The answers to the most popular questions we get asked by parents, all under one roof
If you’re in the UK, you can order Mia & Ben pouches on Ocado, Abel & Cole, online at Sainsbury’s and the following stores:
ABERDEEN
Garthdee
Berryden Rd
ALTON
Drayman’s Way
ALTRINCHAM
Lloyd Street
ASHFORD
Bybrook, Simone Weil Avenue
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Ashton Moss
AYLESFORD
Larkfield, Mills Road
BALLYMENA
Braidwater Retail Park, Larne Road
BANBURY
Oxford Road
BARNET
New Barnet
BARNSTAPLE
Gratton Way
BASILDON
East Mayne
BASINGSTOKE
Kempshott
BATH
Green Park Road
BEACONSFIELD
Maxwell Road
BEDFORD
Fairfield Park
BELFAST
Forestside
Holywood exchange
West Belfast
BENFLEET
Rayleigh Weir
BICESTER
Pioneer Square
BIGGLESWADE
Bells Brook
BIRMINGHAM
Maypole
Castle Vale
Longbridge
Selly Oak Boulevard
BISHOP’S STORTFORD
Jackson Square
BLACKPOOL
Talbot Road
BOGNOR REGIS
Shripney Road
BOLTON
Trinity Street
BOURNEMOUTH
Castle Lane West
BRACKNELL
Bagshot Road
BRADFORD
Harrogate Road
BRENTWOOD
William Hunter Way
BRIDGEND
The Derwen
BRIDGWATER
The Clink
BRISTOL
Emersons Green
Winterstoke Road
East Filton
Castle Court
Portishead
BROMLEY
Walters Yard
BURTON-ON-TRENT
Union Street
BURY ST.EDMUNDS
Bedingfeld Way
CAMBERLEY
Watchmoor Park
CAMBRIDGE
Coldhams Lane
CANNOCK
Voyager Drive
CARDIFF
Colchester Avenue
CARLISLE
Colchester Avenue
Thornhill
CHEADLE
Wilmslow Road
CHELMSFORD
Springfield
CHELTENHAM
Tewkesbury Road
CHESTER
Caldy Valley Road
CHESTERFIELD
Rother Way
CHICHESTER
Westhampnett Road
CHIPPENHAM
Bath Road
CHRISTCHURCH
Lyndhurst Road
COBHAM
Bridge Way
COLCHESTER
Stanway
COLNE
Windy Bank
CORNWALL
Penzance
COVENTRY
Canley
CRAIGAVON
Rushmere Shopping Centre
CRAMLINGTON
Manor Walks Shopping Centre
CRAWLEY
West Green
CROYDON
Purley Way
CWMBRAN
Llewellyn Road
DARLINGTON
Victoria Road
DARTFORD
Crayford
DERBY
Chaddesden
Kingsway
Osmaston Park
DIDCOT
Central Drive
DONCASTER
Thorne Road
DUNDEE
Tom Johnston Road
DUNGANNON
The Oaks Centre
DUNSTABLE
Luton Road
DURHAM
Arnison Retail Centre
EAST GRINSTEAD
Brooklands Way
EASTBOURNE
Hampden Park
EDGWARE
Broadwalk Shopping Centre
EDINBURGH
Cameron Toll
ELLESMERE PORT
Kinsey Road
ELY
Lisle Lane
ENFIELD
Crown Road
EPSOM
Kiln Lane
EXETER
Alphington Road
FAREHAM
Broadcut
FARNHAM
Dunstable
FERNDOWN
Ringwood Road
FOLKESTONE
West Park Farm
GATESHEAD
Team Valley
GILLINGHAM
Hempstead Valley
GLASGOW
Darnley
East Kilbride
Olympia
Braehead
GLOUCESTER
Barnwood
GODALMING
Woolsack Way
GRAVESEND
Pepper Hill
GRAY’S
Chafford Hundred
GUILFORD
Burpham
HALIFAX
Wade Street
HAMPSHIRE
Waterlooville
HAMPTON
St Clares
HARLOW
Fifth Allende Avenue
HARROWGATE
Wetherby Road
HARROW
Kenton
HAVERHILL
Haycocks Road
HAYES
Lombardy Retail Park
HAYWARDS HEATH
Bannister Way
HELSTON
Clodgey Lane
HEMEL HAMPSTEAD
Apsley Mills
HEREFORD
Barton Yard
HASSLE
Hull
HIGH WYCOMBE
Oxford Road
HODDESDON
Brewery Road
HORNCHURCH
High Street
HORSHAM
Worthing Road
HOVE
West Hove
HUDDERSFIELD
Shorehead
ILFORD
Roden Street
IPSWICH
Warren Heath
IRVINE
Ayr Road
KEIGHLEY
Sainsburys Centre
KENDAL
Mint Bridge
KENT
Herne Bay
KIDDERMINISTER
2 Carpet Trades Way
KIDLINGTON
Oxford Road
KING’S LYNN
Kings Lynn Hardwick
KINGSTON UPTON THAMES
Sury Basin
KIRKCALDY
Water Lane
LANCASTER
Cable Street
LEEDS
Moortown
LEICESTER
Fosse Park
LEIGH
Leigh Atherleigh Way
LETCHWORTH
Third Avenue
LINCOLN
Marsh Mills
LISBURN
Sydenham
LITTLEHAMPTON
Rustington
LIVERPOOL
Rice Lane
LOANHEAD
Straiton
LONDON
Monks Lane
Marshall Lake
Mere Green
Shrewsbury
Lincoln
Fosse Park
Edenthorpe
Macclesfield
Chester
Eltham
Altrincham
Lee Green
Streatham Common
Clapham Common
Dulwich
Wandsworth
South Woodford
Chiswick
Cromwell Road
Harringay
Winchmore Hill
