Premium weaning product (Organix First Organic Apple & Raspberry Cereal)

Member Name: jensterc

Product:	Organix First Organic Apple & Raspberry Cereal
Date:	08/04/09 (161 review reads)
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Advantages: No junk and easy to make

Disadvantages: Ouch...pricey

When my gorgeous second daughter reached about 51/2 months she started to pay such a huge interest in what I was eating and she would watch me eat my food with her own little mouth gaping wide. I decided I couldn't put off the weaning any long and she was ready for something other than milk.

The Organix Organic Apple and Raspberry Cereal was the first breakfast cereal I bought for her after she had been on boring baby rice for a few days. The organix brand was the natural choice for me as I was familiar with their products and their 'no junk' approach to baby food and toddler snacks. It is incredibly reassuring to look at only a handful ingredient and knowing what they all are!

The Apple and Raspberry Cereal is basically baby rice with the Apple and Raspberry fruit and it is stated really clearly on the box that it contains 31% friut. I found it really exciting to give my baby new flavours to try and see her reaction to them and this was a taste that she did really enjoy. The cereal is a first stage product which means it can be one of the very first foods you give your baby and can be give from 4-6months.

The cereal is a white powder texture with flecks of green and red, it reminds me of a really fine Ready Brek type cereal. To make it up you simply add your baby's milk or water and the great thing is you can adjust the consistancy to suit your baby's progress with weaning. To begin with you will probably want it to be quite runny becoming thicker as your baby gets used to proper food.

Tastewise I wouldn't choose to eat it for my breakfast but my daughter loved it and the flavours are distinctive and strong enough.

It is expensive though, a box from my Tescos cost a whopping £1.91 and once their appetitie increases you can get through a box in a few days. It is a great product although i would only really recommend it for really early weaning and once they are ready move on to something like ready brek.

Ingredients
Organic wholegrain rice flakes (50%), organic apple flakes (31%), organic whole milk powder (10%), organic raspberry powder (5%), organic rice flour (4%), Thiamin (vitamin B1*) trace. *Thiamin (Vitamin B1) is an essential nutrient for growing children. Thiamin has no organic classification.

The Important Stuff
Per 100g Per Serving
Energy (kJ/Kcal) 1575/372 476/113
Protein (g) 8.2 2.6
Carbohydrate (g) 79.4 18.0
of which sugars (g) 29.0 10.7
Fat (g) 5.3 3.9
of which saturates (g) 1.0 1.5
Fibre (g) 6.5 0.9
Sodium (g) Trace Trace
Salt (g) Trace Trace
Thiamin (mg) 1.2 0.2

Useful Information

CONTAINS MILK
SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS
GLUTEN & WHEAT FREE

Summary: A great first weaning product but then move on quickly as expensive.