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Best baby food in NYCGo to the contentGo to the footerThe city offers a wealth of culinary options for the toothless. Here, some taste sensations that'll really have them flapping their gums.
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Every once in a while, popping open a tiny jar of brightly colored baby mush can be...unsettling. You don't get your sustenance from processed blobs, after all. Why should your tot?
Don't worry, this isn't where we admonish you for taking the easy way out and then implore you to start pureeing your own plums and carrots. But serving fresh meals to your munchkin is easier than you might think, thanks to a number of organic baby-food brands available locally.
This writer decided to put them to the test, by both tasting them myself and using my one-year-old daughter, Lula, as a guinea pig. She's usually up for anything when it comes to eating, and for this experiment she did not disappoint.
We started with some of the offerings from the Brooklyn-based frozen, organic baby food pioneer, Happy Baby (happybabyfood.com). Tempting flavors include Baby Dahl (red lentils blended with veggies), Mama Grain (quinoa whipped with black beans and banana) and Grrreat Greens (spinach, mango and pear), as well as straight-up mashed pears or carrots. The packaging is genius, with two flavors in each box, divided into 12 individual 1oz cubes. The box with Baby Dahl and Mama Grain was our favorite: The consistency was nice and thick, like pt, and the flavors fresh and unique. Although I could've eaten the whole package, Lula inexplicably turned up her nose at the lentils; however, she devoured the black-bean blend with excited gurgles. And I had to hide the brand's Baby Puffs snacks—little o's made of puffed rice and wheat, with kale and spinach—after she went bonkers over them.
Next up was Plum Organics (plumorganics.com), which packages its infant foods two ways: in frozen 4oz cups and shelf-stable foil pouches (they require refrigeration after opening).
The frozen food—in flavors like Super Greens (peas, spinach and green beans), Pasta with Veggies and Chicken, and Mango Muesli—had a nice grainy consistency and just-made taste. But I found the cups too big; we were never able to get through a whole one before it started to turn (within a few days) and needed to be tossed. Aside from that quibble, Lula and I both savored the Super Greens and the Mango Muesli. The pouches, meanwhile, were perfect all around. Lula was going through a phase that week in which she refused anything presented in a spoon (too babyish!). But she delighted in sucking the Plum concoctions right out of the pouches, whether she was in her high chair or on the playground. She polished off every flavor she tried: pear and mango; pumpkin and banana; spinach, peas and pear; and sweet potato, corn and apple. (I enjoyed them too!)
Similar to the frozen Plum is the organic Tasty Baby (tastybaby.com), created by a pair of mom friends, one a Manhattan native.
Each box contains three frozen 3.5oz cups in one of many cutesy-named flavors, like Peas on Earth (peas with mint), Bangos (banana, mango and vanilla) and Mama Mia (butternut squash with quinoa and Parmesan). Again, the size of the cups was too big for us, but the flavors were generally wonderful. Lula had to fight me for both the Peas on Earth (I am contemplating serving it as dip at a dinner party) and the Bangos, which makes a perfect low-cal snack for moms. The squash, though, had a strange tang from the Parmesan and a disappointing watery consistency.
Kosher, organic, Long Island--made Bella Baby (bellababyfoods.com) comes in boxes with nine 1.5oz packets of frozen purees. The simple flavors (apricot, mango, pear, green bean), which are meant to be mix-and-match, taste straight from the garden. The plastic pouches can be a little awkward once you tear them open, but the serving size is perfect. Lula and I both liked the fruit flavors best.
Parents without a second to waste in the kitchen should try the gourmet offerings from GustOrganics (gustorganics.
com), a lovely caf on Sixth Avenue just below 14th Street. All of its baby purees—including zucchini, carrot and potato made with salted water; chicken breast with zucchini, carrot and bay leaf; and baked squash (each $9 per 10oz container)—can be ordered at the table. Home delivery is also available in four-day or seven-day supplies. Lula and I loved the zucchini, carrot and potato, which was thick and creamy like a bisque, as well as the silky-smooth pure pear.
Think creating homemade purees is too time-consuming? If you're already cooking to feed adults or older tots, it'll be easier than you think. I swear.
My first "recipe"—and my daughter's first food—was a mash of Japanese sweet potatoes (much more sugary and dense than the regular ones). All I did was pop an extra into the oven with my partner's and mine, then scoop out the cooked flesh and mix it with some breast milk. It was an instant success. Other early favorites:
Carrots or beets Simply peel and steam, then toss them into a mini chopper.
Use water to soften the consistency.
Peas Buy frozen, boil, and push through a food mill, which forces the center out of the hard-to-digest skins.
Prunes and oats Simmer prunes with some oatmeal until soft before blending it in the mini chopper.
Try to use organic ingredients, and always make extra, which you can freeze in ice-cube trays and then keep in freezer baggies. Defrost a cube or two each morning for that afternoon. At one year old, Lula is moving on to tiny pieces of whatever we're eating—broccoli, quinoa, winter squash, tofu. Yes, that's easier than pureeing. But to me, that window of making baby food was over too soon, like everything else in my daughter's first year. Try it and you're bound to miss the ritual as soon as it ends.—BG
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Price Issue: Why New York Declared a State of Emergency Over Infant Formula
New York City declared a state of emergency over a shortage of infant formula after the factory of Abbott Nutrition, its largest manufacturer, was temporarily closed.
