You may as well feed your kids pork rinds.

14 Jun 2009 at 09:39

A Free Man

baby food children Heinz nutrition toddlers

Nobby’s Pork Crackle – Saturated Fat: 5.7g/100g

Heinz Little Kids Yogurt Meusli Fingers (Sultana Apple) – Saturated Fat 8.1g/100g

In other words, in many ways* you are better off feeding your kid fried pork skin than these Heinz snacks that are designed for toddlers.

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*To be fair, the Pork Crackles have loads of salt. But then the Heinz bars have loads of sugar. Six of one?

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15 Comments

by Jamie

14 Jun 2009 at 12:18

Have you ever had fresh pork rinds, just off the pig? They sell them in markets in Latin America – truly fantastic.
by chris

14 Jun 2009 at 16:45

Sheesh, feed ‘em something off the tree.

BTW, 76 days to go???? OMG!!! Maybe you should have a Virtual Bebe Shower, how $$ is shipping to AU anyhow?
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by Florida Girl In Sydney

14 Jun 2009 at 21:33

I’m kind of passionate about this topic, you may have guessed that from my original comment. But I figure since I personally don’t eat that healthy, but least I can do is feed my kids really well…
not sure if you ever clicked on my food blog– I haven’t updated it in a million years but if you’re ever looking for some ideas on sneaking healthy stuff into your food look at deviouslydelicious.com (my former food blog).
by Florida Girl In Sydney

14 Jun 2009 at 21:34

oops, see it has been too long– it’s deviouslydelicious.blogspot.com
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by tysdaddy

15 Jun 2009 at 01:21

I once visited a state fair featuring a booth where a guy was making pork rinds and serving them fresh out of the grease.

OMG! A love affair began that day . . .

Salt be damned!
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by Jill/Twipply Skwood

15 Jun 2009 at 04:04

I dunno, for me the decision would still depend on the specific ingredients. In my mind, saturated or unsaturated, plant fat is still better than animal fat because animal fat will be higher in pesticides even if they were the same as far as saturated vs. unsaturated. And, the additives could always swing me one way or the other.

The big surprise for a lot of people I think is that you have to actually read the ingredients to know what you’re eating. Really, you have to not just read them, but understand them. And a lot of people never get over that. They think, “If it’s not safe to eat, why would they sell it!?!” And the answer, as always, is “To make money.” It’s certainly not to keep your kids safe & healthy. Although if more people payed attention and cared, :safe and healthy” would sell as well as “cheap and disease promoting”.
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by Jill/Twipply Skwood

15 Jun 2009 at 04:06

Now wait here’s something funny – I always think your titles must be song lyrics, even if I don’t know the song. So when I saw your title in my bloglines my initial though was, “There’s a song about feeding your kid pork rinds?!”
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by admin

15 Jun 2009 at 12:16

OK folks, just to clarify, I’m not proposing you feed your kids either pork rinds or Heinz Little Kids junk.

Jamie – No, but that sounds like something that I should try!

Chris – I know. If it comes off a tree, it’s probably pretty good. Shipping to Oz is many $$$$.

FGIS – I don’t eat healthy at all. Hence having Nobby’s pork crackles in the house. But I’m thinking of changing that up a bit. I’m starting to get a bit concerned about food.

Tys – I love salt. More than sugar.

Jill – Since this wasn’t a proper post I figured that the song lyrics were unnnecessary.
by Dr O'C

15 Jun 2009 at 16:29

Although you did, much to my disgust! and even worse, Zach loved them.
by Joe

15 Jun 2009 at 21:22

Tyler’s snack yesterday afternoon… a freshly picked radish from the garden. He LOVED IT. He held it by the green leafy area and ate the thing like it was a carrot. It was awesome.
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by mongoliangirl

15 Jun 2009 at 22:30

And theeeeeeen…I thought about apples.
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by Nathan B.

16 Jun 2009 at 00:22

At least when we give Ella string cheese, she gets a big chunk of her daily calcium needs…
by NATUI

16 Jun 2009 at 09:18

Popping in from the land of no Wi-Fi to say I just gave you a cheerful mention over at my site. Signs, signs everywhere there’s signs…
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by heather

16 Jun 2009 at 15:01

Pork Rinds taste better than baby muesli yogurt fingers.

As for the rest, I will be a touch “holier than thou” for a second and say the I made my kiddos baby food and snacks at home. I was COMPLETELY scared off of mass produced baby food by a Vet Prof on the European Union Mad Cow committee.
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by admin

17 Jun 2009 at 13:17

Dr. O’C – He had ONE!

Joe – A radish? Wow. You’ve got one of those rare kids who will voluntarily eat vegetables.

Mongola – MMmmm. It’s apple season here. Nothing better than a fresh apple.

Nathan – Yeah, but what about that crucial daily requirement for fried?

NATUI – Thanks for the creepy cabbage patch visual…

Heather – Pork rinds taste better than most things.