Ella's kitchen - how bad are they?

[delilah88]

We've been using a few recently for convenience and DD quite likes them but [super-dense question her] I don't understand how they last for so long if they don't contain preservatives? There's a brekkie one that says it has 47% yoghurt -- but how could that work out of the fridge?

Could some bright spark tell me please, and if they're generally bad for baby or not.

I gave DS Ella's kitchen from time to time as he was very fussy and for a while they were all he would eat! The are vacuum packed which helps but I guess there must be preservatives in them.... have a look at the label.

im not a bright spark by the way! I hope they aren't bad too

I assume they're made in a sterile environment then vac packed. Dunno!

I give my DD some of the raisins and prunes one if she's constipated, works well. That's it really though.

My friend has weaned her 10mo purely on Ella's kitchen, she seems healthy enough. Not my cup of tea but then each to their own I guess.

I wouldn't worry about the odd one or 2 here and there

We buy them then pinch the recipe and make our own

It's something to do with the way they're packaged.

I expect, but I don't know, that like tinned food it's heated after or at least hot when it goes into the sterile packaging and then sealed air tight so that the sterile environment is sealed inside.

If there are no microbes to decompose the food, it will be preserved.

There was a massive thread on this a while back. As others have said, they last as they are packed in a sterile environment. I used quite a fair few then moved on to Plum and now use the odd Organix's alongside our meals. I have moved DD along to the next stage when she was ready rather than sticking to whats on the packaging tho re texture / lumps.

what the others said, also, they have lemon juice in them which is a natural preservative I think.

www.ellaskitchen.co.uk/any-questions/using-ellas/how-can-ellas-pouches-have-a-long-shelf-life-keep-their-nutritional-value/

They answer your question on the link above. I like them -- they taste much better than anything I could make and I care much less about DD spitting it out/dropping on floor than if I'd slaved over pureeing stuff (I do puree stuff when I have suitable things I'm cooking anyway). The only thing I hate about Ella's is the awful soppy marketing copy.