Learn why Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs are a more reliable choice for early and sustained allergen introduction than other peanut puff snacks (including Bamba).
According to new medical guidelines, including those from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), feeding your baby allergenic foods early and often can help set them up for a lifetime of food freedom. These guidelines are based on recent landmark clinical studies, including the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut Allergy) study.
These and other medical guidelines recommend early and sustained introduction:
- Early introduction: Introduce baby to allergenic foods as early as 4 months of age.
- Sustained introduction: Continue to feed baby these foods multiple times a week, for several months.
Many parents have heard of peanut puff snacks, such as Bamba, Puffworks and Earth’s Best Organic, and have considered them as an option to introduce allergenic foods to their babies. But these puffs are not the most reliable option for early allergen introduction, since they’re only focused on introducing peanut (and sometimes tree nuts).
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs are not your ordinary peanut puff – they’re packed with so much more. Our Organic Puffs are packed with 9 top allergens, to help set your little one up for a healthier future.
Here's why Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs are the best option for sustaining allergen introduction. Plus, find out the best way to introduce allergens if baby is not yet ready for puffs.
Compare Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs to peanut puff products:
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Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs |
Bamba |
Puffworks Baby |
Mission MightyMe |
Earth’s Best Organic Puffs |
P-Nuff Crunch (Original) |
Sprout Organics (Peanut Butter Banana) |
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Allergens included |
Peanut, egg, milk, tree nuts, soy, wheat, sesame |
Peanut only |
Peanut only |
Peanut and tree nuts only |
Peanut only |
Peanut only |
Peanut only |
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% of childhood food allergies covered |
~90% |
~ 22% |
~ 22% |
~ 27% |
~ 22% |
~ 22% |
~ 22% |
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Organic and Non- GMO? |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Made for babies? |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No, only toddlers |
No |
No, only toddlers |
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Age of introduction |
8+ months |
Not for babies and toddlers |
8+ months |
8+ months |
2 years or older |
Not for babies and toddlers |
12+ months |
Why choose Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs over peanut puffs?
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs follow key medical guidelines
Ready. Set. Food Organic Puffs are first-of-their-kind, made with 9 top allergens – peanut, egg, milk, cashew, almond, walnut, sesame, soy and wheat.
Recent medical guidelines affirm how important it is to introduce, and keep feeding, a variety of common allergens to babies starting in their first year of life.
Most notably, guidelines from the AAAAI recommend that babies should start consuming peanut and egg as early as 4-6 months of age, and that consistently feeding peanut and egg is best for promoting healthier outcomes.
But the guidelines don’t stop there. They also state that “Other allergens should be introduced,” and tell parents and caregivers, “Do not deliberately delay the introduction of other potentially allergenic... foods."
Thus, the guidelines emphasize that babies should consume several other common allergens, including cow's milk, soy, wheat, tree nuts, and sesame, early, for the best chance at being free to eat those foods later in life.
The most recent USDA Dietary Guidelines also recommend that “potentially allergenic foods (e.g., peanuts, egg, cow milk products, tree nuts, wheat… and soy) should be introduced when other complementary foods are introduced to an infant’s diet,” within baby’s first year of life.
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs contain peanut, egg, cow’s milk, three types of tree nuts (almond, cashew, and walnut), soy, wheat, and sesame. So, they’re an easy way to feed baby these allergens in accordance with medical guidelines.
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs contain more allergens than other puffs
Peanut only accounts for around 25% of childhood food allergies. In young children, egg allergies are about as common as peanut allergies, and cow's milk allergies are even more common than peanut allergies. Also, milk and egg are the hardest allergens to avoid, causing a significant impact on a child's quality of life.
Most peanut puffs only contain peanut (and a few contain only peanut and tree nuts). They don’t contain any of the other allergens that babies need to eat. So, if you choose peanut-only or nut-only puffs, you’ll still need different ways to feed baby the other allergens. And DIY options to feed all the allergens can be time-consuming and frustrating to prepare.
