baby food

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noun

food, as vegetables, fruits, or meat, puréed or minced for easy ingestion by infants.

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Origin of baby food

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby baby food

baby daddy, baby doll, baby face, baby farm, baby fat, baby food, baby grand, Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian, Babylonian captivity

How to use baby food in a sentence

There is no federal standard for lead in baby food, but there is a growing consensus among health experts that lead levels in baby foods should not exceed 1 ppb.
New report finds toxic heavy metals in popular baby foods. FDA failed to warn consumers of risk.|Laura Reiley|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
The report released Thursday from the House Oversight Committee’s subcommittee on economic and consumer policy found heavy metals in rice cereals, sweet potato puree, juices and sweet snack puffs made by some of the most trusted names in baby food.
New report finds toxic heavy metals in popular baby foods. FDA failed to warn consumers of risk.|Laura Reiley|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
The committee launched the investigation after learning of high levels of arsenic in some baby foods in a study by Healthy Babies Bright Futures, an alliance of nonprofit organizations aimed at measurably reducing babies’ exposure to toxic chemicals.
New report finds toxic heavy metals in popular baby foods. FDA failed to warn consumers of risk.|Laura Reiley|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
When my tastebuds are dulled, there’s a soothing blandness to congee, primarily satisfying in its gloopy texture on the tongue — as if I’m eating baby food again — and its solid comfort.
Congee Is the Ultimate Comfort Food|Jenny G. Zhang|February 1, 2021|Eater

If making a combo mash, take into consideration the rate at which the different ingredients will cook so one doesn’t become baby food while the other still is almost raw.
Potatoes aren’t the only vegetables you should be mashing|Aaron Hutcherson|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
Beech-Nut is still in existence, and is the third largest baby food manufacturer in the United States.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician|Rich Goldstein|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were among the first companies to begin packaging baby food in glass jars instead of cans.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician|Rich Goldstein|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She opens them to show diapers, baby food, hygiene products, and clothing.
An Iraqi Group Helping Women and Gays Is Receiving Death Threats|Jacob Siegel|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After that first baby food gig, he had a series of small parts in TV shows including Entourage, My Name Is Earl, and Shameless.
Meet Tony Revolori, the Scene-Stealing Kid in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’|Nico Hines|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She has three kids and wrote a cookbook—with her husband, who owns Chef Geoff and other D.C. restaurants--on baby food.
Norah O'Donnell: Romney Must Respond|Howard Kurtz|July 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We went to store; she needed baby food; it amounted to $7, groceries, baby food.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Then the mother makes a sort of pumping motion, and pumps up soft baby food from her crop, and he swallows it.
Bird Stories|Edith M. Patch
The notion that this is a 'baby food' to be scorned by real woodsmen is nothing but a foolish conceit.
Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts|Girl Scouts
Never give a baby food merely to pacify him or to stop his crying; it will damage him in the end.
The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler
I got a wet nurse for her and fed her with baby food, but she got thinner and more elfish-looking.
Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak|Harriette McDougall