It’s wonderful to have all the best intentions of making all your baby’s food from scratch but, with the best will in the world, there will undoubtedly be times when you will appreciate reaching for ready-prepared baby food in the cupboard.
The best baby food brands will offer a range of meals to cover baby’s needs, and will be organic, all-natural and free from sugar and any nasties.
At around six months, baby starts weaning and can start exploring different flavours and you can choose whether to go down the baby-led weaning route (where baby reaches for its own finger foods) or you can wean with baby food and purees.
You may also need some healthy snacks, breakfasts and a range of good-for-baby meals to see you through a busy week.
Discover some of the best baby food brands to fuel your mini me below:
Best baby food brands
1. Piccolo
For healthy food pouches packing a host of good-for-you goodies, My Little Piccolo is a great choice.
Offering balanced, natural and organic meals and snacks, it’s tasty and thoughtful. Think everything from on-the-go smoothies to yummy dinners like butternut squash mac & cheese or spring vegetables and chicken casserole.
The brand is also committed to donating 10% of all profits to charities and, over the last two years, Piccolo has donated over 250,000 baby meals to charities helping those who need it most.
Widely available at Boots, Sainsbury’s, Co op, Ocado, Morrisons and Amazon.
2. Ella’s Kitchen
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Ella’s Kitchen has healthy and tasty food for every step of the weaning process.
It makes special diets easy too with vegetarian, dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free, egg-free and soya-free options all available.
There’s baby food pouches for babies from four months old and food for kids up to eight years old, so there’s something for everybody. There’s a host of healthy meals as well as perfect puds like rice pudding and banana and vanilla bread pudding.
And if you need recipe inspiration, there’s a host ideas for those too. Baby food, all wrapped up.
3. Mia & Ben
If you’re looking for all goodness, no guilt, Mia & Ben Organic Baby Food is a one-stop shop.
Developed by a team of researchers, parents and paediatric dieticians, it has no added salt or sugar, 100% organic fruit and veg, packed with vitamins, and naturally gluten-free.
The brand wants to ensure there’s always fresh food for infants within reach, on the shelf, at home, or on the go. Sold in Sainsbury’s and Ocado as well as online.
4. Organix
Famed for its healthy, scrummy snacks and meals, Organix was born in 1992 when founder and healthy-eating campaigner Lizzie Vann found it difficult to find organic, nutritious food for her own family.
Not only is the brand’s food health-giving, it’s gloriously fun, too. There’s fun baked snacks like Barbeque Gruffalo Claws.
For young six-month-olds there’s delicious porridges and baby rice, and, as they get older, there’s fruity oat bars, and biscuits. Healthy snack, totally sorted.
5. Asda Little Angels
Thankfully, the supermarkets are now on board with the demand for organic, health-boosting food for babies.
The Asda Little Angels range is a varied and tasty collection of pouches (think organic red lentil bake) and snacks (fruity rice cakes, puffs and organic banana biscotti), some in cute lion and bear shapes.
Affordable, nutritious and varied, it’s a great grocery shop go-to.
6. Sainsbury’s Little Ones
Love a weekly Sainsbury’s shop? Stocking up on body-boosting fuel for babies is easy thanks to it’s own-brand Little Ones range.
It’s great for surprising the palate with interesting recipes like organic lamb and chickpea tagine, and also has favourite like spaghetti bolognese with cheese.
There’s vitamin-packed purees, organic porridge, and baby rice, too. Plenty of varied meals to keep mini-me happy.
7. Annabel Karmel
Annabel Karmel is super-successful author of books on nutrition and cooking for babies and children.
Hey baby meals and pouches go down a treat with the little ones, and she has a small but mighty range of fruit-filled options available at Ocado.
There’s also organic pasta shapes and pies for slightly older children.
8. HiPP Organic
With an ethos that ‘tiny tums’ and ‘pesky pesticides’ should be kept as far apart as possible, Hipp has been serving up organic baby food for over 60 years.
Utilising top-quality ingredients they have a wide range of baby food, from pouches, jars and fruit pots, to tray meals, cereals and drinks.
On its website you’ll find tips and tricks on weaning and toddler-feeding tips, too. Basically, it’s hip to be HiPP…
