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Beech-Nut and Gerber found heavy metals in baby food
Probably everyone knows that some types of fish, such as bigeye tuna, king mackerel or swordfish, contain mercury and are therefore undesirable in the menu of children and pregnant women . As well as arsenic in certain grains, most notably rice. And what about baby food based on them? Is it really that safe?
Today, US baby food sales are about $53 billion, and by 2021, according to Zion Market Research, they will exceed $76 billion. And because children are more receptive to food than adults, Consumer Reports (CR) decided to check for the content heavy metals namely the range of baby food.
In the spring of 2018, CR experts tested 50 popular children's products: cereals, canned fruits and vegetables, packaged meals (for example, turkey and rice dinner), packaged snacks (cookies, crackers, chips, waffles, rice crackers, etc.), by purchasing 3 samples of each product from retailers across the country.
B o Most of the products were from the 2 largest US baby food manufacturers, Beech-Nut and Gerber. Also purchased were Baby Mum-Mum, Earth's Best, Ella's Kitchen, Happy Baby, Parent's Choice (Walmart), Plum Organics and Sprout.
Inspection has shown that some popular baby products on the US market are best avoided:
- In 68% of samples, experts found "alarming" levels of heavy metals (lead, cadmium, mercury and/or inorganic arsenic).
- 15 out of 50 products tested were found to be generally hazardous to the health of a child consuming 1 serving per day or less.
- Foods based on rice and/or sweet potato contained the highest amount of heavy metals.
Of the 50 products, only 16 contained heavy metals that did not exceed the safe limit.
The test results table is shown below.
Consumer Reports test data for each product:
| N/A | Product name | Serving size | Test score | Daily limit |
Meals and Entrées | ||||
| 1. | Gerber Lil' Entrées Chicken & Brown Rice With Peas & Corn | 1 tray | + | Unlimited |
2. | Earth's Best Organic Chicken & Brown Rice | 1 can, 4 oz (113 g) | – | < 1 serving |
| 3. | Earth's Best Turkey, Red Beans & Brown Rice | 1 doypack | – | < 1 serving |
| 4. | Gerber Chicken & Rice | 1 can, 4 oz (113 g) | – | < 1 serving |
| 5. | Gerber Turkey & Rice | 1 can, 4 oz (113 g) | – | < 1 serving |
| 6. | Sprout Organic Baby Food Garden Vegetables Brown Rice With Turkey | 1 doypack | – | < 1 serving |
| 7. | Gerber Lil' Meals White Turkey Stew With Rice & Vegetables* | 1 tray | – | < 0.5 servings |
Fruits and vegetables | ||||
8. | Beech-Nut Classics Apple, Pear & Banana | 1 can, 4 oz (113 g) | + | Unlimited |
| 9. | Beech-Nut Naturals Carrot, Broccoli, Apple & Strawberry* | 1 can, 4 oz (113 g) | + | Unlimited |
| 10. | Beech-Nut Organic Just Apple & Green Beans | 1 can, 4 oz (113 g) | + | Unlimited |
| 11. | Beech-Nut Organic Peas, Green Beans, and Avocado | 1 doypack | + | Unlimited |
| 12. | Gerber Grabbers Strong Veggies, Broccoli, Carrot, Banana, Pineapple | 1 doypack | + | Unlimited |
| 13. | Gerber Organic Peas, Carrots & Beets* | 1 doypack | + | Unlimited |
14. | Happy Baby Organics Purple Carrots, Bananas, Avocados & Quinoa | 1 doypack | + | Unlimited |
| 15. | Gerber Carrot, Pear & Blackberry | 1 container, 4 oz (113 g) | - | < 1 serving |
| 16. | Gerber Carrots Peas & Corn With Lil' Bits* | 1 container, 5 oz (140 g) | – | < 1 serving |
| 17. | Plum Organics Just Sweet Potato Organic Baby Food | 1 doypack | – | < 1 serving |
| 18. | Beech-Nut Classics Sweet Potatoes | 1 can, 4 oz (113 g) | – | < 0.5 servings |
| 19. | Earth's Best Organic Sweet Potatoes, 1st Stage | 1 can, 2.5 (70 g) | – | < 0. |
Flakes | ||||
| 20. | Gerber Breakfast Buddies Hot Cereal With Real Fruit, Apple Cinnamon*
| 1 bowl | + | Unlimited |
| 21. | Beech-Nut Complete Rice Single Grain Baby Cereal
| 0.5 cups | – | < 3 servings |
| 22. | Happy Baby Organics Organic Probiotic Baby Cereal | 4 tbsp. l. | – | < 3 servings |
| 23. | Beech-Nut Complete Oatmeal Whole Grain Baby Cereal | 0.5 cups | – | < 2.5 servings |
