How to Start your Own Baby Food Business Part #6: Manufacturing Vs. Catering
How to Start your Own Baby Food Business Part #6: Manufacturing Vs. Catering
Handmade Baby Food vs. Commercially Produced, Store Bought Baby Food
Food from your baby food catering business will be differentiated from commercial, factory produced baby food in the following ways:
People & Production
Your baby food is made-by-hand by individuals who are committed to the quality of the baby food. At least one certified chef is on duty at all times supervising the process and ensuring that ingredient and cooking standards are met. The food is made in a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen like the ones used by top chefs.
Commercial baby food is produced in mass in a factory or co-packing facility. More often than not, baby food is not the only food product produced in the facility. Typically baby food is made by workers that do not have culinary training and do not have a passion or commitment to high quality baby food.
Hand Selection of Ingredients
Each and every ingredient in your baby food, down to the smallest berry, is hand selected to ensure that it is of the highest quality and to make sure that it is completely ripe.
Commercial baby food is made from massive deliveries of bulk produce that arrive on loading docks. Food quickly passes by workers on conveyer beltsthere is little time for manual inspection.
Source & Quality
The majority of the ingredients in your baby food are locally grown. They are picked only when fully ripe and go from the field to our kitchen within a matter of days, sometimes hours.
Produce used to make commercial baby food comes from multiple sources and multiple countries. It is often picked before fully ripened, to withstand the long transport from the field to the factory. Sometimes produce becomes over-ripe or rotten as it sits on trucks, in warehouses, or on loading docks for days or weeks.
Organic
You use only 100% organic ingredients that are never stored near other non-organic ingredients or produced alongside non-organic foods.
Even foods that are made with organic ingredients can be contaminated with pesticides when they are transported or stored with or near non-organic ingredients or produced in a facility that also makes non-organic food products. Commercial baby food is often made in large factories or by co-packers that also produce non-organic foods.
Washing
All of produce used in the production of your baby food is individually washed or scrubbed by hand.
In commercial baby food factories, produce is either rinsed as it passes under a sprayer on a conveyer belt or it may be allowed to sit in a vat of water to be cleaned. Often the process involves cleaning agents or chemicals.
Preparation
All the produce used in the production of your baby food is peeled, cored, or diced by hand. This provides a second inspection of the ingredient before cooking.
Produce used to make commercial baby food is peeled, processed, and cut by machines in large batches. Seeds, stems, rotten spots, etc. can easily go over looked and may be included in the final product.
Cooking
The majority of your baby food made using produce that has been gently steamed to ensure that the vitamins and nutrients are not “cooked out” of the food. This process also helps the food to retain its natural color. Some foods are baked or roasted whole to ensure that the natural juices are retained.
Commercial baby food is boiled in large vats or cooked quickly in giant, super heated ovens. Both processes are designed to cook the food as quickly as possible so large amounts can be produced at once. The food must be cooked at high enough temperatures to be sterilized in order for it to sit in a warehouse or on a store shelf for long periods of time. Essential nutrients and natural colors are lost. Vitamins and color must be added back into the food. This is accomplished using either synthetic materials or fruit/vegetable concentrates or dyes. Some food dyes are made using ground insects.
Processing
Your baby food is pureed in small batches which are weighed and measured by hand. Each batch is checked and rechecked to ensure a smooth or creamy texture.
Commercial baby food is ground in large, industrial vats. Sometimes tons of food is processed at once.
Texture
You add only a small amount of distilled water to your foodjust enough to allow for a smooth puree. Because we add such a small amount of water, there is no need to add thickening agents.
Large amounts of water are added to commercial baby food to “thin it out”. This allows the company to get more baby food out of each pound of produce (water is cheap) thus increasing company profits while nutritionally cheating babies. Thickening agents, such as starch, are then added (starch is cheap too). Thickening agents also “stabilize” factory-made foods by keeping the complex mixtures of oils, water, acids, and solids well mixed.
Quality Control
At every point in the cooking and pureeing process the temperature of the food is checked and rechecked to ensure that the correct temperature and consistency is being met. Temperature is monitored during the cooking process to make certain that vital vitamins and minerals are not “cooked out”, and as food is cooled to avoid pathogen growth.
Most of the production is often monitored by computers rather than humans.
Packaging
Your baby food is packaged by a person, giving it one final quality check.
Commercial baby food is packaged by big machines that squirt food into jars or containers with no one overseeing the process.
Freshness, No preservatives
Your stores/kitchen/etc.make fresh baby food daily. You only make enough food to fulfill the needs of for the current week. Your baby food is sold or delivered to customers within 24 to 48 hours of being made. There is no need to add preservatives and no food is wasted.
Commercial baby food is made in mass. Tens of thousands of “units” of baby food are produced each day. Commercial baby food can sit in a warehouse or on a store shelf for up to 2 years. The companies must add chemical or natural preservatives to keep the food from degrading. Even frozen baby food in the grocery store can sit in the freezer for months before it is sold.
