Beech-Nut Baby Foods Contain Heavy Metals, Lawsuit Contends 

Are you aware of what goes inside your little one’s food? Because of their extremely young and vulnerable state, all parents practice an added extra amount of cautiousness in selecting the right food to feed their young children – most especially infants.

Heeding to this, many companies have prided themselves to practice only the epitome of quality control to market their products to extremely health-conscious consumer parents.

However, how would you react if a certain baby food maker is accused of not disclosing the risk of their products to young children?

This is the case in the lawsuits filed against Beech-Nut Nutrition Company involving their baby food products.

According to online reports we have curated here in Consider The Consumer, the February lawsuits allege that certain Beech-Nut baby foods have a significantly higher risk of containing heavy metals such as perchlorate, lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic, along with other harmful chemicals in the products’ ingredients. 

Additionally, the lawsuits claimed that Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, the maker of Beech-Nut baby foods, made pronouncements such as their products being “real food for babies” and are perfectly safe for consumption. However, this is far from the truth. 

The lawsuits list certain Beech-Nut baby foods that are said to be laced with toxic chemicals. These include the following products:

• Beech-Nut Classic baby foods
  • Beech-Nut Rice Single Grain Baby Cereal (Stage 1)

• Beech-Nut Organics baby foods
  • Beech-Nut Organics Oatmeal Whole Grain Baby Cereal (Stage 1)
  • Beech-Nut Organics Prunes
  • Beech-Nut Organics Pear, Kale, & Cucumber
  • Beech-Nut Organics Apple, Raspberries, & Avocado
  • Beech-Nut Organics Apple, Kiwi, & Spinach
  • Beech-Nut Organics Banana, Cinnamon, & Granola
  • Beech-Nut Organics Pears
  • Beech-Nut Organics Sweet Potatoes
  • Beech-Nut Classics Sweet Carrots (Stage 2)
  • Beech-Nut Organics Just Carrots (Stage 1)
  • Beech-Nut Organics Pear, Kale, & Cucumber
  • Beech-Nut Organics Apple, Raspberries, & Avocado
  • Beech-Nut Organics Apple, Kiwi, & Spinach
  • Beech-Nut Organics Banana, Cinnamon, & Granola
  • Beech-Nut Organics Pears
  • Beech-Nut Organics Sweet Potatoes
  • Beech-Nut Organics Just Sweet Potatoes (Stage 1)
  • Beech-Nut Classics Sweet Potatoes (Stage 2)
  • Beech-Nut Classics Sweet Peas (Stage 2)
  • Beech-Nut Classics Sweet Carrots (Stage 2)
  • Beech-Nut Organics Just Carrots (Stage 1)
  • Beech-Nut Organic Just Pumpkin (Stage 1)
  • Beech-Nut Organic Just Apples (Stage 1)

• Beech-Nut Naturals baby foods
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Bananas (Stage 1)
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Beets, Pear & Pomegranate (Stage 2)
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Sweet Corn and Green Beans
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Carrots
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Green Beans
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Apple and Blackberries
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Pear
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Apple and Kale
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Pineapple, Pear, and Avocado
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Sweet Potato
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Apple
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Apple, Pumpkin, and Cinnamon
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Spinach, Zucchini, and Peas
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Mango
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Prunes
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Just Sweet Potatoes (Stage 1)
  • Beech-Nut Naturals Just Butternut Squash (Stage 1)

The complainants argued that the company’s failure to disclose this truth to health-conscious consumer parents ended up misleading them and have unsuccessfully done their duty as a company operating under the law. 

As of press time, the separate lawsuits filed against Beech-Nut Nutrition Company are seeking to take the company to court in order to answer their complaints. 

The defendants are asking the court to allow them to represent similarly situated individuals from New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin – effectively forming a Class to move forward to the class action proceedings. 

About Beech Nut Nutrition Company

Beech-Nut Nutrition Company is a baby food company founded in 1891. Based in New York, the company is currently headed by its CEO Mark S. Rodriguez when he assumed office in 2017.

It is under its parent company, Hero Group, which is a Swiss-based business entity.

According to publicly available data, the company earns annual revenue of about $100-$500 million and currently employs a hundred to half a thousand employees under its wing. 

Editor’s Note on Beech Nut Baby Food Class Action Lawsuit:

This feature is published to inform you of the class action lawsuit filed against baby food maker Beech-Nut Nutrition Company due to their products containing harmful ingredients such as toxic metals. 

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