Can I use Canned Fruits and Canned Vegetables to Make Baby Food?
It is not a good idea to use canned foods to make and freeze homemade baby food. There are a variety of reasons for this and two of the biggest reasons to not use canned foods for homemade baby food is shelf-life and taste. Ask yourself if you eat more frozen veggies or more canned veggies. The odds are that you eat more frozen veggies because they are more fresh and have a much better taste than canned foods have. Are canned foods safe to make homemade baby food with? While canned foods may be safe to make homemade baby food with, they are not the best choice. In the process of producing canned foods, the foods are packed into the can, the can is then filled with liquid (syrup or brine) and then the can is heated. After the heating of the can, the can is then cooked at a temperature high enough to ensure that the food has a long shelf-life. One problem with this process is that the cans are lined with a coating that may leach BPA when heated. It is said that people are at high risk of
