Top Fruit and Vegetables To Buy Organic For Baby

[Mindful Mum]

Pureed fruit and vegetables are best for weaning baby on to solids. Mindful Mum lists the most important items to buy organic, based on the pesticide residues of fruit and vegetables sampled in the UK by the Government and assessed by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN UK).

Of the non-organic fruit and vegetables from UK tested , these had the highest pesticide load, making them the most important to buy organic versions - or to grow organically yourself:

- Soft Citrus, e.g. mandarins (167 samples - 100% had pesticide residues)
- Citrus e.g. oranges, lemons & limes (512 samples - 91% had pesticide residues)
- Pears (1066 samples - 76% had pesticide residues)

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