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Two-thirds of babies aged six to nine months, and between 75% and 85% of babies and toddlers older than nine months, eat some type of fruit. At age six to nine months, half of the babies are eating prepared baby food fruits, but toddlers aged 12 months and older primarily eat non-baby food fruits, such as fresh bananas or canned fruits.
In 1928, when Gerber announced it was looking for baby images for its upcoming line of baby food, Smith's drawing was submitted and subsequently chosen. It was trademarked in 1931. [4] [5] The drawing of Ann Turner Cook has since been used on virtually all Gerber baby food packaging. [5] Cook's identity was a secret until 1978. [6]
At the suggestion of a pediatrician, Gerber's wife, Dorothy, began making hand-strained food for their seven-month-old daughter, Sally. Recognising a business opportunity, Gerber began making baby food. [3] By 1928 he had developed five products for the market: beef vegetable soup and strained peas, prunes, carrots, and spinach.
Infant formula An infant being fed from a baby bottle. Infant formula, also called baby formula, simply formula (American English), formula milk, baby milk or infant milk (British English), is a manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants under 12 months of age, usually prepared for bottle-feeding or cup-feeding from powder (mixed with water) or liquid (with or ...
The original "Gerber Baby" was Ann Turner Cook in 1928: A charcoal sketch of her face at 5 months old became the company's iconic image. Cook went on to become a teacher and a novelist, and died ...
Fremont Canning Company, owned and operated by Dan Gerber, was looking for a baby face for its new baby food campaign, which was to start in the later part of 1928. [2] To find a baby face that it believed would best represent the new baby food, the Fremont Canning Company conducted a contest in the summer of 1928. [ 3 ]
Gerber began selling baby food through the canning company in 1928, using the "Gerber Baby" as their logo symbol. The baby food was sold at fifteen cents each, much less than similar foods which were purchased through drug stores for forty to sixty cents. [7] Some twelve years later the baby food line was outselling the adult canned food ...
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