There’s a lot of fuss surrounding this topic , but I’ve done my research…

All British and European manufacturers of food for children under the age of 3 operate under very strict legislation controlled by the EU. The number of additives and permitted ingredients that can be used is tightly controlled and applies equally whether the food is non-organic or organic.

The most recent EU legislation specifies that non-organic baby food must now contain less than 10 parts per billion of food pesticide residue and in some produce 3 parts per billion. This is so infinitesimally small it is to all intents and purposes absent.  Interestingly a soil association accredited producer does not even work to these levels! Therefore to comply with the law, our food – whilst it’s not labelled organic - must have almost non-existent levels of pesticide residue.

So since there is very little difference between organic and non-organic (in relation to the amount of pesticide that can be present in the product for children of this age), I decided not to use expensive organic products. Instead, it has meant that I can include more meat, chicken or fish in the recipes and provide a high quality product at an attractive price. 

We regularly test the ingredients we use at the government-approved Central Science Laboratory in York. Here, the advanced pesticide detection equipment ensures that I comply with the exacting standards of the legislation for foods manufactured for children under the age of 3.