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Gerber Products Company is an American purveyor of baby food and baby products headquartered in Fremont, Michigan. Gerber Products Company is a subsidiary of Nestlé.. Other Gerber products include breastfeeding pumps and other supplies, baby bottles and nipples, and health care products including tooth and gum cleanser and vitamin drops.
The Gerber Baby is the trademark logo of the Gerber Products Company, an American purveyor of baby food and baby products. [1] Drawn by artist Dorothy Hope Smith , the Gerber Baby was modeled after Ann Turner Cook (1926–2022).
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 products.
Baby food is any soft, easily consumed food other than breastmilk or infant formula that is made specifically for human babies between six months and two years old. The food comes in many varieties and flavors that are purchased ready-made from producers, or it may be table food eaten by the family that has been mashed or otherwise broken down.
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]
In April 2007, returning to its roots, Nestlé bought US baby-food manufacturer Gerber for US$5.5 billion. [39] [40] [41] In December 2007, Nestlé entered into a strategic partnership with a Belgian chocolate maker, Pierre Marcolini. [42] In late September 2008, the Hong Kong government found melamine in a Chinese-made Nestlé milk product ...
Sally Gerber (born 1927) is the daughter of Daniel Frank Gerber who established the baby food enterprise Gerber Products Company. [1]Sally Gerber was ill as a baby, and when she was seven months old, her pediatrician recommended a diet of fruits and vegetables which her mother prepared for her daily. [2]
Gerber Singles was a failed product from 1974 by Gerber, a maker of baby food. It was food in glass jars targeted to college students and adults living on their own for the first time. [ 1 ] One marketing tag line was "We were good for you then, we're good for you now."