Mischelle (Schelly) Weedman-Davis left her 15-year high-tech career to become a stay-at-home mom but later became the founder of Sprouts Baby Food, Inc. She now uses her talents to support her husband’s Seattle law firm, the Davis Law Group so she can spend more time with her family. http://www.InjuryTrialLawyer.com . But she remains committed to infant nutrition and helping others that want to start their own baby food business.
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How to Start your Own Baby Food Business Part #4: Understanding your Market
How to Start your Own Baby Food Business Part #4: Understanding your Market
Understanding your market is critical. As early as possible, before you launch your business, I encourage you to survey moms in your area to learn about their values, buying habits, and infant feeding rituals. An easy way to do this is to use an online survey tool (there are dozens out there) to create your survey. Then send an email to all the moms you know, post a notice on a local mommy message board, or send an email to an online Yahoo! Groups community that is targeted to parents.
Not only will this help you learn about your target market but it will give you valuable data that you can use when discussing your business with the local media.
Here are some of the questions and answer options that we used for the first Sprouts Baby Food survey years ago.
How old is your baby?
Which of the following best describes you?
Stay-at-home mom
Working mom
If you are a working mom, which of the following best describes your childcare support?
n/a
in-home childcare/nanny
daycare center
family member
Are you concerned about food allergies?
Yes
No
Does your baby have any food allergies?
Yes
No
FEEDING YOUR BABY
Did you breastfeed your baby?
Yes
No
How long did/do you plan to breast feed your baby?
0-3 months
4-6 months
7-9 months
10-12 months
13-18 months
19-24 months
2+ years
How old was your baby when you began feeding him/her solid foods?
3 months
4 months
5 months
6 months
7 months
8 months
9 months
10 months
11 months
12 months
Older
Why did you begin your baby on solids?
Advice from doctor
Advice from book
Advise from website/web forum
Advice from family member
Advice from another mom
Baby seemed ready
Other
Which of the following is most often your source for feeding and childcare information?
doctor
book
website/web forum
family member
other moms
Did your doctor give you enough information to help you feel confident about making feeding decisions for your baby?
Yes
No
What is the most frustrating thing about introducing new foods to your baby?
WHAT YOU FEED YOUR BABY
Which best describes the food that you most frequently give your baby?
Home-made baby food
Traditional store-bought baby food (jarred)
Organic store-bought baby food (jarred)
Organic store-bought baby food (frozen)
Pureed table foods
Catered baby food (such as Sprouts)
Do you regularly give your baby formula?
Yes
No
Never
Which of the following baby food brands do you most frequently use (please check all that apply).
n/a ‘ I don’t give my baby commercial baby food
Gerber Baby Food
Heinz Baby Food
Beech Nut Baby Food
Earth’s Best
Gerber Organic
Organic Baby
Homemade Baby
Bohemian Baby
Happy Baby
TotPots
Mom Made
Evie’s Organic Edibles
Plum Organics
Healthy Times
Bright Beginnings
If you DO NOT make your own baby food, please give us the reasons why. (check all that apply)
n/a ‘ I make my own baby food.
I think store-bought food is as good as what I could make at home.
I would like to make my own baby food but I don’t have the time.
If you DO make your own baby food, please give us the reasons why. (check all that apply)
I think that fresh is the best.
I like to choose my own ingredients.
I think that store-bought baby food contains a lot of sugars, starches, and fillers.
I don’t like that store-bought food is made to sit on store shelves for 2+ years.
Store-bought food lacks variety.
Is price a factor when feeding your baby?
No ‘ I want the best for my baby, no matter what the cost.
Not really ‘ I’ll pay more for better quality foods.
Kind of ‘ It depends. Sometimes.
Yes ‘ We are on a budget and can’t afford to spend a great deal of baby food.
Yes ‘ I just don’t believe in paying a lot for baby food.
Do you read the ingredient labels on baby food in the store?
n/a ‘ I make my own baby food.
No
Yes, always
Yes, but only for baby food
If yes, what are you looking for on the labels?
On average, how much do you pay for baby food (per jar)?
$ .10 – $ .49
$ .50 – $ .99
.00 – .49
.50 – .99
.00 – .49
.50 – .99
.00 ‘ more
How much would you pay for quality, freshly-made, organic baby food?
$ .10 – $ .49
$ .50 – $ .99
.00 – .49
.50 – .99
.00 – .49
.50 – .99
.00 ‘ more
On average, how many jars of baby food do you purchase each week?
0-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
More
RESTURANTS
Before having a baby, how many times did you eat out per month?
3-5 times per month
1-2 times per month
Once every 2 months
Other
After having a baby, how many times do you eat out per month?
3-5 times per month
1-2 times per month
Once every 2 months
Other
Since having a baby, is “kid friendliness” (kid menu, high chars, toys, etc. ) a key factor when choosing a restaurant?
Yes
No
Would you be more likely to frequent a good restaurant that had healthy, organic menu selections for your baby?
Yes
No
When dining out at a restaurant do you…..?
Bring baby food along
Feed the baby off of your plate (mashing something up)
Order something off the menu for the baby (then mash it up)
Other
Additional comments on dining out with your baby.
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