-03, 12:36:15

The only difference I ever noticed was that the jars look different and I beleive beechnut is a little more expensive.

Posted by: Pippin on 2009-02-03, 12:36:44

The name on the label. Beechnut uses fewer fillers in its foods, but reading labels can allow you to buy Gerber foods that are also without fillers. (All stage one foods are pure 'foods'. It's only in the dinners and desserts that you'd start seeing differences.)

Posted by: santobugito on 2009-02-03, 12:42:51

They are both the same basically. Although I found the beechnut ones to taste a bit off, like there was more water added. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but there were no stomach issues with them.

Posted by: Meghan [Caleb's Mommy] on 2009-02-03, 12:43:05

My son ate both and I didn't see much of a difference at all (and never heard about the complains either), but I did notice that once you got up into the meats it seemed like Beechnut would do more of a veggie with a bit of meat in it (like sweet potatoes and chicken) that still looked more orange like sweet potatoes, while Gerber's looked/ smelled a lot more like chicken (offensively so... I had a hard time buying Gerber meats because they smelled so bad). That could all just be in my head though. My son never showed a preference.

Posted by: Do your own thinking! on 2009-02-03, 12:48:29

"Gerber and Heinz replace real food with water and thickening agents in many of their products for children over six months of age. Such adulterated products are nutritionally inferior to products made with more fruits and vegetables. The single-ingredients foods made by all the companies differ only modestly as a result of adding somewhat different amounts of water. However, Gerber and Heinz add substantial amounts of water and thickening agents (flours and chemically modified starches) to more than half of their twenty-five most popular fruits, mixed and creamed vegetables, desserts, and dinners for babies over six months (second- and third-stage foods). Not only are those products a monetary rip-off, they are also nutritionally inferior to similar products made without fillers. Gerber and Heinz' bananas with tapioca, for example, contain less than half of the levels of nutrients found in their plain first-stage bananas. Gerber and Heinz' regular dinners, which contain at least two types of refined flour as thickeners, provide less than 50% of the nutrient levels found in comparable dinners made by Growing Healthy, which are made from whole foods and contain no starchy fillers. Many fewer products made by Beech-Nut and Earth's Best contain starchy fillers. " cspinet.org/ reports/ cheat1.html

Posted by: tonnieRN on 2009-02-03, 12:58:51

I have never tried jarred gerber food; so far we have only used beechnut...if u read the ingredients, u will see that it is only the veggie or fruit and water..no preservatives, coloring, etc.. i usually use beechnut cerealls, but had a coupon for gerber rice; i do like it a little better bc it is more flaky like oatmeal instead of powdery like beechnut.....i have never heard of anyone having a problem with beechnut; my dd eats it every day and is healthy as a horse