first foods

The products are labeled for a range of early feeding ages, commonly marked as about 6 months and up, 8 months and up, 12 months and up, and toddler/24 months and up.

Manufacturers commonly use staged labels such as 2nd Stage, 3rd Stage, and Toddler to indicate typical feeding and developmental readiness.

Packaging ranges from single-serve items to multi-count packs. The dataset includes single-package items as well as multi-packs (for example, snack bars sold five bars per pack and boxes with counts such as 12).

Many items are designed as baby finger foods or for baby-led feeding: they’re easy for small hands to pick up, formulated to dissolve or melt quickly, and intended to encourage independence while babies explore tastes and textures.

Pouches list fruit and vegetable portions per pouch (for example, 1/2 cup fruit and 1/4 cup vegetables or 1/3 cup fruit and 1/8 cup vegetables). Snack bars are shown in multi-packs, for example five bars per pack.