Kosher baby food brands
Kosher Foods for Babies, Toddlers, & Kids
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Baby Food
The custom of disallowing the use of ‘Kitniyot’ (soy or corn, for example) was never applied to both infants or the ill who require kitniyot food.
Despite the fact that Kitniyot for infants is permissible, the Mishna Brura states that it is preferable (but not mandatory) to avoid giving infants rice, buckwheat (kasha in Yiddish), or millet on Passover.
However, one must take care to keep kitniyot baby utensils or cutlery away from the general kitchen area. Any mixing or washing should be done elsewhere, such as in the bathroom sink.
We have indicated that Kitniyot is permitted for infants – but that does NOT cover Chametz, or any food that was processed on equipment that was not properly cleaned for Passover. Such Chametz is strictly prohibited even for infants.
When we talk about Kitniyot being permitted for infants, it means that it would have to be a homemade Kitniyot, unless the Sephardic community has a reliable Hechsher on an infant product.
The Halacha (Jewish law) also suggests that separate pots, dishes and cutlery be dedicated to the Kitniyot food.
Obviously, in cases where a doctor insists that the infant must have Chametz, the prohibition does not apply. In such a situation, it would be preferable (if possible) that a gentile should bring his own Chametz and feed the baby. If that is not feasible then a Jew would be permitted to feed the infant Chametz.
The upper age still considered an ‘infant’ depends on the child. Obviously, if the child can eat healthy food that is not kitniyot, that would be preferable. Usually, the Poskim indicate that two years of age would be the upper limit, but if a 2-year old is not ready to eat other food, then certainly the limit goes up as high as his or her Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
Baby/Infant Formula
The following baby formula can be assumed to be free of chametz. Many are made from kitniyot ingredients. Kitniyot does not apply to infants.
Please take care to prepare baby formula and wash bottles and other utensils in an area outside the kitchen.
Please note that these products are only acceptable when bearing the OU or OU-D symbol.
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Baby/Infant Formulas• 365 Everyday Value
• Ahold
• Always My Baby
• Ameribella
• America’s Choice for Baby
• Baby Basics
• Baby’s Choice
• Bear Essentials
• Being Well
• Belacta
• Belacta Premium
• BelactaSure
• Berkley & Jensen
• Bobbie
• Bright Beginnings
• Calcilo XD
• Cyclinex
• CareOne
• Comfort
• Cottontails
• Cozy Care
• CVS
• Daily Source
• D-G Health
• Earth’s Best
• EleCare
• EnfaCare (all liquids, all powders)
• Enfagrow (all liquids, all powders)
• Enfamil (all liquids, all powders)
• Enfaport (all liquids, all powders)
• Equate
• Food Lion
• Full Circle
• Gerber Good Start
• Giant
• Giant Eagle Baby
• Good Sense
• Hannaford
• Happy Baby
• H-E-B
• Heinz Nurture
• Home 360 Baby
• Isomil (all liquids, all powders)
• Ketonex
• Kirkland Signature
• Kuddles
• Laura Lynn
• Lidl
• Life Brand
• Little Journey
• Little Ones
• Meijer Baby
• Member’s Mark
• Mom to Mom
• Mother’s Choice
• Nature’s Place
• Nestle Good Start
• Next Step
• NutraEnfant
• O Organic
• Parent’s Choice
• Premier Value
• President’s Choice
• Price Chopper
• ProSobee (all liquids, all powders)
• PurAmino
• Publix
• RCF
• Rite Aid
• Shopko
• Signature Care
• Similac (all liquids, all powders)
• Simply Right
• Sound Body
• Stop & Shop
• Sunrise
• Supervalu
• Target
• Tippy Toes by TopCare
• Top Care
• Topco
• True Goodness
• Tyrex
• Up & Up
• Vermont Organics
• Walgreens
• Wegmans
• Welby
• Well Beginnings
• Wellsley Farms
• Western Family
Baby Rice Cereals
There is possible chametz in most baby rice cereals, so the OU cannot recommend them for Passover use.
However, there is no problem owning rice and making your own cereal from brown rice or non-enriched white rice over Passover.
One should make the cereal using a special non-Pesach, non-chametz pot, and this special pot (and any special utensils used for the cereal) should not be washed together with the Pesach dishes. You can Kasher a pot before Passover and dedicate it for making the rice cereal over Passover.
