Would your infant eat mushroom polenta bolognese? Yumi is banking on it.Kat Borchart for YumiWould your tot go gah-gah for a chef-made meal?
Fancy baby food company, Yumi, is banking on it.
The brand, which launched in 2017, sends parents jars of organic blends containing ingredients like dragonfruit, spirulina and millet so they can shape the palette of their “future foodies,” for about $35 for a week‘s worth of nosh.
Now, they’re taking the gourmet goop to the next level, teaming up with star chefs to create meals for tots from 6 months to 2 years old.
The first collaboration is with James Beard Award-winning chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo of Jon & Vinny’s in Los Angeles.
The duo has put a babyish twist on ragu and creamy polenta, fit for little ones 9 months old and up: Like the rest of Yumi’s offerings, it’s plant-based and organic, so rather than meat you’ll find mushrooms, and there’s no dairy either.
In fact, the cheesiness comes from nutritional yeast, an ingredient beloved by (grown-up) vegans that’s high in vitamin B and protein.
It’s seasoned less than the grown-up version too, with just a little thyme. There’s no salt (babies can’t handle that!) or sugar added.
Mushy avocado is so 2018.



