Why am I scared of gerber? - Cloth Diapers & Parenting Community

Palooka · 09-30-2012, 08:08 AM

I make all my son's food except for infant oatmeal (I've tried pureeing regular oatmeal and it still is too chunky and slow to cook), and something about those jars with the gerber baby staring back at me just makes me very uncomfortable.

qsefthuko · 09-30-2012, 08:18 AM

Store bought baby food is so lacking in nutrition. I was feeding my daughter gerber. She tested low on iron. I switched her table food. Her iron levels went back up to normal.

zandj · 09-30-2012, 08:53 AM

I was the same lol bit of a baby food snob I guess?

Palooka · 09-30-2012, 12:31 PM

Oh my gosh thank you. Lol.

mommy2sammy · 09-30-2012, 12:38 PM

Gerber is known to "hide" ingredients. We don't ear pork, and after reading the label they use gelatin in the oatmeal. After some research, it's pork based :-(
Why they need gelatin in the oatmeal when earths best and beech nut dont, I have no clue, but that was the end of my relationship with gerber!

bigmamakelsey · 09-30-2012, 02:47 PM

Gerber is awful. Really, all jarred baby food, but especially non organic. It has hidden ingredients and they use the reject vegetables that are going bad. Once they're processed into baby food, they actually have little to no nutritional value at all.

newmommy13 · 09-30-2012, 03:14 PM

Because you are smart! Be afraid of johnsons and johnsons too.

waterisntsomething · 09-30-2012, 03:24 PM

I'm the same way! SO bought DS some peach puree once and i fed him some but threw most of it out. He's much rather I just give him a slice of peach anyways.

momgoddess · 09-30-2012, 05:06 PM

I boycott Nestle and have done so for over 10 years, and Gerber is owned by Nestle so I don't buy ANYTHING by Gerber.

amcess721 · 09-30-2012, 05:44 PM

The reason I decided not to use them was that I had a jar of either peas or green beans... and I pureed some real peas or green beans - and the ones in the jar seriously looked brown compared to the fresh cooked/pureed stuff... right then I decided I wouldn't use any jarred food. Neither kiddo had anything out of a jar. I figured if it looked that blah, what was lacking... which nutrients/vitamins had been zapped?

09-30-2012, 08:08 AM	#1
Palooka Registered Users Formerly: jenn.* Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 4,437 Ratings: 23 Feedback: 100% My Mood:**	Why am I scared of gerber? I make all my son's food except for infant oatmeal (I've tried pureeing regular oatmeal and it still is too chunky and slow to cook), and something about those jars with the gerber baby staring back at me just makes me very uncomfortable. Advertisement __________________ https://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php/3260 Last edited by Palooka; 05-25-2013 at 08:20 PM.

09-30-2012, 08:18 AM	#2
qsefthuko Registered Users Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 18,596 Ratings: 94 Feedback: 100%	Re: Why am I scared of gerber? Store bought baby food is so lacking in nutrition. I was feeding my daughter gerber. She tested low on iron. I switched her table food. Her iron levels went back up to normal.

09-30-2012, 08:53 AM	#3
zandj Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 6,819 Ratings: 167 Feedback: 100%	Re: Why am I scared of gerber? I was the same lol bit of a baby food snob I guess? __________________ Mama to P 12.07 and baby Q born at home 9.30.12 <3

09-30-2012, 12:31 PM	#4
Palooka Registered Users Formerly: jenn.* Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 4,437 Ratings: 23 Feedback: 100% My Mood:**	Oh my gosh thank you. Lol. __________________ https://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php/3260 Last edited by Palooka; 05-25-2013 at 08:20 PM.

09-30-2012, 12:38 PM	#5
mommy2sammy Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 486 Ratings: 13 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Gerber is known to "hide" ingredients. We don't ear pork, and after reading the label they use gelatin in the oatmeal. After some research, it's pork based :-( Why they need gelatin in the oatmeal when earths best and beech nut dont, I have no clue, but that was the end of my relationship with gerber! __________________ Sorry if I haven't gotten back with anyone via PM. Still learning the iPhone app and not very "techy".

09-30-2012, 02:47 PM	#6
bigmamakelsey Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Montana Posts: 9,625 Ratings: 163 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Why am I scared of gerber? Gerber is awful. Really, all jarred baby food, but especially non organic. It has hidden ingredients and they use the reject vegetables that are going bad. Once they're processed into baby food, they actually have little to no nutritional value at all. __________________ K&K My little firecracker Lennon 10.09, crying before he fully emerged and My little sweetheart Indi 6.12, born smiling

09-30-2012, 03:14 PM	#7
newmommy13 Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 7,751 Ratings: 104 Feedback: 100%	Because you are smart! Be afraid of johnsons and johnsons too. __________________ I, mama to dd A (3-08) dfs J (10/11) and in love with newbie dfd N! (10/13) hopeful pre-adoptive foster family

09-30-2012, 03:24 PM	#8
waterisntsomething Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,618 Ratings: 22 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Why am I scared of gerber? I'm the same way! SO bought DS some peach puree once and i fed him some but threw most of it out. He's much rather I just give him a slice of peach anyways. __________________ Hilary, loving Charles, mama to Charlie 1-21-12 on the way in December! Sweet Bunny Upcycled woolies available on Etsy! http://www.etsy.com/shop/sweetbunnywool And my vintage shop! http://www.etsy.com/shop/usedbutnotabused

09-30-2012, 05:06 PM	#9
momgoddess Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,050 Ratings: 22 Feedback: 100%	Re: Why am I scared of gerber? I boycott Nestle and have done so for over 10 years, and Gerber is owned by Nestle so I don't buy ANYTHING by Gerber. __________________ Valerie ~ Single Student Mama to four big kids and one brand new baby girl Lennon (04/17/12) and who recently relapsed into cloth diaper addiction after 8 years clean!

09-30-2012, 05:44 PM	#10
amcess721 Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NY Posts: 5,657 Ratings: 43 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Why am I scared of gerber? The reason I decided not to use them was that I had a jar of either peas or green beans... and I pureed some real peas or green beans - and the ones in the jar seriously looked brown compared to the fresh cooked/pureed stuff... right then I decided I wouldn't use any jarred food. Neither kiddo had anything out of a jar. I figured if it looked that blah, what was lacking... which nutrients/vitamins had been zapped? __________________ - Andrea - Mommy to 3 little sweeties. Do you Swag? I do! Click here to join swagbucks! Earn points. Get free stuff!

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