Similarly, the grinding of the rice should not be done in a Passover grinder on Passover. You can grind the rice in a clean chametz grinder before Passover or purchase a dedicated grinder for use over Passover.
Sample Recipe:
Rice Cereal
- 1/4 c. rice powder [brown or white (not enriched) rice ground in blender, food processor, or coffee grinder]
- 1 cup water
- Bring liquid to boil in saucepan. Add the rice powder while stirring constantly
- Simmer covered for 10 minutes, mix in formula or breast milk and fruits if desired
Serve warm.
Prepared Baby Food
First Choice Baby Food: Applesauce, Carrots, Pears and Sweet Potatoes are approved when bearing an OU-P or OU Kosher for Passover symbol.
Baby food brands
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The appearance of a little man in the family is not only a joyful event, but also the responsibility for his health, which falls on the shoulders of parents. Surrounding the child with love and care, parents should pay great attention to proper nutrition from the first days of his life, because it is the key to the future health of the baby. Producers of baby food are called upon to provide each child with a balanced, varied, high-quality and age-appropriate food. nine0003
In the first months and years of a child's life, a basis is created for the development of all organs and systems, and immunity is formed. The foundation laid in infancy affects the health and all subsequent development of a person, and properly selected nutrition plays a major role.
Balanced baby food will help strengthen the child's immunity, provide him with all the necessary substances for growth and development, energize him for games and walks in a comfortable stroller, make him curious and cheerful. nine0003
The choice of baby food today is quite wide: powdered milk formulas, dry cereals (dairy and dairy-free), fruit and vegetable purees, canned meat, juices, tea, fermented milk products (kefir, cottage cheese), etc. Of course, mother's milk is for the baby the most valuable product, but when it is not enough, powdered milk formulas come to the rescue. Manufacturers offer a wide range of milk formulas for children from the first days of life, hypoallergenic, enriched with bifidobacteria, from goat's milk, etc. nine0003
Vegetable purees are made from vegetables of the same type - one-component, or from a vegetable set - multi-component. The assortment includes mashed potatoes with the addition of fish, liver, meat, semolina or rice cereal, wheat flour and other ingredients.
Fruit and berry purees can be produced in pure form or with added sugar, and in terms of their nutritional value and vitamin content they are not inferior to fresh fruits. Baby food includes cereal concentrates (dry cereals), which may include special flour, milk powder, sugar, dry cereal broth, fruit puree. nine0003
Which brand of baby food to choose - this question worries all mothers who go shopping. When choosing, you need to focus on the composition and reviews of parents who used this product. Do not think that the higher the price, the better the contents of the jar. Of course, when setting prices, baby food manufacturers are primarily based on the cost of raw materials and production costs. But when pricing, the division of goods into economy and premium class created by marketers is also taken into account. This means that the manufacturer focuses on the solvency of different segments of the population. And do not forget that, as always, you also pay for the prestige of the brand.
Economy-class baby food is distinguished not by low quality products, but by a smaller assortment, cheaper packaging and the absence of a wide advertising campaign. nine0003
Be more careful when choosing food for your kids, consult pediatricians, carefully read the composition on the product label, ask other parents for the opinion and remember that you can’t blindly believe advertising, because the most important thing for you is to raise a healthy and happy child!
Tema, Russia
The Tema brand offers a wide range of healthy, balanced and tasty baby food products for kids: baby milk, fermented milk products (bio-kefir, drinking bio-yogurt, bio-cottage cheese), meat and meat and vegetable purees, juices. Fermented milk products Theme has probiotic properties, as it stimulates the growth of lacto- and bifidobacteria and improves the functioning of the entire digestive system of the child. nine0003
Baby food The theme was developed in collaboration with pediatricians and leading nutritionists from the Research Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and meets the high safety and quality standards set by international organizations.
It is made only from high quality raw materials, does not contain flavors, artificial colors and is perfect for young children. Aseptic filling protects Tema brand products from any risk factors.