| 24. | Beech-Nut Organic Oatmeal Whole Grain Baby Cereal | 0.5 cups | – | < 2.5 servings |
25. | Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Oatmeal Cereal | 4 tbsp | – | < 2.5 servings |
| 26. | Gerber Oatmeal Single Grain Cereal | 0.5 cups | – | < 2.5 servings |
| 27. | Gerber Organic Oatmeal Cereal | 0.5 cups | – | < 2.5 servings |
| 28. | Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Rice Cereal | 4 tbsp. l. | – | < 1 serving |
Snacks | ||||
| 29. | Beech-Nut Quinoa Crispies, Vanilla | 1 block | + | Unlimited |
| 30. | Ella's Kitchen Apples + Strawberries Nibbly Fingers | 0.33 bars | + | Unlimited |
31. | Gerber Graduates Puffs Cereal Snack Strawberry Apple | 0.5 cups | + | Unlimited |
| 32. | Gerber Lil' Beanies Baked Snack Made With Beans, White Cheddar & Broccoli* | 26 pcs. | + | Unlimited |
| 33. | Gerber Lil' Crunchies Baked Corn Snack Mild Cheddar | 16 pcs. | + | Unlimited |
| 34. | Gerber Lil' Crunchies Baked Corn Snack Vanilla Maple | 16 pcs. | + | Unlimited |
| 35. | Gerber Organic Puffs, Puffed Grain Snack, Apple | 0.5 cups | + | Unlimited |
| 36. | Gerber Graduates Arrowroot Cookies | 1 cookie | – | < 6 servings |
37. | Plum Organics Little Yums Organic Teething Wafers, Pumpkin & Banana* | 1 wafer | – | < 5.5 servings |
| 38. | Gerber Graduates Cinnamon Graham Animal Crackers | 2 crackers | – | < 4.5 servings |
| 39. | Gerber Graduates Banana Cookies | 1 cookie | – | < 4 servings |
| 40. | Baby Mum-Mum Banana Rice Rusks | 4 crackers | – | < 3 servings |
| 41. | Baby Mum-Mum Vegetable Rice Rusks | 4 crackers | – | < 3 servings |
| 42. | Gerber Graduates Waffle Wheels Puffed Grain Snack, Banana Cream | 4 pcs. | – | < 3 servings |
43. | Gerber Graduates Lil' Biscuits Vanilla Wheat | 1 biscuit | – | < 2.5 servings |
| 44. | Gerber Graduates Cereal Bars, Strawberry Banana | 1 block | – | < 1.5 servings |
| 45. | Parent's Choice (Walmart) Little Puffs Cereal Snack, Strawberry Apple | 0.5 cups | – | < 1.5 servings |
| 46. | Plum Organics Mighty Sticks Whole Grain Snacks, Berry Beet* | 1 pack | – | < 1.5 servings |
| 47. | Sprout Organic Quinoa Puffs Baby Cereal Snack, Apple Kale | 0.33 cups | – | < 1.5 servings |
| 48. | Earth's Best Organic Sunny Days Snack Bars, Strawberry | 1 block | – | < 1 serving |
| 49. | Happy Baby Organics Superfood Puffs, Apple & Broccoli | 0.5 cups | – | < 1 serving |
| 50. | Happy Baby Organics Superfood Puffs, Purple Carrot & Blueberry | 0.5 cups | – | < 1 serving |
5 servings 
(+) - good results
(-) - poor results, alarming
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Organic doesn't mean safe
Many parents will be surprised to find products labeled 9 in a poor results table0009 "organics" . Yes, USDA certified organic products are better than conventional products in many ways (environmental impact, pesticide levels, etc.). However, 20 out of 50 samples tested with this label still contained heavy metals.
As Consumer Reports food label expert Charlotte Wallai explained, organically banned arsenic and lead have been used in pesticides in the past and remain in soil today.
Therefore, even raw materials grown according to strict modern standards cannot be completely free from these substances.
How heavy metals get into food
All of them are part of the earth's crust and therefore naturally occur in the environment. However, most of the heavy metals in food come from soil or water contaminated during agriculture or industry, in particular from the use of pesticides, and during the extraction and processing of minerals.
Plants absorb heavy metals from the ground and water, as well as nutrients. However, the "suction" capacity of some crops is much higher than others. Thus, rice absorbs about 10 times more arsenic than other grains.
How heavy metals affect the body
Iron and zinc are also heavy metals, but in reasonable amounts they only benefit the human body. But cadmium, inorganic arsenic, lead and mercury (especially methylmercury) are toxic in any concentration and pose a particular danger to young children.
