Leading first foods companies including Happy Family Organics, Serenity Kids, Lil' Gourmets, Nurture Life, Square Baby, Yumi, Tiny Organics, and Small Bites Adventure Club have joined forces to commit to adding 1 million servings of vegetables through veggie-forward products in 2024WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- This week Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), the premier national nonprofit working toward food equity, has launched a campaign focused on ensuring kids get Veggies Early and Often (VEO), partnering with four nutritionists and nutritious food influencers to raise awareness of the initiative.

包括Happy Family Organics、Serenity Kids、Lil’Gourmets、Nurture Life、Square Baby、Yumi、Tiny Organics和Small Bites Adventure Club在内的首批领先食品公司已于2024年2月29日联手致力于通过veggie forward products增加100万份蔬菜。华盛顿，2024年2月29日，致力于食品公平的首要国家非营利组织发起了一场旨在确保儿童尽早且经常获得蔬菜的运动（VEO），与四位营养学家和营养食品影响者合作，以提高对该倡议的认识。

Alongside this campaign partners are championing a bold new commitment: adding 1 million servings of vegetables through veggie-forward products in 2024. The campaign aims to make a real impact on the baby and toddler food industry, ensuring a future filled with nutritious choices and adventurous eaters..

除了这项运动之外，合作伙伴还支持一项大胆的新承诺：2024年通过素食远期产品增加100万份蔬菜。这项运动旨在对婴幼儿食品行业产生真正的影响，确保未来充满营养选择和冒险的食客。。

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PHA's partners Happy Family Organics, Serenity Kids, Lil' Gourmets, Nurture Life, Square Baby, Yumi, Tiny Organics, and Small Bites Adventure Club have joined forces for this bold commitment and are working to expand their product lines to include more veggie-forward products.

PHA的合作伙伴Happy Family Organics、Serenity Kids、Lil’Gourmets、Nurture Life、Square Baby、Yumi、Tiny Organics和Small Bites Adventure Club都加入了这一大胆的承诺，并正在努力扩大其产品线，以包括更多的素食前沿产品。

'We are so passionate about the work that PHA is spearheading on Veggies Early and Often,' said Shibani Baluja, Founder of Lil' Gourmets. 'The research that VEO is based on is the same research that led me to launch Lil' Gourmets. As a mom, I saw how hard it was to find convenient veggie-rich products for my kids and saw how many parents were having that same struggle.

Lil“Gourmets”创始人Shibani Baluja说：“我们对这项工作充满热情，PHA很早就开始经常率先开发蔬菜。”VEO所基于的研究正是导致我推出Lil’Gourmets的同一项研究。作为一个母亲，我看到为我的孩子找到方便的富含蔬菜的产品是多么困难，也看到有多少父母也在经历同样的挣扎。

With our fresh, veggie-rich global meals, we strive to inspire healthy and adventurous eating and change veggies from something we HAVE to eat to something we LOVE to eat! We are so grateful to be alongside PHA and other brands that are helping to share this important research that will have a meaningful impact on kids' health.'.

通过我们新鲜、富含蔬菜的全球美食，我们努力激发健康和冒险的饮食，并将蔬菜从我们必须吃的东西变成我们喜欢吃的东西！我们非常感谢与PHA和其他品牌一起分享这项重要的研究，这将对儿童的健康产生有意义的影响。”。

Veggies Early and Often approved products or menu items contain over 50% vegetables and no additives. Currently, over 150 products from seven different companies meet those requirements, which are based on the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Additionally, two national early childhood education centers have collectively reformulated 39 of their menu items to meet the icon's requirements.The campaign also features nutritionists and healthy food influencers Marina Chapparo, Amy Palanjian, Alicia 'Chacha' Miller and Dani Lebovitz.

蔬菜早期和经常被批准的产品或菜单项含有超过50%的蔬菜，不含添加剂。目前，来自七家不同公司的150多种产品符合这些要求，这些要求是基于2020年美国人饮食指南。此外，两个国家幼儿教育中心共同重新制定了39个菜单项，以满足图标的要求。该活动还包括营养学家和健康食品影响者玛丽娜·查帕罗、艾米·帕兰吉安、艾丽西亚·查查·米勒和丹尼·勒博维茨。

They'll be featuring nutrition tips and fun eating tricks to encourage young eaters and their parents and caregivers to make vegetables a core part of young eaters' diets and to increase awareness of the Veggies Early and Often initiative.'Babies need a balanced diet with protein, fats, and carbs for their growing bodies and brains, and Serenity Kids is on a critical mission to revolutionize children's nutrition,' said Serenity Carr, Co-Founder & CEO of Serenity Kids.

他们将以营养小贴士和有趣的饮食技巧为特色，鼓励年轻食客及其父母和照顾者将蔬菜作为年轻食客饮食的核心部分，并尽早提高对蔬菜的认识Serenity Kids联合创始人兼首席执行官Serenity Carr说，婴儿需要均衡的饮食，蛋白质、脂肪和碳水化合物才能促进身体和大脑的发育，而Serenity Kids肩负着彻底改变儿童营养的关键使命。

'We make it easier for parents to know that their children are getting all the nutrients they need when they reach for one of our products.'According to a recent PHA and partner survey of parents, 94% of parents say it is very important to them to raise an adventurous eater who learns to enjoy vegetables.

“我们让父母更容易知道，当他们购买我们的产品时，他们的孩子正在获得所需的所有营养。”根据PHA和合作伙伴最近对父母的调查，94%的父母表示，培养一个喜欢吃蔬菜的冒险者对他们来说非常重要。

Additionally, 99% of parents are looking to food companies to support their efforts in raising healthy eaters.Parent and caregiver efforts to provide veggie-forward diets to young children can either be supported or hampered by offerings in the baby and toddler food marketplace. The campaign aims to increase the amount of products offering nutritious options while helping parents and caregivers understand why introducing their children to veggies at an early age is instrument.

此外，99%的父母希望食品公司支持他们培养健康饮食者的努力。父母和照顾者为幼儿提供素食饮食的努力可能会受到婴幼儿食品市场的支持或阻碍。该运动旨在增加提供营养选择的产品数量，同时帮助父母和护理人员了解为什么在孩子很小的时候就给他们介绍蔬菜是一种手段。