Recommend: 80% nine0003
Agusha, Russia
All products of the Agusha brand, enriched with vitamins, tasty and nutritious, are developed with the participation of nutritionists of the State Research Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and undergo clinical testing in medical institutions of the Russian Federation. A varied assortment includes juices, canned meats, fruit and vegetable purees, fruit drinks, dairy products - yoghurts, cream, curds, dairy products for nursing mothers and much more. Only natural ingredients are used in the production of products. nine0003
Recommended: 70%
FrutoNyanya, Russia
FrutoNyanya is another domestic baby food brand created in close cooperation with the Research Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
For its manufacture, only high-quality, natural raw materials are used. I am pleased with a wide range of products prepared according to excellent recipes: juices, fruit drinks, vegetable and meat purees, cereals, puddings, desserts, etc. Another argument that speaks about the benefits of this brand's products is that it does not contain GMOs and has hypoallergenic properties. nine0003
Recommended: 70%
Humana, Germany
The German brand Humana produces a wide range of dairy products for newborns: dairy and hypoallergenic formulas, nutrition for premature babies, dairy-free soy formula, medical nutrition, mixtures for diarrhea, constipation, regurgitation and vomiting, as well as cereals, fermented milk products, puddings, teas . All products are created in Germany and controlled by 2 research centers. Humana brand milk formulas are made only from fresh natural milk, are as close as possible to mother's milk, meet the physiological needs of babies and are adapted for good digestion.
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Dairy farms and agricultural enterprises are owned by the Humana concern, which allows us to control the quality of raw materials with particular care. The company strictly monitors the health of animals and the quality of feed, not allowing the addition of GMO products and chemical ingredients. Manufactured products are created in the course of close cooperation with children's nutritionists and pediatricians. Final testing is carried out by independent laboratories confirming the quality of children's dairy products. nine0003
Recommended: 85%
Gerber, USA
The brand belongs to the Nestle concern. The company's products are distinguished by the highest quality of raw materials, the use of advanced technologies and a wide range. The Gerber brand produces juices, vegetable, meat, fruit and cereal, meat and vegetable and fruit purees, and dairy desserts. Made only from natural, carefully selected products, gentle and fragrant, without the addition of preservatives, flavors, GMOs, flavor enhancers, dyes and stabilizers, Gerber baby food is an ideal first food, and will diversify your baby's diet.
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Gerber baby food is packaged in special tempered glass jars. All products are produced according to a special technology, in which microbes are destroyed, and the taste and nutritional value of the products are preserved. The quality of raw materials is controlled from the field or farm, and continues right up to the final product.
Recommended: 80%
Heinz, USA
The Heinz brand produces cereals, purees, soups, cookies, puddings, vermicelli, various teas, etc. The American company produces hypoallergenic products, uses only high-quality, natural raw materials without the addition of preservatives, flavors, GMOs, flavor enhancers, dyes. Multi-stage quality control includes all stages of baby food production, including farm fields. Ecological cleanliness of vegetables, cereals and fruits is a prerequisite. nine0003
Recommended: 85%
Hipp, Germany
The German brand HiPP produces a wide range of baby food: milk and hypoallergenic mixtures, tea drinks, juices, vegetable, meat, meat and vegetable and fruit purees, cereals, cookies, etc.
The main secret of the highest quality and absolute safety of the HiPP brand is organic cereals, vegetables, fruits, meat and milk. All raw materials are grown in environmentally friendly conditions, without the use of GMO products and chemical ingredients, only by traditional methods. Each Hipp baby food jar undergoes 260 control checks at all stages of production. nine0003
Recommended: 80%
Nestle Switzerland
The Nestle concern produces high-quality baby food for children of different ages: milk formulas, cereals, purees, juices, etc. The company has its own laboratories and research centers, its products are of traditionally high quality, for the production of which proven technologies are used and only high-quality , natural raw materials. Nestlé baby food is enriched with prebiotics, vitamins and minerals. nine0003
NAN
Taking into account the needs of newborns, Nestle specialists have developed NAN mixtures that allow you to properly form the baby's immune system and maintain it in the future at the proper level.
The NAN baby food line includes various mixtures: hypoallergenic, sour-milk for the prevention of dysbacteriosis, special for premature babies, with digestive disorders, colic and constipation.
Nestogen
Nestle also offers Nestogen infant formula enriched with a complex of prebiotics that support normal intestinal microflora, promote comfortable digestion and prevent the development of constipation. In the manufacture of Nestogen mixtures, a complex technology is used, as a result of which the protein fractions of cow's milk change dramatically due to the partial or complete replacement of casein with whey protein.
