Plum is one of my food heroes; I love their recipes, everything the company stands for and the founder Susie Willis gave us some wonderful insights when I interviewed her a few months back.

Now, Plum is back on the Eating Britain menu with a great range suitable for seven months plus. The varieties have been created to keep up with the insatiable appetite of the nation’s babies who are asking for more (confirmed by parents at a series of consumer research panels!).

All the recipes have been created by Susie Willis, using carefully selected organic ingredients, celebrated for their nutrient rich content, to create simple, wholesome, delicious recipes. They are perfectly balanced to satisfy a growing baby’s protein and energy requirements and have a unique ‘fork mash’ texture that can encourage babies to chew and make the step towards self-feeding.

There are three varieties which I asked a few of my yummy mummy friends (and their babies!) to review for Eating Britain.

Red Cabbage with Apple and Chicken

Organically reared chicken is combined with juicy apples and red cabbage to deliver a wonderful blend of sweet and savoury flavours. Parents who lacked time or confidence to prepare food using these ingredients requested this recipe.

Spinach with Salmon and Parsnip

Salmon is a firm favourite with parents who view it as a key superfood, rich in essential fatty acids and omega 3. There is currently only a limited choice for mums looking for fish dishes and this innovative recipe combines fish with a wonderful root vegetable and nutrient dense green leaf for a taste and texture sensation that will satisfy growing appetites.

Parsnip, Carrot and Cheddar Mash

Cheddar mash with superfood root vegetables offers an exciting vegetarian meal with a true homemade flavour and texture that appeals to babies and toddlers alike.

Available as convenient, ready-to-eat, re-sealable pots from Tesco, Waitrose, Ocado, and Boots. RRP £2.29 / £2.49 in twin packs of 2 x 100g.

I asked my friends to consider the following when feeding their babies with the Plum Baby foods:

• Packaging and portability
• Taste, colour and texture
• The organic nature of the ingredients
• Price

One of my friend’s babies refuses to eat anything that isn’t home made, causing a lot of extra pressure on his mum, who understandably was far from enthusiastic about trying these Plum dishes. But she said she’d give it a try, so I gave her some samples and a few days later she asked “Where can I buy more?!”. Her baby absolutely loved them!

The yummy mummies really liked the clear information on the packaging and found the pots very easy to take anywhere. In particular, they felt the lids meant a lot less mess.

All the babies loved the flavours and their mums thought they tasted good too! They were particularly impressed with the ‘adult’ nature of the dishes which contain herbs and spices, and are not bland at all - “very refreshing to see”. The babies and mums really liked the texture as it wasn’t too smooth.

The organic ingredients were extremely important to some mums, as they are trying to feed their babies with only organic foods. But one mum in particular was just happy that her baby ate them, whether they were organic or not was not the most important issue to her.

All the mums said that they applauded the whole ethos behind producing a really fantastic baby food of extremely high quality, but they just wished the price was a little more reasonable. That said, they also said the foods were fairly priced considering the quality of the ingredients and the thought that had gone into producing a completely nutritionally balanced meal.

Overall, these Plum Baby foods were a roaring success with all the little plums that tasted them.

For more information about Plum Baby, take a look at their wonderful website.

Thank you very much to all the yummy mummies and their little plums for taking part in this review.

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