Low Hall
Whitechapel
Islington
Balham
Merton
Beckton
Ladbroke Grove
Finchley Road
Camden
Sydenham
Beaconsfield
cannock
Sunderland
Canley
Cheadle
East Prescot Road
Northwich
Stafford
Blackhall
Chaddesden
Preston
Stratton
Ellesmere Port
Upton
Ripley
LONDON DERRY
Durham
LOUGHTON
Halifax
LUTON
Shorehead
MACCLESFIELD
Castle Court
MAIDENHEAD
East Filton
Paignton
MANCHESTER
Straiton
Castle Boulevard
Bradford
MANSFIELD
Coldhams Lane
MARKET HARBOROUGH
Worle
MILTON KEYNES
Perton
Hull
MORECAMBE
Archer Road
NANTWICH
Keighley
NEWBURY
Chesterfield
NEWCASTLE
Prestwick
NEWCASTLE UPON TYME
Warrington
NEWPORT
Wigan
Lancaster
NEWRY
Beeston
NORTH WALSHAM
Stockport
NORTH HAMPTON
Whitley Bay
NORTHWICH
Hanley
NORWICH
Kingsway
Darnley
Denton
NOTTINGHAM
Tamworth
Wrexham
OLDBURY
Bamber Bridge
OLDHAM
Kirkcaldy
ORPINGTON
Telford
Moortown
OSWESTRY
Hoddesdon
OXFORD
Wallington
PAIGNTON
Alphington Road
PETERBOROUGH
Rice Lane
Craigavon
PLYMOUTH
Wednesfield
POOLE
North Walsham
PORTSMOUTH
Berryden Road
POST TOWN
Hazel Grove
PRESTON
Tadley
Sury Basin
PRESTWICK
Ashton Moss
RADSTOCK
Osmaston Park
RAMSGATE
Sprucefield
READING
Oldham
REDDITCH
Didcot
RHYL
Chafford Hundred
RICHMOND
Cramlington
RIPLEY
Team Valley
ROWLEY REGIS
Spalding
RUGBY
Scarborough
SALE
Darlington
SCARBOROUGH
Crystal Peaks
SEVENOAKS
Arnold
SHEFFIELD
Isle of Wight
Castle Vale
Castlepoint
SHREWSBURY
Loughton
SITTINGBOURNE
Holywood Exchange
SLOUGH
Olympia
SOLIHULL
Midsomer Norton
Urmston
SOUTH WOODHAM FERRER
Bishops Stortford
SOUTHHAMPTON
Orpington
Welwyn Garden City
Helston
SPALDING
Stanway
ST. ALBANS
Newcastle Under Lyme
Nantwich
ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA
Maidenhead
STAFFORD
Milton Keynes
STAINES
Dungannon
STEVENAGE
West Belfast
STIRLING
Gloucester Quays
STOCKPORT
Braehead
Coln
STOKE-ON-TRENT
Slough Uxbridge Road
SUNDERLAND
Bicester
Newport
SURREY
Morecambe
SUTTON
Irvine
SUTTON COLDFIELD
Portishead
SWANSEA
Wakefield Marsh Way
SWINDON
Southampton Portswood
Heaton Newcastle
TADLEY
Mansfield
TAMWORTH
Ely
TAUNTON
Penzance
TELFORD
Carisle
TONBRIDGE
Heaton Park
TORQUAY
Waterlooville
TRORO
Bognor Regis
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Kings Lynn Hardwick
UXBRIDGE
Wakefield Ings Road
WAKEFIELD
Leigh Atherleigh Way
Sunderland North
WALLINGTON
Longbridge
WALTON-ON-THAMES
Selly Oak Boulevard
WARLINGHAM
Dorridge
WATFORD
Herne Bay
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Sheffield Wadsley Bridge
WESTON-SUPER-MARE
Shenley Church End
WHITELY BAY
Thanet West Wood Cross
WIGAN
Redhill
WINCHESTER
Sutton
WIRRAL
Kendal
WITNEY
South Woodham Ferres
WOKING
Wolverhampton St Marks
WOKINGHAM
High Wycombe
WOLVERHAMPTON
Charlton Riverside
Fulham Wharf
WORTHING
Nine Elms
WREXHAM
Bretton
YORK
Bolton
In Ireland, Mia & Ben pouches are available in the following Dunnes stores:
CARLOW
Sleaty Road, Carlow
CAVAN
Church Road, Cavan
CLARE
Skycourt, Shannon
CORK
Carrigaline
Charleville
Clonakilty
Bandon Road, Bishopstown, Cork
Douglas Court, Cork
Market Square, Mallow
Macroom
DONEGAL
Forte Shopping Centre, Letterkenny
DUBLIN
Ashleaf, Crumlin
Blanchardstown
Charlestown
Citywest
Clondalkin
Cornelscourt
Donaghmede
Ilac Shopping Centre, Henry Street
Northside
Ongar
Swan Centre, Rathmines
Leopardstown, Sandyford
Stephens Green
Swords Pavilions, Swords
Tallaght
GALWAY
Briarhill, Galway
Terryland, Galway
Edward Square, Galway
Westside
KERRY
Killarney
North Circular Road, Tralee
KILDARE
Manor Mills, Maynooth
Newbridge
KILKENNY
MacDonagh Junction
LAOIS
Kyle Shopping Centre, Portlaoise
LONGFORD
Longford
LIMERICK
Childers Road, Limerick
New Jetland, Limerick
Parkway, Limerick
LOUTH
Colpes Cross, Drogheda
Ard Easmuinn Road, Dundalk
