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Baby Gourmet Shakers


Any parent knows it can be a real challenge to get nutritious food into kids. So when Baby Gourmet offered to send me their new Shakers nutrition supplement for kids aged 1 and older, I thought it might be a great idea. They generously sent us 16 bottles of them, half vanilla, and half chocolate!

The best way to describe it is its basically "Ensure" for kids. Unfortunately, that is not a compliment. You know, that's the meal replacement they often give seniors or people lacking appetite, that is essentially chemicals and sugar with added vitamins.

Shakers are not nearly that bad, but my basic criticism is the second ingredient is SUGAR (after whole milk)! For that reason, I would never buy these for my kids, and I certainly would never have bought them when the girls were toddlers. Like couldn't they sweeten them with banana puree or something?

Sure, the sugar is organic, but who gives a crap? Its still sugar.

The girls certainly liked them. Big A liked both flavours, but Little A only liked the chocolate. I guess if you have a kid who is struggling to gain weight and doesn't eat many other foods with added sugars, these aren't so bad, but both my kids already eat way too much sugar (thanks to spending their allowances on junk, school events, daycare, birthday parties and pretty much anywhere we go, since our society encourages kids to eat garbage 24/7).

If your kids are like mine, I don't recommend Shakers. Fortunately, the company, which happens to be Canadian (I do love that!), also sells organic baby foods and snacks, many of which are a whole lot more nutritious than Shakers. In fact, they look great. Organic and free of added sugars and fillers. I recommend you stick with their other products for your little ones.

Disclosure: I was sent Shakers to review, but all opinions on this blog are our own.

I am going to be posting on Mondays from now on, and hopefully more often when I can.
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  1. SafitaJune 15, 2017 at 2:41 PM

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  2. SafitaJune 15, 2017 at 2:44 PM


    Im glad these are available in an organic version. Many people are lòoking for this type of shake...it has no corn, no maltodextrin...its pretty good if you compare it with others..the ingredients are also rather simple and also doesnt contain soy. Your review should have been more fair and put yourself in a parents shoes that really has no choice but to give these type of drinks to their children. A fair ingredient comparison to pediasure would have be a fair thing to add to at least ease parents minds.

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  3. alijohnJune 21, 2019 at 2:10 AM

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