The longer you consume foods containing them, the more harm will be done to the body. Among the most serious problems are impaired cognitive development and, as a result, a decrease in IQ, behavioral problems (hyperactivity, attention deficit, autism), reproductive problems, the development of bladder, lung and skin cancer.
Steps parents can take now
According to Consumer Reports Chief Scientist James Dickerson, a child's consumption of foods containing heavy metals does not cause health problems right away, but increases the risk of future problems.
To protect both children and yourself from the accumulation of heavy metals in the body, Dr. Dickerson advises to adhere to the following rules:
1. Eat less rice and products from it. Cereals are often a baby's first solid food because they are easy to swallow. However, both the Food and Drug Administration and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend giving babies different types of cereals that do not contain large amounts of inorganic arsenic, such as oat and barley-based products.
2. Choose the right rice and cook it right. Brown rice has been shown to contain more inorganic arsenic than white rice. Prefer Basmati from California, India and Pakistan. You need to cook it in a large amount of water - from 6 to 10 parts of water to 1 part of rice. When the rice is ready, drain off the excess water.
3. Limit your consumption of packaged snacks. Many of them contain rice flour and generally do not represent any nutritional value for a growing organism.
4. Don't skimp on chocolate: cocoa powder may contain cadmium and/or lead.
What is being done at the legislative level
Today, the baby food market is not properly regulated by the state, according to Consumer Reports. Many parents are unaware of the presence of heavy metals in the foods they buy for their children because they believe that baby food is produced to stricter standards than other packaged foods.
However, this is not the case.
Although the FDA recognizes that heavy metals pose a danger to children's bodies, there are still no regulations governing food safety for children.
In 2016, the FDA proposed limiting the allowable content of inorganic arsenic in rice used in children's products to 100 ppb (parts per billion), and in 2013 to limit it in apple juice to 10 ppb (the federal standard for the concentration of arsenic in children's products). drinking water). However, no limit has yet been set.
Based on the results of the Consumer Reports study, the Food and Drug Administration has promised to issue recommendations to manufacturers by the end of 2018: metals - USA .one - for the most vulnerable category of the population - children.
Also FDA stated that "plans to consider a wide range of strategies and actions to reduce the impact" of heavy metals on Americans' health. In particular, consumers will be informed about how to reduce the risks associated with toxic metals, and manufacturers will be encouraged (and forced) to minimize their content in their products.
We previously reported that virtually all foods in the US contain the dangerous pesticide glyphosate... Even breast milk.
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what the baby looks like now from the baby food package
Big-eyed baby from the logo of the famous Gerber brand is familiar to every mother and everyone who is not averse to pampering themselves with delicious baby food. But not many people realize that a pretty face is not an abstract drawing, but a portrait of a real child.
Today Ann Turner Cook is 92 years old, and the woman is very happy that she has become a symbol of childhood for several generations.
The first steps of the faceless Gerber
This story begins way back in 1927, when Mrs. Dorothy Gerber, the wife of a cannery owner, got tired of hand-mixing mashed potatoes to feed their 7-month-old daughter, Sally.
Mr. Daniel Frank Gerber listened to his wife's arguments: if it is possible to make tomato paste for adults, then why not produce ready-made baby food? As a result of research, changes in production technologies and testing, the cannery introduced the first 5 types of purees for children to the market.
Thanks to an effective and very expensive advertising campaign, Gerber's baby food has been successfully sold throughout America. All that was missing was the final touch - a logo with a twist that would make the brand even more recognizable.
Simplicity and charm win the competition for the "face of the company"
In 1928, Gerber announces a competition for the best image for its logo.
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It is interesting that in this story there is another Dorothy named Hope Smith - illustrator who became famous as the artist who drew the "baby Gerber". It was a simple black and white drawing, more like a charcoal sketch, modeled on a 5-month-old neighbor girl named Ann Turner.
The competition was huge, and Dorothy promised that if her sketch won, she would definitely improve it.
However, this was not necessary. The judging team probably consisted of experienced marketers who were captivated by the simplicity of the drawing and the magnetism of a childish innocent look.
Dorothy Hope Smith won $300 and sold her drawing rights to the owners of Gerber.
The adorable baby face became the official trademark of the baby food manufacturer at 1931 years old. Although millions of Americans were keenly interested in who was depicted on the logo, Ann Turner Cook remained in the background for many years and did not strive for fame.
How did the fate of the "baby Gerber"
According to the survey, fans of baby food tried to recognize someone famous in the picture, for example, little Humphrey Bogart or Elizabeth Taylor.
Meanwhile, the real model showed a penchant for the humanities and took up teaching English, having received a master's degree in this field.
