HAPPYBELLIES Brown Rice Cereal Contains DHA and Probiotics. It is the most intestinal-friendly grain because it is gluten-free, low in protein, and high in carbohydrates. HappyBellies Brown Rice Cereal is iron-fortified and provides essential vitamins and minerals a growing baby needs. All HAPPYBABY products are USDA-certified organic. It provides probiotic protection with good bacteria specially formulated to help strengthen your baby’s digestive system which can protect against the development of allergies. Enriched with DHA for eye and brain development, plus iron, vitamins and minerals essential to baby’s health. They are 100% natural with no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no genetically engineered ingredients (GEIs).
HAPPYBELLIES organic baby cereal, organic brown rice is the perfect first solid food for babies–it is healthy, delicious, and sure to please the palette. It is all organic with 100% natural ingredients, no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no genetic modifications, and no preservatives. Recommended by Dr. Bob Sears, this product is enriched with DHA for brain and eye development, plus iron, vitamins, and minerals that are essential for the baby’s growth. As an added extra, it has probiotic protection–good bacteria to help strengthen your baby’s digestive system and prevent food allergies. This cereal is completely vegan and contains no dairy, soy, gluten, or wheat ingredients. This is sold in a pack of six 7-ounce containers.
About HAPPYBABY
A few short years ago, HAPPYBABY was the first premium baby brand to enter the market in five small stores in New York City–at a time when there were no home-style options for parents to feed their children. A lot has changed since then, and HAPPYBABY is now one of the leading premium brand of baby and toddler meals in the U.S.–sold in over five thousand stores with five different lines of optimally delicious organic foods for your growing family.
HAPPYBABY is committed to providing families with the healthiest, most optimal nutrition possible. Besides using the best organic ingredients, they also incorporate the best nature has to offer when it comes to added nutrition, such as the sustainable source of DHA, pre and probiotics, and supergrains like salba and quinoa. They have partnered with Dr. Sears, well known author and pediatrician to ensure the healthiest formulations possible for baby’s growing body. They work hard every day to ensure that the foods are safe and of the highest quality, so you do not need to think about it! You can count on them to offer items without added sugar, trans fats, anything artificial, and always in the safest packaging.
HAPPYBABY makes the best-informed decisions about their foods, sourcing and packaging so that they make the very best for the world as well as your family. They are constantly making improvements to their offerings and trying vigorously to reduce their carbon footprint.
Product Features
- Is the perfect first solid food for babies–it is healthy, delicious, and sure to please the palette
- Pack of six 7-ounce containers
- They are all organic with 100% natural ingredients, no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no genetic modifications, and no preservatives
- Recommended by Dr. Bob Sears, this product is enriched with DHA for brain and eye development, plus iron, vitamins, and minerals that are essential for the baby?s growth
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
- Completely vegan and contains no dairy, soy, gluten, or wheat ingredients
- HAPPYBABY is committed to providing families with the healthiest, most optimal nutrition possible
Reassuring Response from HB about the Oatmeal I am a new mom, and have heard amazing things about HappyBaby’s Oatmeal. So, when I got on Amazon to purchase some I was surprised/concerned to see some of the negative reviews about off-coloring and bad smells. I wrote to the company to inquire about the issues people were mentioning, and I got a very good response, almost immediately, from the company. The Director of QA said that the problem was limited to one batch of oatmeal only and is no longer a problem. I thought other parents shopping on Amazon might find his response helpful:”…this is not a food safety issue, so there’s no need to worry. It is, however, an “off product” quality issue, and is caused by oxidation of the oils in the grain (oxidative rancidity), usually by the nitrogen flush we put into the can leaking out due to abuse, improper seaming, etc. The reaction (with oxygen) is a lot like leaving a peeled banana on the table too long…yucky, but not dangerous, so your child is not in any danger. The black flecks are oxidized pieces of the cereal bran, which are usually colourless.Our June production lot was particularly susceptible to this, so we did two things. First, we strengthened the antioxidant portion of the formula (mixed tocopherols), and the problem literally went away. Secondly, we reached out to our warehouses and store shelves, and replaced as much of the June production lot as we could. However, given the size and complexity of the supply chain, it’s nearly impossible to get a 100% catch here, so invariably, some cases stayed around. “This response really impressed me and made me feel much more confident about purchasing HappyBaby products in the future. They acted quickly, and responded thoroughly and honestly to the issue. They truly seem committed to their mission of supplying customers with the highest quality ingredients…and customer service! I will for sure be buying more HappyBaby products in the future.
Great baby cereal This was the first solid food I fed my then 4-month old baby and from the first time, he loved it. I initially mixed it with breast milk (1 tsp cereal and 4 tsp of breast milk for the first feeding, then less liquid to make it less messy to feed) but now, I mix it with some hot water or other food (vegetable or fruit purees). Whenever I introduce a new vegetable that I suspect my son might not like right away, I mix 1 tbsp or more of rice cereal and it usually works like a charm. Zucchini puree by itself = spit up. Zucchini puree mixed in with HappyBellies rice cereal = happy baby.Granted that I haven’t tried other brands, except for the Gerber Barley cereal, the line of HappyBellies cereals has been fantastic for us. My son loves it and he’s never had any stomach problems since he’s on it.The empty containers can be recycled, or used as toys for your baby. I usually but a few (unbreakable) items inside. My son loves shaking it and playing drums on it.I also love the convenience of Amazon shopping, especially since this brand can be sometime hard to find in stores.
Parents, be aware: contains neurotoxic chemicals that definitely AREN’T organic! Parents, before buying this stuff, do quick Google search for The Cornucopia Institute’s report entitled “Replacing Mother – Imitating Human Breast Milk in the Laboratory” or follow this link: [...]This Happy Bellies rice cereal contains Martek Corporation’s laboratory-produced oils containing DHA and ARA. As we all know by now, DHA and ARA are considered important nutrients for rapidly developing infants. But laboratory-produced DHASCO and ARASCO (Martek’s names for their proprietary oils) are materially different from the fats found in a mother’s breast milk. Martek’s products are extracted from fermented algae and fungus, with the use of the synthetic solvent hexane, a neurotoxic chemical. They contain only 40 to 50% DHA and ARA, with the balance being sunflower oil, diglycerides, and nonsaponifiable materials.These components are not found in human breast milk, and the triglycerides carrying DHA and ARA are not identical tothose found in human breast milk, and have never been part of the diet for human infants. Most frighteningly, neurotoxic chemicals — which are NOT organic in any way — are used to manufacture these oils. These oils are not organic, are not regulated or approved by the USDA or FDA, and are added in violation of federal organic regulation.The authors of the report investigated how a toxic chemical is used as processing agents in the manufacturing process, the inadequate testing for safety, and most importantly, how some infants are experiencing serious adverse reactions from consuming formula and foods supplemented with these oils.”This report presents a disturbing look at the addition of novel ingredients into infant formula,” says Marsha Walker, Executive Director of the National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy. “The FDA has received scores of reports on the adverse effects of these ingredients, but, to date, the public’s only access to these is through Cornucopia’s Freedom of Information Act request. This report will help alert the health care community and federal agencies to some of the adverse effects of added DHA and ARA in infant formulas.”The full report can be viewed on The Cornucopia Institute’s web page. [...]