Forbes Life understands why the city authorities took this measure and why there could be a shortage
On May 22, it was announced that New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency in the city due to a nationwide shortage of infant formula due to product recalls and the temporary closure of the production line of Abbott Nutrition, one of the largest suppliers baby food in the USA.
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This decision of the authorities will help to keep the prices of baby food, avoid markups and speculation in the market in a situation where problems with the supply of mixtures are observed throughout the country. They are now in short supply at more than 40% of market demand, and the closure of Abbott's Michigan plant after reports of four cases of infant bacterial infection exacerbated the situation.
This not only reduced production, but also disrupted supply chains among other manufacturers in most US states, and New York was no exception.
Mayor Eric Adams promised mothers and families that "the city will do everything in its power to help get through this difficult period." As part of the New York City Mayor's Executive Order, the City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection is empowered to crack down on retailers if they try to "capitalize on this crisis."
State of emergency ( - Forbes Life ) is a fairly common practice in the United States that allows the leadership of a city or state to gain more power in making economic decisions, to a greater extent control the business. For example, a similar decree was introduced by Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic, when stores began to increase prices for hand sanitizer and masks.
If in everyday life the city authorities cannot dictate at what price to sell infant formula or any other essential goods, then the introduction of a state of emergency is a clear signal for society and business, a New Yorker, journalist and author of the YouTube channel told Forbes Life “Once Upon a Time in America” by Alina Polyanskikh: “Such decrees clearly show that now we are in power, you obey us and follow our orders, and violators will subsequently be held accountable.”
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So, in 2012, the devastating hurricane Sandy passed through New York, a few days later the residents of the city faced an acute shortage of gasoline, the lack of fuel after the hurricane led to many hours of queues. To avoid sharp price hikes, New York authorities have decided to introduce a state of emergency.
The US Department of Defense deployed five mobile filling stations within the city, where motorists could fill up with 40 liters of gasoline for free.
Deliveries were accompanied by logistical costs - transport had to make a serious "detour" to bring fuel to the city. In this regard, a slight increase in the price of gasoline followed - sellers sought to cover additional costs and at least break even. As soon as the consequences of the hurricane were eliminated, lawsuits began against the owners of gas stations that violated consumer rights. “This is standard American practice: the business of the authorities is to prevent and introduce restrictive measures, the task of business is to obey, and if it refuses to cooperate in a difficult time for the city and the country, then the consequences will be inevitable. The introduction of a special provision is primarily an economic reality for the United States, associated with financial benefits and costs, ”recalls Polyanskikh.
According to the journalist, the decree adopted by Adams helps the city authorities in two directions at once - the price issue turns into a reputational one. For the mayor, this is also a matter of reputation - Adams now looks like a fighter for children, sharing the feelings of any mother who cannot feed her child.
Although this measure does not speed up shipments, it will allow for the distribution of goods to be regulated. Thanks to the state of emergency decree, baby food will be distributed in a strictly defined order: the mixtures will first be sent to hospitals and social institutions. And already the second wave will go to the shelves of pharmacies and shops. Thus, the most vulnerable groups of the population will have guaranteed access to baby food, and those who have the financial means will not buy out all the supplies. In addition, the option is still available to bring the child to any hospital in New York to be fed there.
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“Now, as soon as the dust settles, the main topic for discussion will be the question of how this situation became possible at all - why it was not foreseen, not calculated, and this question will be addressed not only to suppliers,” says Alina Polyanskikh.
At the federal level, the government took emergency action against nutritional deficiencies last week - President Joe Biden resorted to the Defense Production Act, which allows businesses to be forced to carry out specific orders, now suppliers of ingredients needed for infant formula are required to send them to manufacturers of the final product. In 2020, during the pandemic, the administration has already invoked this law to increase the production of ventilators and protective equipment to combat COVID-19.
In addition, infant formula is shipped from Europe - on May 22, an Air Force transport plane delivered 35,000 kg of Nestle lactose-free hypoallergenic nutrition to Indianapolis, enough for 500,000 bottles.
On Wednesday, another batch of Nestle mixtures should be delivered from Europe to the United States by the logistics company FedEx.
These emergency measures will help overcome the mix shortage before the Abbott Michigan plant reopens. According to Abbott CEO Robert Ford, the opening will take place "in the first week of June, with products hitting store shelves in six to eight weeks."
State of emergency declared in New York due to shortage of baby food - Gazeta.Ru
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The mayor of New York signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency due to a shortage of infant formula, according to the city's official website.
Problems with the supply of baby food arose as the largest manufacturer of formulas, Abbott Nutrition, was forced to close one of its production lines.
Dangerous bacteria were found in the products. Problems with the supply of mixtures began throughout the country, their shortage is estimated at 40% of market needs.
“New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed Emergency Executive Order 98 declaring a state of emergency over infant formula shortages. This order will give the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection the authority to prevent overpricing of formulas,” the order says.
The head of the city noted that the document would allow taking measures against the overpricing of baby food in retail chains, and stressed that the city would do everything possible to help families in difficult situations.
It was previously reported that the head of Abbott's infant formula apologized to for the shortage.
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