Baby food pouch maker infantino

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Contents

• Breast milk
• Accessories
  • Avent containers
  • Other sets
• Why is this important?
• Frozen food
  • Requirements
  • What do you need?
  • Freezer
  • Preparation
• Shelf life
  • After opening
  • Dry mix
• Tips

Breast milk

Almost all mothers who breastfeed their babies face the problem of storing it. Sometimes a mother needs to be away on important matters, and therefore the responsibility to feed the baby is assigned to another family member.

What you need to know about the safety of expressed milk?

1. The best containers are either reusable containers or sterile disposable bags with a measuring scale, for example: Lansinoh, Medela, Dr. Brown’s or Pigeon. They can be found in specialized children's stores or pharmacies in the city.
2. Milk from different pumping times must not be poured into the same container.
3. If you are going to defrost milk, do not rush to heat it up. First, let the ice completely melt and only then start heating - either in a water bath or in a heater.

Accessories

Avent Containers

Philips Gourmet VIA Avent Sterilized Container Set is a convenient and thoughtful system for storing baby food, including mother's milk. Such containers can be used repeatedly, there are several of them in the set, but they should be thrown away immediately if the view becomes unusable.

System advantages:

• is a convenient novelty for storing, transporting mother's milk/formula and feeding the baby;
• containers are easy to care for;
• thanks to the sterility of VIA Avent "Gourmet", there is no need to shift the contents during feeding;
• you can use the handy spoon included in the set;
• containers are quite stable and do not take up much space during storage, if desired, they can be stacked on top of each other;
• The milk preparation time is easy to write directly on the surface of the VIA Avent container.

Other sets

In addition to the undisputed market leader - the manufacturer VIA Avent, you can find containers for storing baby food of other brands:

1. Babymoove (France). The main advantage is the presence of not only plastic containers, but also sets made of food grade silicone.
2. BabyOno (Poland) - a line of plastic containers that do not contain bisphenol-A harmful to the child; a special spoon-shaped dispenser is built into the lid of the container. Also on sale you can find a set of magic silicone molds, a distinctive feature of which is a hermetically sealed lid with four locks, which excludes leakage.
3. Beaba (France) boasts not only multi-portion silicone containers, but also special containers for cooking cereals. This is good news for parents who are starting to feed their baby with homemade cereals.
4. Brother Max (UK) makes cube-shaped baby food freezer sets that snap together easily.
5. Infantino (USA) - their products are distinguished by a professional approach to business. Now moms and dads have the opportunity to get a real station for packaging baby food.

All modern baby food storage kits are dishwasher, freezer and microwave safe.

Why is this important?

It should not be forgotten that small children cannot eat large amounts of food at one meal. If you want to save time for activities with the child, food for him can be prepared in advance for several feedings.

Until about three years old, the child's immunity is not yet fully developed, so it is difficult for him to fight viruses and microbes. In turn, good nutrition can strengthen the immune system of the crumbs. For this reason, it is so important to store baby products properly. This is especially true of frozen vegetables, fruits and berries, because in the cold season they will become an indispensable source of trace elements and vitamins.

Such preparations can be used in winter to make wonderful healthy puree, kissels, compotes, soups and much more. Ready-made dishes are served separately or become an excellent addition to cereals that are not always loved by children.

Frozen foods

Requirements

A set of basic rules for freezing foods for children:

1. Use only undamaged vegetables or fruits.
2. They can only be frozen once, so before sending them to the freezer, pack them into small portions and arrange them in bags. This also applies to meat.
3. Frozen products retain their useful properties for no more than two months. After this period, the taste deteriorates, and the amount of vitamins and minerals contained in them drops dramatically.
4. Use local products, and best of all - grown in your own garden. Imported vegetables and fruits are not suitable for the preparation of baby food for the future.

What do you need?

Simple ice cube trays are perfect for storing baby food. You can spread freshly prepared mashed potatoes in them, cover it with a special cling film and place it in the freezer. The main condition is a sufficiently low storage temperature.

You can also use several pre-lined baking trays. Divide cooked baby food into single servings, and distribute them evenly among trays.

Thanks to one of these techniques, in the future you will be able to separate the set of products needed for one feeding, and you will not have to deal with vegetables stuck together in a lump.

