Baby Food FAQs & Health Information
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Unfortunately the manufacturer of our Rafferty’s Garden Banana Milk Teething Rusks has closed its manufacturing site. This is disappointing for us as well, and we are sorry for any inconvenience to your family. We are working on some new Rafferty’s Garden snacks and hope to be able to bring these to you soon.
We are able to achieve the 13-month shelf life of our products due to the quality of ingredients combined with the mixture of heat treatment and our special packing process.
Our pouch range of products use the same principles that people have been using to preserve food for centuries. We balance the acidity of the product to ensure that it is at a suitable range and cook it with a gentle heat treatment process. We take the greatest care in selecting quality ingredients while ensuring we do not remove any of the goodness, including taste, throughout the cooking process.
Air or moisture cannot travel into or out of the pouch therefore the contents stay stable at ambient temperatures for at least 13 months.
Our range is designed and produced with advice from allergen experts. Any allergens will always be declared on the product as part of the ingredient list: there are NEVER any ‘extra ingredients’ in our products. We also regularly test for the presence of any allergens to ensure we meet our strict quality controls.
Rafferty’s Garden has a number of halal suitable products. We make baby food for all babies irrespective of the race or religion of their parents. We do not discriminate in any way. We have not altered our products from their original recipe. For our pouch range, all our products are made with halal-certified meat, apart from our Salmon & Pumpkin Risotto, but our pouches are no longer halal certified. Within our Snacking range, our Rusks, Sticks, Squares, Snack Bars have not been halal certified, but we can confirm that they do not contain any animal products besides cow’s milk and they are free from alcohol. The Yoghurt Buttons and Mini Yoghurt Drops are made with gelatine derived from beef, which has been halal certified.
Statement about REDcycle
Unfortunately, the REDcycle scheme is no longer operational. This means there is no in-store collection of soft plastics available at this time. Industry is working hard to identify pathways to create new schemes. In the meantime, please dispose of your soft plastics in your regular bin. Thank you for understanding.
The gelatine used in our Yoghurt Buttons is derived from beef, and is halal certified. However, the final product has not been halal certified.
Yes! We understand parents’ concerns over the chemicals that can be found in plastics. We take our little customers’ health and safety very seriously so all Rafferty’s Garden pouches are BPA free.
Our pouches are not suitable for freezing, so you cannot freeze our products in the pouch. However, you can decant the contents into a clean, airtight, freezer-safe container and store in the freezer.
Our pouches are not suitable to microwave.
To serve warm, simply stand the pouch in a jug of hot water. Then shake and squeeze into a bowl or straight onto a spoon. Alternatively, you can decant the contents into a microwave-safe container.
Remember to always check the temperature before serving to bubs!