Virginia Heather Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Last night, I read in an on-line article that dry infant cereal w/ fruit (such as "Gerber's whole grain oatmeal with bananas") is nutritionally inferior to the plain whole-grain oatmeal/rice WITHOUT the bananas (or other fruit). Something to do w/ multiple ingredients vs. a single ingredient. Have any of you ever heard this?? I've been using the bananas variety b/c dd likes it better, but I don't want to feed her something that's nutritionally inadequate... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I just got the whole grains and mixed the fruits in myself (more variety :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Infant cereal w/ dried fruit is not inferior to plain infant cereal, but it is inferior to plain infant cereal mixed with fresh fruit or jarred fruit, because of the process involved in drying the fruit I assume. If there is any sugar added to the dried fruit then that is also something to avoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Heather Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Aahhh... ELizabeth, that makes perfect sense! Thank you~ And thank you, Lisa, for your input, as well-- I think I'll go that route from now on :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 is nutritionally inferior to the plain whole-grain oatmeal/rice WITHOUT the bananas (or other fruit). Something to do w/ multiple ingredients vs. a single ingredient. Have any of you ever heard this?? I've been using the bananas variety b/c dd likes it better, but I don't want to feed her something that's nutritionally inadequate... Offering another perspective........ Don't *do* baby food or cereal at all. A baby ready for solids can eat pieces of real "grown up" food from your own menus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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