Frozen storage foil is not recommended.

Send to freezer

Your baby's food is ready, now it's time to freeze it. To do this, you first need to cool the food to room temperature.

Before sending food for the baby to the freezer, it is necessary to check it for the presence of unpleasant odors: it is necessary to exclude the possibility of freon leakage - a refrigerant gas that has a specific smell.

To prevent the growth of bacteria in food, set the temperature in the freezer to no higher than -18 degrees.

Frozen food in molds can be transferred to cellophane, releasing all air from it. Each package should be signed, indicating the date of preparation. In this form, products can be stored for no longer than two weeks.

Preparation

To prepare frozen puree, it must first be thawed properly. To do this, take the amount of food that the child can eat at one time. There are several options:

1. Move the puree from the freezer to the refrigerator, after a while the product will melt itself.
2. Transfer the portion to an enamel bowl and place over low heat. Here you need to make sure that the product does not burn.
3. Another option that modern mothers often use is defrosting in the microwave. Although the safety of this method raises doubts among some experts.

Never thaw baby food at room temperature. This causes the reproduction of microorganisms in the products that can harm the child.

The nutrition packs in the first and third cases must not be opened until the contents have completely thawed.

Shelf life

As soon as you open any baby food, its shelf life is significantly reduced. So, milk adapted mixtures or cereals should be stored in the open for no more than three weeks. If we are talking about fermented milk products, then they can be stored exclusively in the refrigerator, and they should be on a separate shelf.

Milk, kefir, cottage cheese and yogurt are kept open for no more than a day, otherwise you can poison your baby. Before you give your baby fermented milk products from the refrigerator, be sure to try it yourself first. This will help you personally make sure that the products are not sour. If milk turns sour before a full day, your refrigerator may be faulty or the temperature is incorrectly set.

If you prepare food for your child yourself, it is generally not recommended to store it. Homemade cereals or already diluted mixtures will only be suitable for two hours from the moment of preparation, vegetable or fruit puree will quickly darken, and the juices will begin to oxidize. What your baby did not eat on time should either be thrown away or eaten by yourself.

After opening

Most baby purees quickly lose their useful properties after opening. In addition, the expiration dates are not always found on jars. For children, intestinal infections are very dangerous, and therefore open mashed potatoes should not be stored for more than two days.

Much also depends on the refrigerator: one freezes more, the other less. Never put baby food in the refrigerator door, it is better to place it on the top shelf.

Please note: if you preheat the jar, the shelf life of the product in it will be greatly reduced compared to the data on the label.

The shelf life also depends on the room temperature. If it is +20 degrees or more, then the product is suitable for only 5-6 hours.

Dry sweep

The safe storage time for infant formula is clearly stated on the packaging. As soon as the pack is opened, the period of use will be reduced significantly. The fact is that dangerous microorganisms quickly develop in a dry powder. Keep an open pack in the refrigerator, and prepare the product itself immediately before feeding. It is not necessary to breed more than the baby will eat at one time. When traveling, place the bottle of formula in a thermos for baby bottles or a cooler bag. In this case, baby food will remain fresh for some time.

Tips

1. Before buying any product, you should study all information contained on its packaging from the manufacturer. Pay attention to the production time - suddenly the jar stood in the warehouse for a long time.
2. Baby food spoils rather quickly after opening and should not be refrigerated for more than two days. If necessary, heat up the portion calculated for one dose, and not the whole jar, otherwise its shelf life will be reduced to one day.
3. The maximum recommended storage temperature for sealed jars of baby puree is 12 degrees, and for opened jars only 4 degrees (standard temperature inside the refrigerator). The shelf life of open products without a refrigerator is reduced to 6 hours at temperatures below 20 degrees and, accordingly, 4 hours at higher air temperatures.
4. If you have the slightest doubt about the quality, immediately throw the yogurt or puree into the waste bin. There is no shortage of baby food in stores, it will always be possible to buy more, and the health of the baby is much more valuable than a few jars thrown away.
5. It is unlikely that you will be able to know for sure how the food was stored in the warehouse. But always pay attention to compliance with storage conditions at points of sale. You can be calm at the sight of refrigerated shelves and products with a normal expiration date. At the same time, jars laid out on ordinary racks at a temperature of about 30 degrees should alert you.