Recommended: 85%
Babushkino basket, Russia
The Babushkino Lukoshko brand produces a wide range of products: formula milk, various meat and vegetable purees, cereals, juices, nectars, herbal teas. Baby food is produced at the Faustovo plant, which is equipped with the latest equipment that allows you to save all useful and nutritious substances and an innovative quality control monitoring system, which is the key to high product quality.
Babushkino Lukoshko products are completely natural, healthy and tasty, without the addition of preservatives, flavors, GMOs, flavor enhancers, dyes. For their preparation, only natural raw materials are used, brought from environmentally friendly areas. nine0003
Recommended: 85%
Friso Holland
Friso baby food is represented by milk mixtures and cereals, enriched with all the necessary vitamins and microelements, has a natural composition, balanced nutritional value, taking into account the needs of children of different ages. For its manufacture, only high-quality, natural raw materials are used without the addition of preservatives, flavors, GMOs, flavor enhancers, dyes. The composition includes prebiotic fibers that stimulate the growth and activity of beneficial intestinal microflora. The brand strictly monitors quality at all stages of production and cooperates with major clinics. nine0003
Recommended: 90%
Bebi Slovenia
Bebi baby food includes milk formulas, cereals, teas and biscuits.
Bebi cereals are designed for babies from 4 months old, they have a delicate taste and delicate aroma of fruits, they are made from environmentally friendly ingredients using modern equipment, they combine vitamins and minerals. All products are under strict quality control at all stages of production, and comply with strict dietary and medical requirements. nine0003
Recommended: 90%
Nanny, New Zealand
Nanny - This milk formula is made from goat's milk and is intended for children with intolerance to cow's milk proteins and soy. It is produced in New Zealand from fresh goat's milk using a special technology that preserves its biological value. Nanny can be used both as a substitute for breast milk and for the preparation of various dairy dishes: cereals, cocktails, desserts, cottage cheese and fermented milk products. nine0003
Recommended: 95%
You can't forbid eating kosher | Experts explain from Roskachestvo
Factory-made products that Jews can eat are marked with an eksher - a kashrut sign.
How are they different from other foods? Does it make sense to buy these products for non-religious citizens and representatives of other faiths?
Kashrut is a system of rules that determines compliance with the requirements of the code of Jewish laws of Halakha. Not only food, but also clothing or deeds can be kosher. However, most often this word is used in relation to food. Kosher food is that which is prepared from products permitted by the laws of Judaism, according to the rules set forth in the Halakha. Food that does not comply with complex religious regulations is called tref and is prohibited for consumption by Jews. So what is allowed and prohibited by kashrut? nine0003
Horns and hooves
Jews can only eat the meat of ruminant artiodactyls. Therefore, the meat of a pig is forbidden - it is not a ruminant animal, and a camel - it is not artiodactyl. The milk of "unclean" animals is also prohibited.
Birds of prey, marsh and waterfowl are prohibited, except for goose and duck.
The list of treif birds is not limited to this, but even in the Talmud there is no exhaustive list of "forbidden". Jewish culinary specialists have to focus on additional signs of kosher, described in the Halakha. nine0003
The eggs of treef birds are also prohibited. But the definition of “pure” breeds is not the biggest problem. Do not eat eggs in which the development of the fetus has begun. A drop of blood on the yolk is enough to make the egg "impure". Kosher factories have to comply with storage conditions that exclude the ripening of the fruit.
A kosher fish is one with fins and scales. The caviar of such fish is also permitted. Therefore, Jews can eat salmon and red caviar, but not sturgeon and black caviar. nine0003
All other inhabitants of the seas and rivers are prohibited - there are no kosher lobsters or squids.
Insects are treef, except for some species of locusts. It was not easy for Jewish teachers to justify the permissibility of honey - after all, it is produced by insects, but nevertheless it turned out.
It is convenient with plant foods - you can eat almost everything. Any vegetables and fruits - from apples to greens - must be carefully checked for the absence of worms and insect larvae. nine0003
About GMOs. From the point of view of kashrut, GMO products are legal, but it is specifically stipulated that there are disputes among Jewish scientists regarding the use of the pig gene, it is noted that “in this case, the product will not be kosher.”
