I would like to hear of your experiences with organic formula if you have used them; specifically Nature’s One or Earth’s Best formulas. After hearing the news of melamine in the big 3 top infant formula companies, I pulled my daughter (almost 4 months old) off Nestle Good Start Natural cultures formula. She is mostly breast-fed, but I supplement with formula. My breastmilk not only constipates her, but gives her more than the standard explosive gas, and the Good Start alleviated that problem. However, I will not intentionally feed her a poison. I want to start her on an organic formula and liked the reviews of Natures’s One and Earth’s Best formula. Share your experiences, good or bad?

I think my little one will be starting solids soon…so I am researching different brands and offerings. What attracted my eye is Earth’s Best Organic jarred baby foods.

1. What was your experience with this? Did the baby like it?
2. When did you start your baby on it?
3. Does it taste or smell funny?
4. Is it o’ so different from the other commercial (non-organic) brands?

I have been feeding my daughter organic baby food. I wanted to go organic for the first year just to atleast get her on a good start. She is now starting "2nd foods" and when I went to the super market today I noticed that the variety of organic 2nd foods (of all organic brands, not just gerber) was much less than the non organic foods. Basically there were like 10 organic second foods to choose from and about 50 non organic second foods. I went on gerber and earth’s best’s websites and they just don’t make as much variety in the 2nd foods in organic as they do in non organic foods. So although I wanted to do organic I am also very concerned about my daughter experiencing a variety of foods so that she will not be a picky eater (like my husband who eats chicken for every meal!). So thanks for reading through this long question, basically I’m asking do you think it’s more important to go the organic route or is it more important to introduce her to a variety of foods early?
Please no suggestions about making my own baby food please. I have no intentions of making my own! Thanks!

After researching this website for my question above, I found an old resolved question that indicated all moms believed Beech Nut to be organic and were happily feeding it to their babies. I investigated a little further by writting to the company direclty, and here’s the answer I received: "Dear Ms. Gillies,
Thank you for writing. Beech-Nut products are not certified organic. As
part of our commitment to giving babies a healthy start in life, we’ve
taken a leadership role in keeping pesticide residues to an absolute
minimum. Our pesticide standards are significantly stricter than the
Federal requirements. In fact, levels in our baby foods are negligible to
non-detectable, making our products comparable to those containing
organically grown fruits and vegetables. Non-organic and organic
commercial baby foods are equally as safe and are equally nutritional."
I will stick to Earth’s Best, Organic Baby and whatever else I can find at organic markets such as Mrs. Greens. Beware!

Which do/did you prefer???

I’m starting my baby girl on fruit and I got both Earth’s Best First Apples and Gerber Organic Applesauce- I want to try both and also taste them myself. Just wanted some input from other Mommies! Thank you!
Becca12679- Wow! I didn’t know that! Very interesting! Thank you!

I was told Similac Organic has sucrose. My pediatrician said it doesn’t matter, but I can’t help but think it does.

Whole Foods sells Earth’s Best with lactose sugar. I also buy Nature’s One (no DHA or ARA in the recipe) with brown rice syrup sugar.

Any insight on the quality of the diferent formulas? Nature’s One also sells DHA/ARA supplements to go along with their formulas.