Pouched purees graduate from daycare to go to school
Pouched purees of fruits, vegetables and grains are growing up along with the first generation of children who used them to learn to eat solid foods. Sprout Foods, Inc., is just one company that is expanding pouched purees beyond the baby aisle to the children’s snack aisle with the launch of Sprout Organic SMASH fruit, vegetable and super grain snacks. The pouches have the same convenient twist-off and re-sealable pouches Sprout is known for, but are nutritionally balanced for 6- to 12-year-olds. The pouches are “perfect in the lunchbox or backpack of kids who are on-the-go,” the company says in a release.