baby food

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of baby food¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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.

From 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.

From 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.

From 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.

From 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.

From Washington Post

Beech-Nut is still in existence, and is the third largest baby food manufacturer in the United States.

From The Daily Beast

They were among the first companies to begin packaging baby food in glass jars instead of cans.

From The Daily Beast

She opens them to show diapers, baby food, hygiene products, and clothing.

From The 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.

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

We went to store; she needed baby food; it amounted to $7, groceries, baby food.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the mother makes a sort of pumping motion, and pumps up soft baby food from her crop, and he swallows it.

From Project Gutenberg

The notion that this is a 'baby food' to be scorned by real woodsmen is nothing but a foolish conceit.

From Project Gutenberg

Never give a baby food merely to pacify him or to stop his crying; it will damage him in the end.

From Project Gutenberg

I got a wet nurse for her and fed her with baby food, but she got thinner and more elfish-looking.

From Project Gutenberg