Hain Celestial and Earth's Best® Highlight Long-Standing Commitment to Baby Food Safety as a Partner to Parents and Caregivers for 40 Years

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Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN) and its brand Earth's Best® have reaffirmed their commitment to baby food safety and quality standards. The company highlighted its 40-year legacy in organic baby food production through a blog post by North America President Chad Marquardt on The Hain Way corporate blog.

The announcement comes at a time when over 50% of parents report stress related to feeding their children, particularly concerning heavy metals and food safety. Earth's Best® emphasizes its focus on USDA-organic ingredients and efforts to minimize unwanted elements like trace levels of heavy metals present in the soil, air, water, and food chain.

The brand's commitment includes comprehensive safety measures from ingredient sourcing to testing transparency, aiming to maintain its position as a trusted partner in providing nutritional products for children from birth to backpack age.

Positive

• 40-year established presence in organic baby food market indicates strong brand recognition
• USDA-organic certification provides competitive advantage in premium segment

Negative

• Operating in a highly scrutinized sector with concerns over heavy metals in products
• Market challenges with over 50% of parents reporting stress about child feeding

Hain's North America President sheds light on baby food standards, testing and transparency in the latest edition of The Hain Way corporate blog

HOBOKEN, N.J., April 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As a leading global health and wellness company with a purpose to inspire healthier living, Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAIN) is committed to offering better-for-you products made with the highest quality and safety standards, while ensuring consumers have access to the information they need to make healthier nutrition and lifestyle choices every day.

Nowhere is this commitment more important than in the baby food category where more than half of parents agree that feeding their children is stressful¹, and where the topics of heavy metals, contaminants and food safety are increasingly in parents' and caregivers' newsfeeds and on their minds.

As a pioneer in organic baby food, Earth's Best^® has been a trusted partner to parents and caregivers for more than 40 years, putting little ones, their nutritional needs and their safety at the center of everything the brand does. This includes packing its wide portfolio of products full of wholesome, USDA-organic ingredients and the nutrition little ones need from birth to backpack, while also making every effort to minimize unwanted elements, such as the trace levels of heavy metals present in the soil, air, water and food chain.

In the latest edition of The Hain Way blog, North America President Chad Marquardt sheds light on the actions Hain Celestial takes to ensure food safety on its Earth's Best brand, from ingredient sourcing to testing transparency on shelf. Read the full blog here.

With focused expertise and leadership in the better-for-you space, Hain is dedicated to upholding high quality and safety standards for our products and continuously refining our practices as a trusted partner to consumers. It's all in service of making healthier living a reality.

1	Source: Mintel Baby Food and Drink – US –2024 Report

About The Hain Celestial Group
Hain Celestial Group is a leading health and wellness company whose purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities and the planet through better-for-you brands. For more than 30 years, Hain has intentionally focused on delivering nutrition and well-being that positively impacts today and tomorrow. Headquartered in Hoboken, N.J., Hain Celestial's products across snacks, baby/kids, beverages, meal preparation, and personal care, are marketed and sold in over 70 countries around the world. Our leading brands include Garden Veggie Snacks™, Terra^® chips, Garden of Eatin'^® snacks, Hartley's^® jelly, Earth's Best^® and Ella's Kitchen^® baby and kids foods, Celestial Seasonings® teas, Joya® and Natumi^® plant-based beverages, Greek Gods^® yogurt, Cully & Sully^®, Yorkshire Provender^®, New Covent Garden^® and Imagine^® soups, Yves^® and Linda McCartney's^® (under license) meat-free, and Avalon Organics^® personal care, among others. For more information, visit hain.com and LinkedIn.

 

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FAQ

What safety measures does Earth's Best implement for HAIN's baby food products?

Earth's Best implements comprehensive safety measures including careful ingredient sourcing, USDA-organic certification, and transparent testing protocols to minimize unwanted elements like heavy metals.

How long has Earth's Best been producing organic baby food for HAIN?

Earth's Best has been producing organic baby food for over 40 years as part of Hain Celestial Group.

What percentage of parents find feeding their children stressful according to HAIN's report?

According to Mintel's 2024 Report cited by HAIN, more than 50% of parents agree that feeding their children is stressful.

What specific quality standards does HAIN's Earth's Best follow for baby food production?

Earth's Best follows USDA-organic standards and implements specific testing protocols to ensure product safety, particularly focusing on minimizing trace levels of heavy metals from environmental sources.