Customer Reviews

Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Rice Cereal, 8-Ounce Box (Pack of 12)

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My 6 month old son has allergic colitis with sensitivities to both dairy and soy. When we gave him Earth's Best Whole Grain Rice Cereal for infants (which does not list any milk or soy ingredients), he had a bad reaction, so I called the company to find out if the tocopherols (vitamin E) in the cereal are soy-based and they said "yes" even though the ingredients on the package say nothing about soy. We were very disappointed in Earth's Best for failing to protect babies with allergies/sensitivities. Fortunately our baby is OK now, and we've switched to HappyBellies cereal which is great and clearly labeled as dairy and soy free.

I wrote to Earth's Best to ask about soy in the vitamin E. They responded that the vitamin E is derived from sunflower oil, not soy. The top review of this product had me worried about the soy. I wanted to let others know that the review is either incorrect or outdated. Please find the full response from Earth's Best below.

Thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding our Earth's Best Whole Grain Rice Cereal. We strive to maintain the highest quality products and your satisfaction is very important to us.

The source of Vitamin E (tocopherols) in Earth's Best Multigrain Cereal, Rice Cereal and Oatmeal is sunflower oil.

The Hain Celestial Group's labeling declares major allergens (peanuts, soybeans, milk, eggs, fish, crustaceans, tree nuts, and wheat) and we follow the U.S. FDA's regulations. We recognize the serious nature of the allergen issue and we strive to minimize risk.

Both major and minor ingredients of all products, as well as all processing procedures and equipment, are closely scrutinized and all potential allergen issues as determined by the Hain Celestial Group are declared on our labeling.

We assure you that strict manufacturing processes and procedures are in place and that all of our manufacturing facilities follow rigid allergen control programs that include staff training, segregation of allergen ingredients, production scheduling, and thorough cleaning and sanitation.

Thank you for your continued support. If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-434-4246, Monday through Friday from 7AM - 5PM Mountain Time.

Sincerely,

Christina
Consumer Relations Representative

Very few baby rice cereals are gluten free, but this is the best one by far. With celiac disease in three generations of our family, we do not want to take any chances with our little ones. Thanks, Amazon, for recognizing the need for gluten free groceries!

My baby absolutly loves this. I feel so much better about feeding her this over Gerber. Start reading the ingredients and if you can't pronounce something than you shouldn't be feeding it to you baby.

We had read good reviews for the Earth's Best baby food line (including a recommendation in the Baby Bargains book). So, when we began feeding our 6 month old baby boy solids, we were prepared to feed this exclusively except when we could cook for him. He had been getting the whole grain rice cereal and the jarred fruits and vegetables. Two weeks ago, I was making him cereal from a new box (the second time he had been fed from that box) and I found a live beetle larva in the bowl. I looked through the rest of the box and found an outer skin of another. Today, I was talking with a co-worker and she said that they had the same experience with the Earth's Best Whole Grain Rice cereal and now the beetles have infested their home! We suspect that theses are khapra beetles and have alerted the USDS and the FDA. The manufacturer offered to send coupons and said that this is rare, but now I am doubtful that this was just a fluke since my co-worker had the same experience and these were purchased in different states. I am disappointed that it is difficult to find good organic baby food.

My 5 month old LOVES this cereal! It is easily digestable and does not cause constipation. As a mom, I feel great knowing my baby is eating organic rice cereal without any genetically modified ingredients. Excellent product and highly recommend to parents!!

This is the best baby food that I could find. I like natural stuff and you can actually see that this is powdered rice unlike gerber, happy bellies etc which have so much other stuff in them..

Mom and baby love it..

Earth' Best suits our 6 month daughter. She enjoys this cereal and it's easily digested. As one of the reviewers commented, very few cereals are gluten free, and this is one of them.

We have been buying the Earth's Best brand cereal for my son from the very beginning. Though now we use it only to mix in with the runnier jarred foods. 12 boxes will last a LONG time. I think we have gone through not quite 2 boxes in the past 3 months. We also use plain oatmeal, a flavored oatmeak, and a mixed-grain for variety. Your baby might vary but depending on when you switch to finger foods, a 12-pack like this could go to waste.

I used to get this for my twin babies by subscription at a fair price. But the subscription offer expired and my goodness the price increased. Back to the stores I go to keep getting this product.

This cereal is much better than most and I found that even better ones were far more expensive. My babies have liked this rice cereal from the beginning and still do after over a year.

I believe this is the best of the Earth's Best cereals. The oat Earth's Best Whole Grain cereal is oat FLOUR whereas this one is whole brown rice. That's a qualitative difference. You can generally get the oat flour cereal cheaper than this whole brown rice cereal.

This cereal mixes very well with formula, which is how we started using it when the babies were still on formula.

Always compare prices as they change dramatically sometimes.