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The Leader in Transparency for Babies to Big Kids

We’re not about sticking to the status quo. We've raised our own bar with the O’Farm Standards — our commitment to quality, test result transparency, and accountability — because your family deserves the best.  

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Our Commitment From The Start

Many years and many recipes later, we’ve never wavered in our commitment to quality and safety. We introduced the O’Farm Standards to commit to excellence—and challenge an entire industry to do the same—because your family deserves the best.

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Transparency You Can Trust

Baby food is just the start. We’re the first kids' brand to deliver test result transparency across our entire product portfolio—yes, that includes snacks for big kids, too—so you can feel good about the food you're feeding your whole family. 

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Ingredients Grown and Selected with Care

With 115+ diverse ingredients, we are proud of maintaining an organic standard across our portfolio. Our commitment to organic is steadfast because we know it's beneficial for people, animals, and the planet. With organic as our baseline, we aspire towards the highest standards in social responsibility, with some of our ingredients coming from farms certified by the Equitable Food Initiative, which partners with growers and retailers to create a more transparent food chain and healthier workplace.

Our Approach To Testing

Upholding the Highest Standard

Our benchmarks for safety have always been high. Our entire portfolio complies withU.S. regulations and is guided by European Union (EU) and Clean Label Project standards. When specific guidelines are absent, we set our own standards to exceed parents’ expectations of what baby and kids' food should be.

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Committed to Safety and Quality through Heavy Metal Standards

Our entire portfolio complies with U.S. regulations and is guided by European Union (EU) and Clean Label Project standards.

U.S. FDAs Closer to Zero European Union Regulation** Clean Label Project First 1000 Days Promise
Lead 10 ppb* 20 ppb 20 ppb
Arsenic N/A 20 ppb*** 100 ppb
Cadmium N/A 40 ppb 40 ppb
Mercury N/A N/A 100 ppb

ppb stands for “Parts Per Billion.” It is a unit of measurement commonly used for measuring trace amounts of contaminants, like heavy metals. 1 ppb means that for every one billion parts, one part is the substance of interest.

*10ppb for fruits, vegetables (excluding single-ingredient root vegetables), mixtures (including grain and meat-based mixtures), yogurts, custards/puddings, and single-ingredient meats; 20 ppb for root vegetables (single ingredient); and for dry infant cereals. Action Levels for Lead in Food Intended for Babies and Young Children: Final Guidance for Industry, January 2025, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. 

** Baby food and processed cereal-based food for infants and young children up to 3 years old.  COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2023/915, of 25 April 2023, on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006, Annex 1, CELEX_32023R0915.   

***Inorganic Arsenic.

Our Expert Partners

We work and consult with leading childhood experts, such as pediatricians, nutritionists, food scientists and more, to help provide resources and to help you make the right choices for your family.

  • Alicia 'Chacha’ Miller

    Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
  • Dr. Kevin Osterhoudt

    Pediatrician and Medical Toxicologist
  • Jackie Bowen

    Clean Label Project
  • Dr. Shilpa Dass

    Child Neurologist and Development Specialist
  • Dr. Jonathan Williams

    Pediatrician

Third-Party Resources for Informational & Educational Purposes

Heavy Metals in Baby Food? What you need to know.

Heavy Metals in Baby Food? What you need to know.

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Upcoming Regulations Simplified Are You Ready for AB 899?

Upcoming Regulations Simplified Are You Ready for AB 899?

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Closer to Zero: Reducing Childhood Exposure to Contaminants from Foods

Closer to Zero: Reducing Childhood Exposure to Contaminants from Foods

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  • O’Farm is committed to providing high quality nutrition for your little ones. We prioritize high-quality, fresh, organic ingredients, and our products are crafted with care to ensure they are both nutritious and delicious. Our commitment to rigorous quality standards, and sustainable practices sets us apart. We partner with trusted farmers and use innovative technology, high pressure processing, to preserve the nutrients and flavors of our ingredients, ensuring that each pouch and frozen meal starters is as fresh as the day it was made.

  • Quality and safety are our top priorities at O’Farm. Our comprehensive quality assurance program includes strict supplier qualifications, audits, and thorough testing of all raw materials and finished products. Our production facilities follow Good Manufacturing Practices and are inspected to ensure compliance with the food safety standards. Additionally, we use High-Pressure Processing (HPP) to eliminate harmful bacteria while preserving the nutrients and flavors in our pouches and frozen meal starters.

  • Our approach to testing is rigorous and thorough. Each lot of our products undergoes multiple stages of testing, including microbiological testing to ensure they are free from harmful bacteria and heavy metal testing to verify that they meet our high standards for quality. We also conduct regular sensory evaluations to ensure our products taste great and meet the expectations of parents and children alike. Our commitment to testing ensures that every product you purchase is safe and delicious.

  • Yes, all our products are certified organic. We believe that organic farming practices are better for the environment and produce the high-quality ingredients. Our organic certification means our products are made without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). We are proud to offer nutritious, organic foods that parents trust and kids love.

  • It may mean that the product made its way to retail, and you, before the lab could upload the results.  Please use the UPC to look up other lot test results here or contact our customer service for timing.  

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