Plum Organics Baby Organic Baby Food: Stage 1, Sweet Potato, Corn and Apple 6 ea

Plum Organics Baby Organic Baby Food: Stage 1, Sweet Potato, Corn and Apple 6 ea Target reserves the right to limit quantities per guest Plum Organics Baby Food is 100% organic puréed fruits and veggies with no added sugar, juice, colors or flavors The convenient BPA-free portable pouch provides a natural way to preserve the [...]

Gerber 2nd Foods Organics Pear & Wild Blueberry, 2-Count, 3.5-Ounce Tubs (Pack of 8)

Gerber 2nd Foods Organics Pear & Wild Blueberry, 2-Count, 3.5-Ounce Tubs (Pack of Case of eight packages, each package containing two 3.5-ounce tubs (total of 16 tubs / 56 ounces) Puréed, organic pears and wild blueberries For baby who eats easily from a spoon No artificial flavors or colors; no preservatives Tubs have recloseable lids; [...]

Plum Organics Fiddlesticks Snack Sticks, Berry, 2.12-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 6)

Plum Organics Fiddlesticks Snack Sticks, Berry, 2.12-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 6) 100% organic Gluten-free Baked with real fruits & veggies Quickly dissolves into soft bites BPA free bag in a 100% recycled box Plum Organic Berry Fiddlesticks is gluten-free snack sticks in tot friendly flavors. Incorporating fruit and veggies for extra nutrition, Fiddlesticks™ are the [...]

Plum Organics Baby Food, Apple & Carrot, 4.22-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 24) Reviews

Plum Organics Baby Food, Apple & Carrot, 4.22-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 24) 100% organic pureed fruits & veggies No added sugar, juice, colors or flavors Real homemade textures & flavors or flavors Convenient portable BPA free pouch Child-safe cap, reseals for flexible portions Plum Organics Baby Pouches are 100% organic pureed fruits & veggies with [...]

OCA exposes phony organic products

(NaturalNews) The organic products sector continues to boom, but not everything with the word “organic” on its label is truly organic. If a product does not bear the USDA organic certification seal, it is difficult to determine whether or not it is truly organic. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is working to expose phony organic products and brands through its “Coming Clean Campaign” which aims to clean up the natural and organic personal care industry. Currently, there are no set standards for what constitutes a “natural” or “organic” personal care product, other than for those that are USDA certified organic. As opposed to food products which are better regulated, natural care products often contain the words “natural” or “organic” either in their brand names or somewhere on their labels even when their primary, active ingredients are synthetically derived from petrochemical compounds. Last year, the USDA National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) made formal recommendations that the National Organic Program begin to regulate personal care products as it does food products in order to ensure that products being marketed as organic receive some sort of independent certification to prove that the claim is true. OCA immediately responded to this recommendation by launching its own boycott of the major “organic cheater” brands. Recently, OCA conducted a demonstration outside Natural Products Expo West, the largest convention of manufacturers, retailers, buyers and suppliers in the natural and organic products industry. OCA representatives held giant, five-foot-tall “sham”poo bottles at the entrance to the convention and passed out informational flyers to passersby about the products being featured at the expo that were not truly organic. Some of the brands and products exposed by OCA as being “organic cheaters” include: Jason Pure, Natural and Organic Avalon Organics Kiss My Face Obsessively Organic Nature’s Gate Organics Stella McCartney 100% Organic Giovanni Organic Hair Care Head Organics Desert Essence Organics Ilike Organic Skin Care Eminence Organic Organic Wear Sapien Certified Organic Organic Bath Co. Goodstuff Organics Though some of these brands and their respective product lines contain a few items that are USDA certified organic, the vast majority are labeled “organic” despite the fact that they are composed of synthetic and petrochemical ingredients rather than truly organic, agricultural material. Companies are selling these phony “organic” products at a premium and deceiving consumers. OCA has also prepared a spreadsheet outlining “organic cheater” brands and how they rate on the Hazard Ranking scale designed by the Environmental Working Group’s “Skin Deep” Cosmetic Safety Database. OCA also performed tests on products labeled “natural” and “organic” to see if they contained the toxic 1,4-dioxane contaminant commonly found in conventional consumer products. The results of that study were released in a recent Consumer Alert . More information about consumer care products is available at OCA’s Coming Clean Campaign .

Nature’s Baby Organics, an industry leader in organic personal care products

(NaturalNews) Finding safe, natural personal care products is something for which every parent should be conscious. But in a world full of products claiming to be safe and natural, how does one figure out which brands deliver on their claims and which ones are merely peddling marketing hype? One company, Nature’s Baby Organics, produces organic care products of the highest quality and purity. Founded by Adena Surabian, president and mother of two, Nature’s Baby Organics got its start when Adena realized that her daughter was allergic to the synthetic chemicals commonly used in personal care products. After performing some investigative research into the hard-to-pronounce ingredients on product labels, this concerned mother began to lament about the lack of natural, safe and pure products. “I wanted a natural product that had clean, healthy ingredients that would also perform well, so I could use it too,” she states on her company’s website. Because she was unable to find suitable products already on the market, Adena decided to start formulating her own in order to meet her high standards. Today, her company produces five certified organic personal care products, including diaper ointment, skin soother, chest rub, baby oil and dusting powder. All of her products contain between 70 and 95 percent organic ingredients, depending on the specific formula. The reason why not all of Nature’s Baby Organics products are certified organic, meaning they have at least 95 percent organic ingredients, is because Adena believes the National Organic Program (NOP) preservative guidelines are not entirely acceptable. “A baby product cannot be 100 percent USDA certified organic, in our opinion. We do see companies that are making lotions, shampoos and conditioners, and we just don’t agree with that process. The NOP stipulates that the only approved preservative is alcohol. Alcohol to us is too astringent and can be processed through the skin; it is the one ingredient that passes into the bloodstream. Some alcohols can’t even be processed by the liver. So for us, we think it is an irresponsible process for people to be coming out with USDA certified organic under the current standards for children and infants.” she explained in an interview. A valid position, Adena has chosen instead to use naturally-sourced alternatives like sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate to preserve her products. This brings up another interesting fact about many organic products that Adena finds disturbing. “We’re seeing companies that aren’t even properly preserving, and might even have an anhydrous product without an antioxidant, so those products are going to become rancid. The other thing is that products that have organic content have a higher microbial count, so the need for preservation or an antioxidant is greater. And lots of companies are not even micro-challenging their products to see if they’re going to grow mold or bacteria or even be safe for children.” In other words, companies that produce all-organic personal care products are either using alcohol as a preservative, which can be harmful, or they are not properly preserving their products. This is what sets Nature’s Baby Organics apart from other organic personal care products on the market. Nature’s Baby Organics is a truth-in-labeling company that lists all of its ingredients right on its product labels. None of its products contain parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), phthalates, propylene glycol, or 1,4-dioxane. The bottles are also BPA-free. For more information about Nature’s Baby Organics, please visit www.naturesbabyproducts.com.