Sometimes it is not easy to recognize a spoiled product, as it can retain its original appearance and smell for almost the entire shelf life. Take care of the health of your child, because no one will take care of this better than your mother.

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Author: Ekaterina Zaitseva

Hipster muesli parents make their own baby food, so companies copy them

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Now is a bland and messy time to make a living making baby food.

The biggest threat to food manufacturers is devastatingly simple: more parents are preparing their own baby food, an option that is cheaper, gives them control over what they feed their children, and proves to be very convenient when prepared in large batches for freezing. and use later as needed.

It's also a trend that many people find annoying - one Twitter user. insisted that the blender crowd would "test your" ability to think, grind, mix and wash the blender "privilege".

However, despite such criticism, "commercially prepared baby food has been declining since 2005 due to the trend of making baby food at home," according to a market researcher. Euromonitor International.

Companies are trying to make commercially mixed cereals, fruits and vegetables more appealing to parents. .. somehow. These days, baby food innovations include incorporating adult flavors into recipes, creating new food textures, and offering natural varieties.

And all these Art Nouveau snacks are getting more and more expensive. From 2011 to 2016, expensive compressed bags and cereals led to an increase in the average price of ready-made baby food by an average of 2% per year, according to Euromonitor. The average price of baby food has jumped 14% since 2014, according to IRI, a Chicago-based market research firm .

However, there is now competition on store shelves from all the specialized gadgets that help parents prepare baby food at home. Choices range from the inexpensive Infantino Fresh Press Station ($16.99 target) and NUK Smoothie & Baby Food Maker ($33.47 per Jet) to the more expensive Baby Bullet System ($69.99). USD priced) and Baby Brezza a one-step meal maker that comes with reusable mixed food bags (129$.99 at BabyBrezza.com). Emoticons and other kid-friendly details make it clear: they are not meant to mix margaritas.

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If parents can make their own daily baby food, manufacturers say the way out is to go higher.

According to the book, Inventing Baby Food , by New York University Professor Amy Bentley. After World War II, almost all babies ate commercial baby food, and companies used preservatives, sugar, salt, and monosodium glutamate—ingredients that the big manufacturers later came to use. removed when consumer needs change.

Be that as it may, baby food by its very nature was hard work. The window for selling mashed fruits and vegetables to any new parent is only a few short months—usually peaking at 6 to 9 months of age—before they move on to more mature foods. Add to that the fact that the US birth rate hit an all-time low in 2016.

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Make your own baby food or shop?

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"We've seen a lot of people drop out of this category," said Andy Dahlen, vice president of marketing for Beech-Nut, the second-largest baby food brand after Gerber. "The category had problems."

While bags have become ubiquitous since they were introduced about nine years ago, they haven't changed the overall softness of the market. In the 12 months ending August, baby food sales in the industry were down 3.4%, according to the data. Nielsen. Sales of infant formula were also down 3.7% due to more women breastfeeding.

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"More than in almost any other category, consumers want good, clean, healthy baby food," said Jordan Rost, Nielsen's vice president of consumer intelligence. “Food companies have been wise to expand their range of organic baby food, and consumers are responding.”

Organic baby food market share has jumped, especially in products targeted at toddlers rather than infants: organic products now account for 20% of “first product” sales and 40% of “stage 3” product sales, said Growth, “ pointing out what older foods our kids get, the more attention we put on giving them the best food. ”

Gerber said he doesn't struggle with homemade baby food - instead, the company says, he strives to be the brand of choice when parents can't or don't want to make their own.

"We welcome those parents who are more involved in cooking," Gerber's rep told BuzzFeed News. The company has invested over $100 million in a new line of baby food called Lil' Bits which was launched in 2015. He has integrated foods such as kale and quinoa into his packages "to give the child a delicious taste and help squeeze more vegetables into the diet," the spokesperson said.

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Beech-Nut, once known as an affordable brand, has introduced natural and organic products and added trendy baby products like quinoa bars to keep parents buying long after they've had them. the kids have moved on from mashed potatoes. Although its premium varieties command higher prices—a can of natural food is about $0.40 more than a regular product, and a can of organic is at least $0.

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