Sprout Organic Baby Food, Stage-3, Holiday Vegetable Dinner with Roasted Turkey, 5.5-Ounces pouches
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on Tuesday, May 6, 2014
I'm sitting here with the Sprout Holiday Vegetable Dinner package of baby food in hand and I don't know where the reviewer came up with the salt content. Calories: 140; Total Fat: 4 grams; Sodium: 20mg; Carbs: 24 grams; sugars: 4 grams (Since there is 20 grams difference between the carbs and the sugars, this generally indicates there are no additional sugars added and what IS there is from the natural sugar in the veggies) Fiber: 2 grams; Protein 4 grams; In fact, I have looked at several of the Sprout baby food packages and their sodium is quite low. I was in the middle of the ordering process to get this from Amazon when the review caught my attention in regard to the sodium content and I had to comment!This Turkey Dinner is one of only two Sprout Stage-3 meals that my baby will eat. (She's now 13 months old, and has been eating these meals since she was about 10 months old). Unlike many of the other Sprout Stage-3 foods, this one isn't overly thick and chewy. There are visible bits of vegetables and turkey meat, but they are very manageable, so they don't make my little-one gag or quit eating because the food is too difficult to chew with the few teeth that she has. It smells pretty good, too ... Like real "cooked" food, rather than ground-up "baby food." Most importantly, my baby loves it and routinely opens her mouth very wide for additional spoonfuls. This has become one of our "go-to" meals when there's no time for a home-cooked meal or finger-foods.The flavors are very American Thanksgiving, and this is easier than fixing a plate and then pureeing it, but there is a strong herb smell that my daughter has a hard time with.If there is no wholesome food available, this could do. However, this is high in salt, low in fiber, high in carbohydrates (tastes like sweet candy), and uses highly processed ground turkey. Even gourmet pet food offers real chunks of meat. This is supposed to be for advanced babies, but it's mushy with bits of ground turkey and corn kernel peels. It would be good to see more WHOLE bits of food, less salt, less sweetness, more fiber, and cuts of real meat (not highly processed ground mystery turkey) with more meat. It is healthier for me to use frozen vegetables with meat than this Sprout concoction. They get two stars for trying to be organic.My son never refuses this flavor and always finish it. He's a picky eater. I mix it with brown rice too to make it thicker.
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