Baby
The Baby collection brings together French baby food and feeding essentials: fruit pots and pouches, vegetable purées, meal plates for toddlers, baby cereals, biscuits, dairy desserts, and follow-on and growing-up milks. Most recipes are organic, from brands such as Babybio, Blédina, HiPP, Good Goût, Bio Village, Nestlé and Potpotam, and all are available at Epicerie Corner with delivery across the UK.
What Is French Baby Food?
In France, moving a baby on from milk to family food is called diversification alimentaire, and baby food is labelled by age stage: dès 6 mois (from 6 months), 8 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months and so on. The age reflects the texture and ingredients of the recipe, from smooth purées to meals with soft pieces.
A few French words help when reading the packs. A petit pot is a small jar or pot of purée; a gourde is a squeezable pouch; an assiette or bol is a microwaveable meal plate or bowl; a brassé is a stirred yoghurt-style dessert; and bio means organic. In the UK, the NHS advises starting solid foods at around 6 months. Some French packs carry earlier ages, so follow UK guidance and your health visitor's advice on when to begin, and always check the age shown on the pack.
Baby Food by Age: From First Purées to Toddler Meals
First purées and fruit pots
Single-fruit and single-vegetable purées are the usual starting point. Good Goût organic carrot purée, Babybio small pots in pairs (apple and apricot, apple and blueberry, Williams pear and more), Blédina Les Récoltes Bio apple and pear and Bio Village vegetable bowls such as broccoli-potato and sweet potato keep the recipes simple.
From 6 to 8 months
Next come mixed recipes with grains and a little more texture: Blédina carrot and semolina or butternut, parsnip and spelt pots, Babybio carrot and quinoa, Babybio evening meals and pasta bowls in 2 x 200 g packs. Baby cereals such as HiPP Mes Premières Céréales and Babybio vanilla or three-fruit cereals are mixed with your baby's usual milk. For fish, Yooji Wild Cod Portions are small frozen portions to cook and add to purées.
Toddler plates from 12 months
From around a year, meal plates look more like family dinners. Bio Village offers pot-au-feu, turkey blanquette, chicken and prune tajine and salmon with vegetables; Babybio, Blédina and HiPP add vegetable and pasta plates, including HiPP's La Mamma vegetable cannelloni; and Potpotam makes mushroom risotto, ratatouille with olive oil and basil, and coral lentils. Browse them all in baby meals.
Baby Pouches, Desserts and Snacks
Fruit pouches are easy to take out: Good Goût makes pouches of organic mango, prune, pear and peach, apple and quince or strawberry and banana, plus smaller breakfast pouches; HiPP sells mixed packs of four varieties; and Babybio pouches range from apple-pear-peach to banana-millet-pear. For dessert, there are Nestlé P'tit Brassé, P'tit Onctueux and P'tit Gourmand pots, Bio Village baby yoghurts and semolina desserts, and Babybio's vanilla semolina cream pouch.
For snacks and finger food, choose Good Goût mini rice cakes and mango biscuits, HiPP Organic My 1st Biscuit, Babybio sweet orange boudoirs or Mots d'Enfants biscuits for older babies. Nestlé Naturnes organic fruit drinks complete the range. Always stay with your baby while they eat. More are in baby juices and desserts.
Follow-on and Growing-up Milks
French baby milks are sold by stage. 2e âge (second age, or follow-on) milks are for babies from 6 months as part of a varied diet, and 3e âge or croissance (growing-up) milks are for toddlers from around 10-12 months. The collection includes Blédina Les Récoltes Bio 2nd and 3rd age, Gallia Calisma Organic 2nd Age, Modilac 2nd age and growth milks, Babybio Priméa 3, a ready-to-drink Babybio organic growth milk and Babybio Caprea, a goat's-milk growing-up milk for 10 months to 3 years.
The NHS notes that follow-on and growing-up milks are not a necessary part of a baby's diet, so talk to your health visitor before changing milks. If you use one, follow the preparation instructions on the tin exactly. Find them in baby milk and breakfast.
