Baby & children · Organic
Plum Organics Stage 2 — Apple, Carrot & Squash
Baby food and formula are scored on the food formula with extra weight on pesticide residue and additives, because exposure matters more per kilogram of body weight in the first years. Honey should never be given under 12 months.
Chemistry breakdown
Bar length = weight in the Baby & children formula · color = that component's score · tap a name to learn what it means.
Scored from 75% of the formula's weight. The rest doesn't apply to this product.
Pesticide residue9/10 · 39% weight
Residues left on produce and grains from how the crop was farmed. Organic certification prohibits synthetic pesticides, which is why the same fruit can rate very differently by farming method.
Additives8/10 · 28% weight
Preservatives, colorants, emulsifiers and flavorings added in processing — each rated on its own evidence record, from benign (vitamin E as a preservative) to contested (certain synthetic dyes).
Ultra-processing (NOVA)no data · 17% weight
The NOVA scale classifies how industrially transformed a food is, from whole ingredients (1) to ultra-processed formulations (4). Population studies associate heavy ultra-processed diets with worse health outcomes independent of nutrients.
Oils & refined sugarsno oils or added sugars · 8% weight
Refined oils and added sugars — rated by what they are: cold-pressed fruit oils and whole sweeteners like honey rate well; hydrogenated oils and high-fructose syrups rate poorly.
Certifications9/10 · 8% weight
Independent third-party verifications (USDA Organic, FSC, EPA Safer Choice…). Informational only — having none never lowers a score; verified claims can raise it.
Ingredients · 4
In label order — the first-listed ingredient counts most in the score. Tap any row for its sources.
Made by
- 2021-02Named in the US House Subcommittee report on heavy metals in baby food — The Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy reported that internal company testing across several baby-food makers, Plum among them, showed inorganic arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury in finished products and ingredients, and that products were sold despite those results. There is no finding of intent — the heavy metals are largely taken up from soil rather than added — but the report's substance is that the testing existed and the products shipped anyway, which is a failure of care rather than an unknowable hazard. Plum disputed aspects of the report's characterisation.