After researching this website for my question above, I found an old resolved question that indicated all moms believed Beech Nut to be organic and were happily feeding it to their babies. I investigated a little further by writting to the company direclty, and here’s the answer I received: Dear Ms. Gillies,
Thank you for writing. Beech-Nut products are not certified organic. As
part of our commitment to giving babies a healthy start in life, we’ve
taken a leadership role in keeping pesticide residues to an absolute
minimum. Our pesticide standards are significantly stricter than the
Federal requirements. In fact, levels in our baby foods are negligible to
non-detectable, making our products comparable to those containing
organically grown fruits and vegetables. Non-organic and organic
commercial baby foods are equally as safe and are equally nutritional.
I will stick to Earth’s Best, Organic Baby and whatever else I can find at organic markets such as Mrs. Greens. Beware!
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It sounds that what they are telling you is that they don’t use ingredients that are certified organic but that they test the pesticide levels of the conventionally-gown ingredients they do use to ensure that they are very low and comparable to those in organic food. It sounds good enough to me if your primary reason for buying organic is due to concern about pesticides (rather than for environmental concerns)
quick question…does the jar of beech nut say organic on it?
if it does that is false advertisement, no?
or can it say organic but not certified organic.
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guy below me…thanks for the laugh 
Yeah, my baby is vegan, and we only feed her food we buy at Widespread Panic and Phil Friends shows. Sometimes, if we’re around Asheville we stop by one of the communes and see a guy named Tree who has the headiest vegan baby food. You should hollar at Tree.
I belive if a product has less pesticides than the federal requirements it can say organic. To be certified organic it must contain NO pesticides.
I never thought that it was organic. Does it say that somewhere on the packaging?
I was never under the impression that Beech-nut is Organic. It doesn’t say organic on it, it just says it uses all natural ingredients (on MOST jars - not the good morning/good night jars). All natural doesn’t mean organic. If people think that then they are not reading the jars very carefully.
In order to use the term organic on the lable the product must be certified by the USDA and have a green and white USDA organic seal on the label. A product can contain less than 100% organic ingredients but more than 75% and than the lable will read made with organic ingredients and not have the USDA seal on the label.
If you see neither than the food is not certified organic.