But Ready. Set. Food Organic Puffs contain 9 top allergens, so it’s easy to keep feeding all the allergens babies need within one snack. Our puffs contain the allergens associated with ~90% of childhood food allergies. We help you feed baby more allergens than any other puff on the market.
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs are the only baby puffs that contain peanut, egg, milk, cashew, almond, walnut, sesame, soy and wheat in every bite. This also helps encourage diet diversity, or the feeding of a wide variety of nutritious foods.
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs are fully organic and made for babies
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs contain only real organic and non-GMO ingredients, with no added sugar and no artificial ingredients. Also, our puffs have much less sodium than puffs designed for adults and older children (such as Bamba). Our Organic Peanut Butter Puffs contain 10 mg sodium per 7-gram serving, and Daniel Tiger Apple Cinnamon Puffs contain 5 mg sodium per 7-gram serving, compared to the 28 mg sodium in 7 grams of Bamba.
Although there are some other puffs on the market that are organic and non-GMO, most of these options aren’t designed for babies. For instance, Sprout Organics puffs are only safe for toddlers 12 months and older, and Earth’s Best Organic puffs are only designed for toddlers 2 years and older.
And other brands, like Bamba and P-Nuff Crunch, are not organic and not even designed for babies or toddlers. They don’t dissolve easily in a baby’s or toddler’s mouth, so they aren’t safe for young children.
Meanwhile, Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs are an organic, non-GMO option that easily dissolves in baby’s mouth. Our puffs are suitable for babies 8 months old and up.
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs contributes to the recommended allergen amounts
It’s recommended to feed your little one 2 grams of each allergen protein per week, with daily feedings. Unfortunately, the dose of peanut in other brands of peanut puffs is not transparent, so it's difficult to know if your baby is eating enough peanut. This results in time-consuming, frustrating guesswork, as there's the concern that you may give baby too little – or too much – peanut all at once..
And to follow the landmark studies' allergen introduction protocols, you'll need to consistently prepare correct doses of peanut puffs multiple times per week, for at least several months – plus feed all the other allergens.
But Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs helps you expose baby to recommended amounts of several allergens needed to promote food freedom. One serving of puffs per day contributes to the recommended 2 grams/week exposure to these allergen proteins. Combine this with a serving of our Stage 3 Mix-Ins or Organic Baby Oatmeal per day, or feed our puffs twice per day, and you’ll easily meet the recommended feeding amounts for 9 top allergens. (It's ok to include more than one serving of puffs in baby's diet per day, alongside a variety of nutritious foods from all food groups.)
What if baby isn’t ready for puffs?
Ready. Set. Food! Organic Puffs are only suitable for babies ages 8 months and up, who are accustomed to chewing different textures of solid foods. Baby needs to use their fingers to pick up and eat foods, use their jaws to chew foods, and crawl without their tummy touching the ground before starting to eat puffs.
But landmark guidelines recommend starting to feed common allergen foods as early as 4-6 months of age. So, how to start introducing allergens before baby is ready for puffs?
Ready. Set. Food! is the only early allergen introduction system that grows with your child, so you have options to keep introducing allergens to your baby in the best way for their feeding stage.
Our Stage 1 and 2 Organic Mix-Ins easily dissolve into a bottle of breastmilk or formula. So, you can introduce any baby to peanut, egg, and milk as early as 4 months of age, even if your baby is not ready for solid foods. Then, once baby is eating solids and has been introduced to peanut, egg, and milk, you can start feeding them Stage 3 Mix-Ins and Organic Baby Oatmeal, with the same 9 top allergens as our Organic Puffs.
Ready. Set. Food! can help you follow the new clinical guidelines on infant food allergen introduction, no matter your baby’s stage. Plus, it's recommended by over 1,000 pediatricians and allergists. Give your baby the best chance at food freedom with Ready. Set. Food!
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
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All health-related content on this website is for informational purposes only and does not create a doctor-patient relationship. Always seek the advice of your own pediatrician in connection with any questions regarding your baby’s health.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. If your infant has severe eczema, check with your infant’s healthcare provider before feeding foods containing ground peanuts.