How to Choose Baby Food
- Age stage: check the age on the pack and choose the texture that matches what your baby is used to.
- Ingredients and allergens: read the full list. Many recipes contain gluten (semolina, wheat, spelt), milk, fish or egg, and these are shown in bold on the label.
- Sugar: fruit pouches such as Good Goût are fruit only, while some dairy desserts and yoghurts contain cane sugar; the ingredients list shows which.
- Brand and recipe style: Babybio is fully organic and made in France; the Blédina Les Récoltes Bio range covers organic jars and plates; Good Goût keeps short ingredient lists.
- Format: jars and pouches for first tastes and outings, plates and bowls for toddler meals, frozen portions for home cooking.
Baby Food FAQs
From what age can my baby eat these foods?
Each product shows its minimum age on the pack, such as from 6, 8, 12 or 15 months. NHS guidance in the UK is to start solid foods at around 6 months, so some French products labelled from 4 months may be earlier than UK advice. Speak to your health visitor if you are unsure when to start or which textures suit your baby.
What does 2e âge or 3e âge mean on French baby milk?
The ages are French stages. 2e âge (second age) is follow-on milk for babies from 6 months, alongside solid food. 3e âge, also labelled croissance, is growing-up milk for toddlers, usually from 10 or 12 months to 3 years. Check the age range on each tin and follow the preparation instructions carefully.
Is French baby food organic?
Not all of it, but most of this collection is. Babybio, Good Goût, Potpotam and the Bio Village baby range are organic, as are Blédina Les Récoltes Bio and HiPP's organic lines. Look for the word bio or the organic logo on each pack, and read the ingredients, which list organic ingredients with an asterisk.
How should I store opened baby food?
Unopened jars, pouches and plates can usually be kept in the cupboard until the date on the pack. Once opened, keep them covered in the fridge and use them within the time stated on the label. Don't feed straight from the jar if you plan to keep leftovers. Frozen portions should stay frozen until cooked.
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The Baby collection brings together French baby food and feeding essentials: fruit pots and pouches, vegetable purées, meal plates for toddlers, baby cereals, biscuits, dairy desserts, and follow-on and growing-up milks. Most recipes are organic, from brands such as Babybio, Blédina, HiPP, Good Goût, Bio Village, Nestlé and Potpotam, and all are available at Epicerie Corner with delivery across the UK.
What Is French Baby Food?
In France, moving a baby on from milk to family food is called diversification alimentaire, and baby food is labelled by age stage: dès 6 mois (from 6 months), 8 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months and so on. The age reflects the texture and ingredients of the recipe, from smooth purées to meals with soft pieces.
A few French words help when reading the packs. A petit pot is a small jar or pot of purée; a gourde is a squeezable pouch; an assiette or bol is a microwaveable meal plate or bowl; a brassé is a stirred yoghurt-style dessert; and bio means organic. In the UK, the NHS advises starting solid foods at around 6 months. Some French packs carry earlier ages, so follow UK guidance and your health visitor's advice on when to begin, and always check the age shown on the pack.
Baby Food by Age: From First Purées to Toddler Meals
First purées and fruit pots
Single-fruit and single-vegetable purées are the usual starting point. Good Goût organic carrot purée, Babybio small pots in pairs (apple and apricot, apple and blueberry, Williams pear and more), Blédina Les Récoltes Bio apple and pear and Bio Village vegetable bowls such as broccoli-potato and sweet potato keep the recipes simple.
From 6 to 8 months
Next come mixed recipes with grains and a little more texture: Blédina carrot and semolina or butternut, parsnip and spelt pots, Babybio carrot and quinoa, Babybio evening meals and pasta bowls in 2 x 200 g packs. Baby cereals such as HiPP Mes Premières Céréales and Babybio vanilla or three-fruit cereals are mixed with your baby's usual milk. For fish, Yooji Wild Cod Portions are small frozen portions to cook and add to purées.
