Shaping Early Palates

Happy Family Organics

2021 Progress Report

Year Committed: 2020
Length of Commitment:
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Happy Family Organics is committed to shaping early food preferences among babies in order to have a significant impact on their long-term health. Happy Family Organics is the largest and fastest growing organic baby food brand in the U.S. and will work with PHA to double its vegetable-forward products over the course of three years.

Verified Results

  • Implementation Date

    December 2026

    Reporting Date

    February 2022

    Commitment Element

    Increasing by one hundred percent (100%) the number of purees, which have only vegetables as the primary ingredients.

    Progress To Date

    Happy Family Organics has met its commitment by increasing the number of puree products with vegetables as the primary ingredients from four at baseline to eight in 2021.

  • Implementation Date

    December 2026

    Reporting Date

    February 2022

    Commitment Element

    Increasing by fifty percent (50%) the number of purees, which have greater than fifty percent (50%) of the ingredient by weight as vegetables.

    Progress To Date

    Happy Family Organics is making progress on its commitment by increasing the number of puree products with greater than 50% of ingredients by weight as vegetable by 25% in 2021. Twenty products are now offered, which is an increase of four products from baseline in 2020.

  • Implementation Date

    December 2026

    Reporting Date

    February 2022

    Commitment Element

    Ensuring one hundred percent (100%) of toddler bowls with vegetables have greater than fifty percent (50%) of the ingredients by weight as vegetables.

    Progress To Date

    Happy Family Organics is making progress on its commitment with 83% of toddler bowls containing greater than 50% of ingredients by weight as vegetables.

  • Implementation Date

    December 2026

    Reporting Date

    February 2022

    Commitment Element

    Ensuring one hundred percent (100%) of purees and toddler bowls with grains use one hundred percent (100%) whole grains.

    Progress To Date

    Happy Family Organics is making progress toward its commitment with 90% of all puree products and toddler bowls offered that contain grains using 100% whole grain ingredients.

  • Implementation Date

    December 2026

    Reporting Date

    February 2022

    Commitment Element

    Ensuring one hundred percent (100%) of purees are unsalted.

    Progress To Date

    Happy Family Organics has met its commitment by ensuring all 88 puree products available do not contain added salt.

  • Implementation Date

    December 2026

    Reporting Date

    February 2022

    Commitment Element

    Ensuring one hundred percent (100%) of purees and toddler bowls have 0g added sugar.

    Progress To Date

    Happy Family Organics has met its commitment by ensuring all 97 purees and toddler bowls offered have 0g added sugar.

  • Implementation Date

    December 2026

    Reporting Date

    February 2022

    Commitment Element

    Increasing access to nutritious organic food for families in the WIC program by securing approvals from additional WIC states with a focus on states with large BIPOC populations.

    Progress To Date

    Happy Family Organics is making progress toward its goal to increase WIC client access to nutritious organic food. Happy Family Organics has secured approvals for organic infant foods in six new states including Washington D.C., Maryland, Kentucky, Oregon, Michigan and South Carolina. Eight out of ten of the WIC programs in states with the highest percentage of Black and African American participants now allow clients to select organic infant food items.

  • Implementation Date

    December 2026

    Reporting Date

    February 2022

    Commitment Element

    Ensuring at least 1,000,000 servings of organic meals and snacks are donated to families in neighborhoods with low food access or in crisis situations impacting their access to nutritious food.

    Progress To Date

    Happy Family Organics is making progress toward its goal to donate 1 million servings of organic meals and snacks to families in neighborhoods with low food access. In 2021, 239,902 servings were donated, which is 24% of the goal.

Partner Statement

“At Happy Family Organics we are on a mission to change the trajectory of children’s health through nutrition. We believe our commitments with Partnership for a Healthier America will drive that mission forward with families of young children across the country.

Our commitments to increased vegetables, 100% whole grains, 0g added sugar, and 0g added salt in products are ones we are incredibly proud of, which aim to increase our offering of nutritious organic options for little ones.

Our efforts to expand our reach in the federal WIC program is something we take great pride in, as we believe every parent deserves the option to feed their children organic. We are approaching 30 states which accept our products, and the work continues to achieve authorization nationwide.

As a baby food company, snack and meal donations have always been core to our work, and distributing 1,000,000 donations to families with low food access or in crisis situations during our participation in the coalition will further those efforts significantly.

Over the coming years, we look forward to continued nutrition, food access, donation and education efforts. Each of these are vital components of our work with PHA to increase the consumption of a nutritious, balanced diet in young children.”