Beech-Nut has long-lasting roots in organic foods. We first launched an organic baby food line in 1991 called Special Harvest. Since then, we have prioritized increasing our organic food offerings and providing access to organic recipes throughout the U.S.

Amsterdam, New York About us. Beech-Nut Nutrition does more than just make real food for babies. We care deeply about championing real food for a healthier world. Established in 1891, Beech-Nut began making baby food in 1931, and today it continues in our LEED-certified facility in Amsterdam, New York.

history. Beech-Nut® has been around since 1891, making baby food since 1931 in upstate New York. Our own engineers from Beech-Nut® patented the vacuum-sealed jar process that's now the safety standard in the industry.

Beech-Nut Naturals are free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) but not certified organic (unless you shop their organics line). They contain no added sugar.

Congressional Report Finds Heavy Metals in Beech-Nut Baby Food. Lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium are elements referred to as toxic heavy metals and they are very harmful to the human body. Exposure to these elements has been specifically linked to neurological health conditions in children with developing brains.

American Beech nuts provide several health benefits as well. They have been ground into a powder to medicate headaches, epilepsy, hydrophobia, and vertigo. Beechnuts are mildly toxic, so they were chewed by the Cherokee to expel worms.

Beech nuts are edible for humans and livestock too. For centuries they were fed to pigs in autumn to fatten them up. As a beech tree can live for hundreds of years, it can provide important habitat for deadwood specialists like hole-nesting birds and wood-boring insects.

Beechnut Identification Appearance: The Beech tree nuts or Beechnuts are small, three-sided nuts with a triangular shape. They have a hard shell with a thin outer husk that splits open when mature. The shell is usually light brown in colour. Beechnuts in their husk. Size: The nuts are typically about 1.3 to 2.5 cm long.

Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Eurasia and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, Engleriana and Fagus.

Congressional Report Finds Heavy Metals in Beech-Nut Baby Food. Lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium are elements referred to as toxic heavy metals and they are very harmful to the human body. Exposure to these elements has been specifically linked to neurological health conditions in children with developing brains.

Organic foods are grown without artificial pesticides, fertilizers, or herbicides. Organic meat, eggs, and dairy products are obtained from animals that are fed natural feed and not given hormones or antibiotics. Natural foods are free of synthetic or artificial ingredients or additives.

American Beech nuts provide several health benefits as well. They have been ground into a powder to medicate headaches, epilepsy, hydrophobia, and vertigo. Beechnuts are mildly toxic, so they were chewed by the Cherokee to expel worms.