  Organic
baby foods
Cow and Gate Organic
Score: 7/10
Spring Vegetable with chicken - suitable from
4 months
Vegetables (73%)-potatoes, carrots, tomato, peas: water, chicken (8%),
maize oil, ground rice and yeast extract.
Orange and Banana Burst - suitable from 4 months
Fruit (banana, orange), whole milk powder, cereals (ground
corn and rice), maltodextrin, sugar, calcium carbonate, emulsifier: soya
lecithin, vitamin C, Thiamin (vitamin B1), vitamin A, vitamin D3.
Price
59p for a 125g jar.
£2.09 for a 100g dried packet mix.
Stockists
www.cowandgate.co.uk
Special Features
Both are gluten and egg free with no artificial flavourings,
colourings or preservatives and no GM ingredients. The savoury is also
milk and lactose free.
Mums' verdict
"The jar was fuss free to use and had a good, smooth consistency
easy to tempt a newly weaned baby with, it smelt ok and seemed palatable
and fairly priced. The dessert however was a bit more controversial. One
very fussy 10 month old among us absolutely loved this and ate every bit
which impressed her mum but when we tried it ourselves it seemed really
sweet. This might explain why the babies liked it but mums with early
weaners were worried it might set up a trend for a sweet tooth. There
also seemed to be a lot of added extras in it and we weren't convinced
we needed or wanted them all. The packet mix did not seem good value for
money - quite expensive for a relatively small quantity."
Babies' verdict
"I hadn't had much orange before because a health visitor had
told mum it wasn't great for babies but I really liked the Orange and
Banana Burst a lot because it was smooth and comforting to eat. In fact
we all found it really quite yummy and thought it could become an all
time favourite, if mum can be persuaded that it's any good for us. The
savoury was fine but I'd prefer more of that pud!"
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