The Marshes, Dundalk
Neighbourhood, Dundalk
MAYO
Ballina
MEATH
Ashbourne
OFFALY
Bridge Centre, Tullamore
Edenderry
ROSCOMMON
Roscommon
TIPPERARY
Oakville, Clonmel
Annbrook, Nenagh
Roscrea
Tipperary Town
New Davis Road
WATERFORD
City Square
Dungarvan
WESTMEATH
Harbour Place
Montree
Irishtown, Athlone
HPP stands for High-Pressure Processing and is a food preservation technique that uses high pressure, rather than heat, to make our products safe to eat. Because of this, the vitamins and flavours of fruit and veg are protected and our pouches must be chilled to be kept fresh.
Mia & Ben should be stored in the fridge until you’re ready to use it. If you’re heading out, using a cool bag would be ideal but if that’s not possible a Mia & Ben pouch will stay safe to eat for 6 hours once out of the fridge.
Once opened Mia & Ben pouches will keep fresh for up to 48 hours in the fridge. Many grown-ups also enjoy adding any leftover puree to their own food and drink, such as in stews or porridge.
Every baby is different, but UK government guidelines suggest introducing complementary foods (weaning) from around 6 months of age. Speak to your health care practitioner, or health visitor, about when is right for you and your baby.
Yes! Although the European Food Safety Authority and UK Food Standards Agency have deemed the continued use of BPA in plastics production safe to humans, we have decided to ensure all our pouches are BPA free.
Our pouch caps can be recycled with your household plastics, but unfortunately the pouch itself cannot be. Whilst we’ve made a start towards resolving this issue by ensuring there’s no aluminium in our pouch, there’s more work to be done. In the meantime, head to Terracycle website to find out how you can take our pouches to specialised drop-offs for recycling.
Absolutely all the ingredients in our food are listed on the back of our pouches so you can easily check for any allergens that concern you. Rest assured there are no preservatives or additives in our food.
Yes. All our purees are 100% natural, gluten and lactose free. They are completely plant-based and do not require extra flavourings. They have also been produced without the risk of contamination.
The Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) for babies change almost monthly in the first few years of life, as they are growing so rapidly. To keep up to date online resources such as nutrition.org.uk can be helpful, or ask your health care provider for guidance.
Email us on welcome@miabenorganic.com or get in touch via any of our social media accounts, day or (sleepless) night.
Mia & Ben were two of the most popular baby names in 2016, the year that we were founded.
HPP technology requires a pH value of 4.5 or less to ensure the food is safe to eat. To achieve this, we use fruits as these contain natural acids. This is a restriction of our technology that our science-buffs in Mia & Ben HQ are working hard to resolve. Head over to ‘Our Story’ page for their latest updates.
All of the sugars in our products come from the fruits & vegetables they contain. Our HPP technology requires us to achieve a pH value of 4.5 for food safety and we achieve this by using acid-containing fruits. We are working hard on alternative options for lowering pH but continue to believe the better flavour, colour and vitamin preservation HPP technology provides makes Mia & Ben products a cut-above other baby food offerings.
Unfortunately, you can’t freeze Mia & Ben in their packaging. They can be squeezed into lolly moulds for any cool treat or a teething helper. We do not recommend freezing the pouches to extend the shelf life.