Early Allergen Inclusion Baby Food: Inspired Start Variety Pack, 3 oz. (Pack of 8 baby food pouches) - Non-GMO, include peanut, tree nut, soy, sesame, wheat, egg, cod and shrimp in baby's diet

I really was excited for these and wanted to love them. I love the idea and how convenient it makes it to introduce potential allergens to the little one early on. All of these puréed were very thick and almost seemed creamy. I have been making all of my little guy’s food at home so I’m not super familiar with most of the commercially prepared purses. From what I have seen of them, these would definitely be considered thicker. I wasn’t very excited about the flavor and neither was baby. I had to hide these in other homemade purees in order to get him to eat them (and he isn’t a picky eater). I tried each of them and they tasted “meh” to me. Not nearly as good as homemade purees or plum organics. The shrimp banana had me gagging and I usually enjoy shrimp. I would not purchase these again. I guess in the future I will stick to homemade and add in potential allergens myself. These were waaay to pricey for the actual product. I gave 2 stars for convenience and for a good idea.

I recently purchased the 8 flavor variety pack as well as one of each of the 4 flavor packs. I did not check the flavors in each before ordering, so ultimately I ended up with 3 pouches of each flavor (2 from starter packs 1 and 2 and one form the variety pack). My son was just over 6 months old when I began giving it to him. I work full time and he spends his days at daycare, so I did one pouch of X flavor for dinner Friday night and the next day for lunch I gave him the second pouch of the same flavor. I felt confident that I was exposing my son to potential allergens in a more controlled manner and that if anything were to happen, we were near a hospital. I felt this was better and safer than just giving him a taste of the food since I wont know how much he actually ate that way. This way I have a more exact amount that he is eating allowing me to ensure he has had enough of an exposure and I can just take the pouch to the ER with me in the event of a reaction.

I have a grandson that I have been making organic, homemade baby food since he has been 4 month old. We have a list of all veggies and fruit, but when it came to the "potential allergens" I just kept shaking my head and thinking, "I will have to figure it out." After doing research, and being a retired Pediatric RN I knew the sooner we got past that list the better. At 8 months, I finally said; "Ok peanut here we go." I had to struggle to find organic, unsalted creamy peanut butter, first challenge, then "how much?" My nephew had a reaction with a very small amount, so I guessed small and over the weekend we gave him a baby spoon each day to see if he had a reaction. No problem then I came across an article that stated we should give "4 heaping teaspoons of peanut butter each week" WHAT? Then I thought of all the other potential allergens on the list, and I deiced to find some help. Well Inspired Start is where I landed. I bought all three packs so he could have 1 pouch per day for 3 days of each of the allergens. Luckily everything that is mixed with the allergen in the pouches, he had already had alone (mango, banana, pears, apple), so I knew if there was a reaction it would be the allergen. I mix a small amount of homemade chunky version of the "mixer" with the pouch as he is now into chunky purees. So far there hasn't been a pouch he has refused and we are almost done. I am relieved I didn't have to deal with the "how much" question for all of the additional allergens. Thank you Inspired Starts, I highly recommend your product.

Can’t say enough good things about this product and company. The food is all organic and there’s no weird ingredients, the amount of allergen in the pouch is very small to help avoid any severe reactions (had I given my son a portion of allergen on my own without using Inspired Start, it could’ve been life-threatening), and their customer service truly goes above and beyond. I contacted customer service and received a quick heartfelt response from Juliana with an offer to help connect me to resources in my area for dealing with my son’s newfound allergies. In a new world of confusion and feeling overwhelmed, she helped me feel heard and understood. As a mother, I’ve developed an on-going list of companies I can trust and Inspired Start is at the very top.

I love the concept. I purchased one box when my child was four months old. Loved it!Baby was a bit shy about some of the new flavors, but he ate all of the flavor pouches with a smile.I purchased another box at 6 months. The box was ordered Oct 2018 and had an expiration date June 2019. One of the pouches had mold on the cap. Amazon refunded my order. I contacted Inspired Start directly regarding the issue . Waiting for a response.I still want to give this item a third try since I like the concept so much.Update: I quickly received a response directly from Inspired Start and they were very receptive of my concern and offered to send me a replacement. Very happy with the manufacturer. They assured me that the issue was likely outside of the sealed food, but inside the cap only. Still they offered to send me a replacement and had very friendly and understanding customer service.I would reccomend this product and this manufacturere to any mamma.

I received two separate boxes (1 order and one replacement). Both had the same issue: gross, crusty, dried food on "sealed" tips and caps. As you can see in the images, these pouches were never opened, yet dried food is present. Not safe. No one wants to feed their baby food that's been compromised. I hope that the company addresses this issue.