Meat to the left, milk to the right
Sorting products into kosher and clubs is not the limit. Kosher, in turn, are divided into:
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bsari - meat and everything that contains elements of meat; nine0003
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halavi - dairy and its components;
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parve - neutral, not containing meat and dairy components. (Parva includes cereals, legumes, water and drinks without dairy components, vegetables, fruits, spices and seasonings, nuts, including seeds and coffee, mushrooms, including yeast, sugar, salt, honey, eggs, fish).
Mixing bsari and halavi is strictly prohibited even in the stomach. For a Jew, "milk sausage" is a funny phrase. Parve can be mixed with meat or milk. But not everything is simple here either. Fish, although parve, should not be mixed with meat. If a neutral product has been in dishes, equipment or human hands that have not been sufficiently cleaned after contact with meat or milk, the food automatically turns into meat or dairy and the appropriate rules for mixing with other products begin to apply to it. nine0003
Put on stream?
Kosher production standards:
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Strict isolation from everything trefa - products, equipment, containers.
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Separation of meat and milk.
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The slaughter of livestock is considered a ritual and is carried out by a specially trained slaughterer - shochet, and according to the kashrut technology, slaughter and cutting must be done manually.
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The bird also needs to be plucked by hand (when removing the feather, low-temperature scalding technology is used).
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If Halal prescribes to assess the health of livestock and birds only before slaughter, then kashrut orders to inspect poultry and livestock both before and after it. After the slaughter of poultry and livestock, the shochet conducts a special control of the internal organs to check how healthy they are. If something is wrong, the whole animal (or bird) is rejected. nine0003
All this affects the cost of products, so kosher meat is more expensive than halal meat and much more expensive than that sold in markets and shops.
Slightly less troublesome is the production of milk. According to the laws, a Jew must personally make sure that the milk he drinks is kosher. Today, this task is delegated to religious supervisors - mashgiahs. They monitor all stages of the creation of a dairy product: from milking cows (the udders must be clean) to the kosher starter culture, which is used to make cheese or yogurt.
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In cheeses, the use of animal fats and enzymes is unacceptable. “We can't eat rennet. This is an extract from the stomach of a cow. Doctors say that it is useful. But we are replacing it with a synthetic analogue, - says the head of the kashrut department of Kosher Certification-KR LLC under the Chief Rabbinate of Russia Yosef Verzub .
Natural product?
– Many people think that kosher means natural. But this is a mistake. It is not written in the Torah: natural is possible, unnatural is not. Fully synthetic additives are kosher, the rabbi clarifies. nine0243
For example, the well-known dye carmine (E120) is tref, because it is produced from insects. And indigo carmine is kosher because it is synthetic.
Acetic acid (E260) can be kosher if synthesized from inorganic materials. Or it can be tref, if it is made from non-kosher wine material - the Jews have a special approach to the production of wine. The same goes for tartaric acid.
But the rabbis have no questions about malic acid. nine0003
Sulfuric and hydrochloric acids used as regulators and disintegrants are absolutely kosher. The odious flavor enhancers glutamates are also kosher.
A good half of the stabilizers can be made from animal fat or have a synthetic origin. For example, glycerin (E422) and many glycerides. The additive of animal origin is not kosher, but the pure result of the work of chemists is.
If a Jew sees the name of an additive on the package, which can be both kosher and treif, the only guideline - to buy the product or not - for him is the eksher. nine0003
Despite the fact that "organic food" and kashrut are "two big differences", they coexist on the shelves of farm food stores. It unites their control of the chain from the field to the counter, which cannot but bribe the consumer.
Kashrut for children
- Baby food is certified in the same way as "adult" food. Kosher laws are not age related,” Rabbi Yosef explains to , noting that it is difficult for baby food manufacturers to operate according to kosher standards.
- The production of products for babies has strict standards of GOST, TR TS, SanPiN. But infant formula is often made with meat and milk. The lines for the production of dairy, meat and neutral products are difficult to separate there. We are currently inspecting the first Russian baby food company that can receive a kashrut mark. nine0003
Mandate of Trust
There is no single standard for kashrut, like GOST. These are the Halacha laws that are written in the Torah. This is one of the thousands of voluntary certification systems. In the world, more than 700 organizations issue an action game. In Russia, the central organization is the kashrut department under the Chief Rabbinate of Russia.
To obtain a certificate, an enterprise sends an application to the authority and fills out a questionnaire in which it details its production and the products it produces and uses. The certification center helps to fill out the questionnaire. nine0003
Then there is a face-to-face inspection of the enterprise.
