Baby Foods that are Tested for Lower Levels of Toxins
After the latest reports of heavy metals in baby food so many mamas from this community asked : where do I source baby foods with lower levels of heavy metals? Does it exist?
Yes, as I mentioned in my most recent posts on Instagram ( here and here) there are plenty of foods that contain lower levels of heavy metals (notice I said ‘lower levels’ because almost all fruits and vegetables naturally contain some levels of of heavy metals).
However, there is an independent certification that is specifically testing the finished products of baby foods for common toxins. Given that there are no laws requiring companies to do so, I think it is worth getting familiar with the baby food companies that have thus far received the Clean Label Project’s Purity Award.
This non profit organization test final products- the products we all buy in stores , the products that our babies will be eating. They then give the ‘Purity Award’ to the companies that meet the strictest standards, which includes testing for:
heavy metals: arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury
BPA and BPS
pesticides screen (test for over 100 pesticides )
mycotoxins
Acrylamide
glyphosate
Purity Award Recipients must undergo yearly random and unannounced sampling of their products to maintain the Purity Award Status and are encouraged to conduct more internal testing to ensure ongoing compliance
Is this a perfect system? Not really- yearly random testing means that, yes, a batch could sneak through with higher than required levels….. but in the absence of Federal regulations for heavy metals, Bisphenols, pesticides and more in baby food it is definitely a great starts. It also shows how high levels of heavy metals ARE avoidable in baby foods and hopefully encourages larger companies to step up their quality control.
5 baby food brands have received the Clean Table Projects Purity Award (please note (and save!) the slides above that list the specific products that met the requirements
Cerebelly
Organic Sweet Potato Mango
Organic Broccoli Pear
Organic Pea Spinach Pear with Quinoa
Organic Pea Basil
Organic Butternut Squash White Bean
Organic Carrot Pumpkin
Organic Black Bean Sweet Potato with Avocado Oil & Tomato
Organic Carrot Chickpea with Ginger
Organic White Bean Pumpkin Apple with Sunflower Seed Butter & Cinnamon
Organic Spinach Apple Sweet Potato
Organic Sweet Potato Peach
Organic Celery Apple Kiwi
Organic Purple Carrot
Fresh Bellies
A perfect Pair
Broccoli Ever After
Cauliflower Dreamin’
Once Upon a Farm
Green Kale and Apples
Oh My Mega Veggie
Sun Shiny Strawberry Patch
Magic Velvet Mango
Mama Bear Blueberry
Apple Blueberry Applesauce
Gold-y Mango and the 3 Coconuts
Wild Rumpus Avocado
Serenity Kids
Organic Squashed – Kabocha Squash, Butternut, Pumpkin & Olive Oil
Free Range Chicken with Organic Peas & Carrots
Pasture Raised Turkey with Organic Pumpkin & Beet
Organic Roots
Grass Fed Bison with Organic Kabocha Squash & Spinach
Tiny Human Food
Tiny Human Food Organic Apple
Tiny Human Food Organic Carrot/Apple
Tiny Human Food Organic Pumpkin/Banana
Tiny Human Food Organic Green Bean
Tiny Human Food Organic Sweet Potato
Tiny Human Food Organic Carrot
Yummy Spoonfuls
Yummy Spoonfuls Turkey Spinach Bites
Yummy Spoonfuls Chicken Sweet Potato Bites
Yummy Spoonfuls Mac & Chicken Sausage Big Bowl
Yummy Spoonfuls Pasta & Veggie Bow
Yummy Spoonfuls Pasta Veggie & Beef Bowl
Yummy Spoonfuls Breakfast Burrito – Potato, Egg, Cheese
Yummy Spoonfuls Burrito – Beef, Bean, and Cheese
Yummy Spoonfuls Burrito – Tasty Turkey