After Surat-based Shruti Tibrewal’s (34) son Taksh was born, she began her quest to find nutritious food for him. She, her partner Bharat, and brother Chirag, together worked to hunt for food that promised healthy nutrients without any preservatives for the baby.
Months later, they still came up short. The family widened its search to imported baby food, but even that contained palm oil, sugar, or other types of preservatives. Disappointed with the scarcity of preservatives-free food, Shruti turned to her grandmothers for a solution.
“I wanted to give natural and organic food to my child, because I saw how my parent’s generation was healthier and often suffered from ailments only towards old age. However, people in my generation are already facing health problems like diabetes, blood pressure and heart ailments from a very young age. That is why I wanted to be careful with the baby’s diet,” Shruti says.
Citing her own example, she says, “My brother Chirag does not face…