The Best Baby Food Makers

If you’re looking for a top of the line gadget, the Beaba baby food maker pretty much sets the standard. It steam cooks vegetables, fruit, meat and fish using a process that preserves nutrients, before blitzing the blend to your desired consistency. All in as little as 20 minutes! And thanks to the dishwasher-safe glass mixing bowl, there’s limited cleanup involved. What’s more, it can be operated with one hand for those days when baby won’t let go. Is it any wonder this pick is a Best of Baby award winner? Pro tip: Keep your eyes peeled for the new Beaba Babycook express, which prepares meals in 15 minutes or less.

Making healthy, home-cooked meals is a breeze with the Baby Brezza One Step Baby Food Maker. At the press of a button the Baby Brezza steam cooks and automatically purees your chosen ingredients, freeing you up to multitask. It has the capabilities to blend to a fine puree, thick mash or soft chunks, depending on where you are in the weaning process. The four-cup bowl is perfect for making a single meal or several servings at once. For the perfect portion size, pick up a set of the reusable pouches that make it easy to store leftovers.

For high-powered processing capability, nothing beats a NutriBullet. But did you know the iconic brand makes a baby food maker too? The Baby Bullet Blender makes quick work of the thickest, chunkiest fruits and veggies. (You’ll want to cook them first if baby isn’t ready for raw food yet.) This baby food blender comes with more than a dozen accessories, including a batch tray with lid, six date-dial storage cups and a recipe book. The best part? All components, bar the motor base, are dishwasher-safe for quick and easy cleanup.

Is your toddler ready for grown-up food, but can’t sink their teeth in just yet? Make home-cooked food easier to digest with the OXO Mash Maker Baby Food Mill. It may be simple, but this manual baby food maker offers a quick and easy way to prepare chunky purees and finger food. The portable set includes a mashing tool with teeth designed to fit between the ridges of the matching bowl, so that you can extract every last morsel.

If you’re short on counter space but still want one of the best baby food makers, consider this model by Sage Spoonfuls. The two-in-one immersion blender and food processor, is powerful enough to blitz fresh produce, meat, fish, nuts and grains—but small enough to tuck away in a kitchen cupboard. For fine purees or thick mash use the blender tool and for soft, chewable chunks try the food processor attachment. Either way, you can easily control just how chunky or smooth baby’s food is going to be.

Next up on our list of the best baby food makers, is this smart gadget by BabyCozy. At half the size of a regular food processor, it takes up minimal space but still offers tons of great features. With two steamers (one layered on top of the other), you can safely cook raw meat and vegetables in separate containers at the same time. Better yet, you can use the steamer to gently warm milk or to make perfectly fluffy rice. Meanwhile, the four blade blender effortlessly cuts through food to create silky, smooth purees. And the self-clean function will save you from the tedious chore of washing the blender after every use. Bonus: You can even use it to make homemade nut butter!

The Babymoov Nutribaby is another all-in-one workhorse that steams, blends, defrosts and even has an option to warm and sterilize bottles. It has a double steamer basket on one side and a high-powered, three-speed blender on the other. The best part? Thanks to a large capacity bowl, it can make up to one week of fresh and nutritious food in a matter of minutes.

Last up on our list of the best baby food makers is this manual model by Green Sprouts. A hand-turned crank squeezes food through a sieve separating seeds and skins, to make a yummy puree. To serve, simply scoop it out or dish it up directly from the wide-mouth bowl without taking the mill apart. It’s a great portable option if you want to make fresh food on the go.