This commercial doesn’t bring back a favorite song or a funny character. It’s the everyday things that catch my attention.
Those little glass jars, the old Beech-Nut labels and that smiling baby on the packaging.
I remember seeing those labels when my younger brother was eating Beech-Nut baby food. Funny how something so ordinary can bring back memories all these years later.
But one thing in this 1960 commercial really caught my attention.
Beech-Nut makes a point of saying it keeps orange peel oil out of its baby orange juice.
Orange peel OIL?
Who knew there was oil in the peel?
I looked into it and discovered that orange peels contain a natural oil rich in limonene, which gives oranges much of their familiar smell. Too much of that oil getting into the juice can actually create an unpleasant, almost turpentine-like taste.
What I couldn’t establish is that the tiny amount normally found in orange juice was harmful to babies. It seems the company was emphasizing the care taken in making its product.
And here’s how much things have changed. Today, pediatricians recommend no fruit juice at all for babies under 12 months.
I also wondered about that smiling baby on the old Beech-Nut label. I searched for an identity but couldn’t find a reliable name.
Beech-Nut itself is still around! The company began in 1891, started making baby food in 1931 and still produces baby food in glass jars in upstate New York.
More than 60 years later, it’s those old jars and labels that bring back the memories.
Do you remember these Beech-Nut labels? And does anyone know who that baby was?
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