Canning Baby Food

I want to make food for my baby, but peaches and pears, etc. always brown what can I do to stop it? I want to freeze. Can I use the powder material when you use canned fruit? Is it safe?

a little lime juice or lemon to stop them going brown! I use it all the time working in my restaurant on things like apples and Avacado:>

Add a little lemon juice in a bowl of water and sprinkle the fruit immediately after cutting. Browning of fruits is the result of oxidation can be delayed by exposing the flesh to citric acid. Works on almost everything turns brown after cutting.

Do not feed canned "powder" to your baby.

I know that we want the best for our babies, but why would you go through all this when there are large natural food for babies there. I would not use any type of canning preservative. You never know how your baby reacts. Sometimes, you can add lemon to prevent browning of foods. I made my own vegetables but left the fruits to the experts.

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I made all my baby food and made the pears and peaches and it froze and it never turned brown. I never said. If I added bananas it would be brown, but I just confused and it was nice!

Even if it was a little brown is not a big deal, it will not harm your baby.

I've never had a problem with peaches or pears turn .... just put them in ASAP gel after cooking and mashing. If you have a problem, you can try lemon juice first and if that does not work, the fresh fruit.

You can try to warm them before freezing. Heat inactivate the enzyme that causes browning. Therefore canned peaches from browning.

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Add a few drops of lemon juice to fruit.
This will stop brown.

using a few drops of lemon juice will not affect the flavor but prevent browning.