Toddler plates from 12 months
From around a year, meal plates look more like family dinners. Bio Village offers pot-au-feu, turkey blanquette, chicken and prune tajine and salmon with vegetables; Babybio, Blédina and HiPP add vegetable and pasta plates, including HiPP's La Mamma vegetable cannelloni; and Potpotam makes mushroom risotto, ratatouille with olive oil and basil, and coral lentils. Browse them all in baby meals.
Baby Pouches, Desserts and Snacks
Fruit pouches are easy to take out: Good Goût makes pouches of organic mango, prune, pear and peach, apple and quince or strawberry and banana, plus smaller breakfast pouches; HiPP sells mixed packs of four varieties; and Babybio pouches range from apple-pear-peach to banana-millet-pear. For dessert, there are Nestlé P'tit Brassé, P'tit Onctueux and P'tit Gourmand pots, Bio Village baby yoghurts and semolina desserts, and Babybio's vanilla semolina cream pouch.
For snacks and finger food, choose Good Goût mini rice cakes and mango biscuits, HiPP Organic My 1st Biscuit, Babybio sweet orange boudoirs or Mots d'Enfants biscuits for older babies. Nestlé Naturnes organic fruit drinks complete the range. Always stay with your baby while they eat. More are in baby juices and desserts.
Follow-on and Growing-up Milks
French baby milks are sold by stage. 2e âge (second age, or follow-on) milks are for babies from 6 months as part of a varied diet, and 3e âge or croissance (growing-up) milks are for toddlers from around 10-12 months. The collection includes Blédina Les Récoltes Bio 2nd and 3rd age, Gallia Calisma Organic 2nd Age, Modilac 2nd age and growth milks, Babybio Priméa 3, a ready-to-drink Babybio organic growth milk and Babybio Caprea, a goat's-milk growing-up milk for 10 months to 3 years.
The NHS notes that follow-on and growing-up milks are not a necessary part of a baby's diet, so talk to your health visitor before changing milks. If you use one, follow the preparation instructions on the tin exactly. Find them in baby milk and breakfast.
How to Choose Baby Food
- Age stage: check the age on the pack and choose the texture that matches what your baby is used to.
- Ingredients and allergens: read the full list. Many recipes contain gluten (semolina, wheat, spelt), milk, fish or egg, and these are shown in bold on the label.
- Sugar: fruit pouches such as Good Goût are fruit only, while some dairy desserts and yoghurts contain cane sugar; the ingredients list shows which.
- Brand and recipe style: Babybio is fully organic and made in France; the Blédina Les Récoltes Bio range covers organic jars and plates; Good Goût keeps short ingredient lists.
- Format: jars and pouches for first tastes and outings, plates and bowls for toddler meals, frozen portions for home cooking.
Baby Food FAQs
From what age can my baby eat these foods?
Each product shows its minimum age on the pack, such as from 6, 8, 12 or 15 months. NHS guidance in the UK is to start solid foods at around 6 months, so some French products labelled from 4 months may be earlier than UK advice. Speak to your health visitor if you are unsure when to start or which textures suit your baby.
What does 2e âge or 3e âge mean on French baby milk?
The ages are French stages. 2e âge (second age) is follow-on milk for babies from 6 months, alongside solid food. 3e âge, also labelled croissance, is growing-up milk for toddlers, usually from 10 or 12 months to 3 years. Check the age range on each tin and follow the preparation instructions carefully.
Is French baby food organic?
Not all of it, but most of this collection is. Babybio, Good Goût, Potpotam and the Bio Village baby range are organic, as are Blédina Les Récoltes Bio and HiPP's organic lines. Look for the word bio or the organic logo on each pack, and read the ingredients, which list organic ingredients with an asterisk.
How should I store opened baby food?
Unopened jars, pouches and plates can usually be kept in the cupboard until the date on the pack. Once opened, keep them covered in the fridge and use them within the time stated on the label. Don't feed straight from the jar if you plan to keep leftovers. Frozen portions should stay frozen until cooked.