Talk:Gerber Products Company

"Legend Has It"

Currently the article contains the phrase "Legend has it" which I think is probably a sign of non-encyclopedic speech.

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This consumer was contact repeatedly by Gerber and as a company they followed all regulations and guidelines that a company of their magnitude does. There is a reason they have been around for close to 80 years - because the safety and quality of the products have stood the test of time. A VOLUNTARY recall of all products was a great proactive approach as a parent and consumer in my opinion. Why Mr. Andree has a entire page devoted to his own personal "investigation" seems irrelvant to the general topic and extremely biased. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 205.181.102.85 (talk) 01:39:36, August 19, 2007 (UTC)

Baby Food recall

I'm not saying it isn't relevant or important (I just started giving my son this type of cereal), but a majority of this article seems to be a bout a food recall that takes away from the central focus of this article- I suggest it be moved to a different article and given a one-paragraph mention or See Also link. - Morgajel 17:34, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, this article is in rough shape. "In letters to me and Fox 13 Gerber has admitted" is as good as a big fat sign reading "ORIGINAL RESEARCH". ---

This segment should be edited. Insead of this beautiful, moving story (sarcasm) this should only mention that there was an issue with lumps in the cereal and it was recalled. Also, it should be moved to the end of the article, as its not the main focus of this article. - Yet another reader without wikipedia username. august 13,2007

I am going to remove the recall section until someone can verify the information, source it, link it, and write it up in a coherent manner. TruthCrusader 17:35, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Binoculars

As I recall, Gerber is also a brand of binoculars and associated equipment. Anyone know more? Tannin 12:06, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

• • Are you sure you are not thinking of Gerber knives? Eddie.willers 20:57, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Baby

http://www.gerber.com/gerberbaby says that the young Anne Turner Cook was the actual model for the baby... can somebody check this?

I removed the africa label section from the article. This is an urban legend, as discussed here: http://www.snopes.com/business/market/babyfood.asp 66.102.74.248 03:18, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

theres some commercial airing about some '300 millionth american' thing theyre doing. i hope it has birth defects and they get embarassed.

Gerber baby

A picture of Gerber baby food would be nice.

Why A Picture Is Not On Wikipedia The iconic picture of the Gerber Baby falls under a company Trade Mark in current use. That means that the company that owns that image exercises complete control over the use of a company logo item like this and they have final say on its use. Unlike the copyright laws on an individual work of art, Trade Marked images can remain in force for much longer since such a logo or image may be associated with that product for a greater length of time, thus there is a separate set of laws that govern their use.

That means that at this time, Gerber Baby Food products still uses that image as part of their Trade Marked brand, and as long as they continue to do so, the ownership and use of the image remains with the owner of the brand. NekoNoTaisho (talk) 04:41, 2 May 2017 (UTC) NekoNoTaisho

Urban Legend

I think it is worth mentioning the urban legend (as described on snopes) in the article, as I (and probably others) came to this page to find out about it. On Q.I. this is presented as fact; Gyles Brandreth also claims that his great great grandfather Dr Banjamin Brandreth was a friend of the original Dr Gerber, and appears to support this urban legend. Hpmons 13:38, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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Pronunciation

Contrary to what may have been asserted on the British TV show QI, the name "Gerber" is not pronounced with a G as in "George". My husband's family lived in Fremont, Michigan since at least the 1950's and they knew the Gerbers (with a hard G as in "grab")well enough that gifts were sometimes exchanged. My husband still has some Native American items given to him by the Gerber daughter he knew back then. He asserts without ambiguity that he has never heard them referred to as any thing but "Gerber" with the hard G. Through my husband, I too have met them, so I can agree with his statement through personal knowledge.KiriyaTaisho (talk) 22:20, 7 November 2013 (UTC) User name has changed to NekoNoTaisho (talk) 04:42, 2 May 2017 (UTC) NekoNoTaisho.

According to Gyles Brandreth on QI, the pronunciation is [jɛɹbəɹ]. Evidently he knew the family or something. Substantiated? -- Evertype·✆ 19:30, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Gerber Singles.

"Hey, remember baby food? Man, that stuff was great! Why the hell did you stop eating that once you got teeth? If you can't think of a reason, then you just might be A) the core demographic for Gerber Singles, an adult-marketed mush of single-serving jarred food analogues, or B) Just a little bit slow.

Released in 1974, Gerber Singles sported flavors like Pureed Mediterranean Vegetables, Beef Burgundy, Blueberry Delight and Creamed Beef. Say what you will about them, but Gerber doesn't half-ass anything. Did they go out and test the waters for an entirely new genre of food product by easing into it and releasing logical liquid flavors first, like Flan or Pea Soup? No! Not one, but two gelatinous beef dishes in a line-up of five. With 40 percent of the launch line-up being composed of runoff from the slaughterhouse floor, and a name that basically called you lonely on the label, Gerber Singles quickly flopped and stuck with their traditional market: babies. Stupid, stupid babies who have to eat whatever you shove in their mouths."

-Cole Gamble, http://www.cracked.com/article_18590_the-7-most-baffling-products-ever-released-by-famous-brands.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.118.100 (talk) 11:35, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

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Gerber Article Need Correction re: Tampering

I want to call attention to inaccurate data that appears in the first paragraph regarding history of the Gerber Company. The company was not created in 2017, and the person who built the business originally is not the person stated. I suspect aggressive tampering with the article, perhaps by someone who has an axe to grind. Making false edits does not help forward the cause of such a complaint. In any case, someone better versed in the history of the company should correct the appropriate data points. The only thing I can assert without fear of contradiction is that the company was well and truly in business when my husband was growing up in the same town. NekoNoTaisho (talk) 04:40, 2 May 2017 (UTC) NekoNoTaisho

• Reverted back to last good edit known to remove vandalism.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 13:45, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

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We’re are Gerber food made?

I want to now we’re gerber foods are made & packaged & are they inspected Tdutton (talk) 13:58, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Tdutton Tdutton (talk) 13:59, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Not sure. But as looking up on Google, It hits me up with this answer, China. But only the puffed products. So may want to ask workers at Nestlé. MaxandRubyPeppaBlueyCuriousGeorgeFan2.0 (talk) 15:50, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

for distribution of punjab

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Is the gerber family jewish?

Is the gerber family jewish? 50.40.205.90 (talk) 18:55, 6 July 2023 (UTC)