Baby food
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Baby food is any soft, easily consumed food other than breastmilk or infant formula that is made specifically for human babies between six months and two years old. The food comes in many varieties and flavors that are purchased ready-made from producers, or it may be table food eaten by the family that has been mashed or otherwise broken down.
Commercial baby food is often a humanitarian relief item. Delivery of infant formula may be criticized because it can discourage breastfeeding and the local water supply may be contaminated after a disaster, making powdered formula unsafe.
This pureed baby food was made at home and frozen in glass jars.
Market aisle stocked with commercial baby food
A small jar of pureed plums. A baby who is just beginning to eat baby food might not swallow even one small spoonful.
Gerber Products Company
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Gerber Products Company is an American purveyor of baby food and baby products headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, with plans to relocate to Arlington, Virginia. Gerber is a subsidiary of Nestlé.
The Gerber Baby featured in a 1949 ad
Gerber Products Company Specimen Stock Certificate c.1971
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