Holle Apple Ant Organic Fruit Puree Pouch, apple with banana and pear, 100 g, from 6 months
Apple Ant is a Holle organic fruit puree pouch for babies from 6 months. It holds 100 g of smooth puree made from three fruits and nothing else: apple 60 percent, banana 20 percent and pear 20 percent, all from biodynamic farming. The fruit is Demeter quality and the pouch carries the EU Organic seal. There is no added sugar, no salt, no starch and no additive of any kind, and the cap reseals so an unfinished pouch can go back in the fridge.
Three fruits is the point of this one. Apple leads at 60 percent, banana and pear take ten percent each of what is left, and the list stops there. A short list is what you want from a first fruit pouch, because every ingredient in it is one your baby has probably already met as a single food, and because there is nothing in it whose job is to thicken, colour or preserve the puree.
Apple, banana and pear are also three of the gentlest fruits to put in front of a new eater. Apple and pear are the two that get recommended first almost everywhere, and banana brings the body and the sweetness that makes a spoonful easy to accept. Together they taste mild rather than sharp, which matters at six months when a baby is still deciding whether food is a good idea at all.
The Demeter mark is the part worth understanding, because it is not the same thing as organic. EU Organic sets the rules every organic baby food in Europe must meet. Demeter is the certification for biodynamic farming, which adds requirements on top of those rules about how the whole farm is run. A pouch carrying both is held to the organic standard and then to a stricter one as well.
As a European baby food pouch this is the plain one in the range. It is not a breakfast, it does not contain cereal, and it is not meant to replace a meal. It is 100 g of fruit puree in a pouch you can reseal, which makes it useful as a snack between meals, as something to take out of the house, or as a bowl of fruit at the end of a meal your baby has mostly refused.
6+ monthsFrom the 6th month
100 gResealable pouch
3 fruitsApple, banana, pear
DemeterBiodynamic and EU Organic
Where this pouch sits in the weaning day
Holle positions the pouches as a snack between meals or something to eat on the go, as part of a mixed weaning diet from six months. That is the honest description of what they are for. A 100 g pouch of fruit is a snack, not a lunch, and it works best alongside the vegetable, grain and protein foods your baby is being introduced to rather than instead of them.
Because the list is only apple, banana and pear, this is one of the pouches you can reach for early. At six months most babies have met apple or pear as a first food already, so the pouch brings little that is new. That is a virtue rather than a shortcoming: it is the pouch for the week when you want something you can be confident about, not the one for introducing a new flavour.
It also suits the stage before chewing. The puree is smooth, with no pieces to manage, so it is for a baby still learning what to do with food in their mouth. As your baby moves on to lumpier textures a smooth pouch keeps its place as a snack and as a way of getting fruit into a day that has gone badly, but it stops being the centre of a meal.
Spoon it, do not let your baby suck on the pouch
Holle's own instruction is to feed the puree with a spoon and to avoid prolonged sucking straight from the pouch, because sustained contact between fruit sugars and new teeth is linked to tooth decay. Squeeze a little onto a spoon, or into a bowl, and feed it from there. It is the single most important line on the pack.
How to serve Apple Ant
Read this before the first pouch
Feed the puree with a spoon and do not let your baby suck on the pouch for long stretches. Keep the screw cap away from babies and toddlers, because a small cap is a choking hazard. Serve food fresh and do not heat the puree in a microwave. Once the pouch is open, refrigerate it and use it within 2 days.
SpoonNever sucked from the pouch
2 daysRefrigerated, once opened
Max 50 °CIf you warm it, in water
No microwaveHolle's own instruction
1
Check the pouch first
Look at the pouch before you open it. It should be sealed and firm rather than puffed up or leaking, and the cap should still be fixed in place.
2
Warm it only in water
Most babies take it straight from the fridge or at room temperature. If you want it warm, stand the closed pouch in hot water at no more than 50 degrees Celsius. Never put it in a microwave.
3
Unscrew the cap and put it away
Take the cap off and put it out of reach straight away, before anything else. A loose screw cap on a table is exactly the sort of small object a baby finds first.
4
Squeeze a little onto a spoon
Squeeze some onto a spoon, or into a small bowl if you would rather see how much is going. Feeding from a bowl also stops the whole pouch disappearing in a minute.
5
Feed at your baby's pace
Offer a spoonful and wait. A pouch this smooth goes down fast if you let it, and a slower pace is how your baby learns to notice when they have had enough.
6
Reseal and refrigerate the rest
Screw the cap back on, put the pouch in the fridge and use it within 2 days. Feed from a spoon rather than putting a used spoon back into the pouch.
Feed with a spoon and keep the cap out of reach. Prolonged sucking straight from the pouch is linked to tooth decay. The screw cap is small enough to be a choking hazard. Do not heat the puree in a microwave, and use an opened pouch within 2 days from the fridge.
What the two seals on this pouch actually mean
Apple Ant carries two marks, and they do different jobs. Knowing which is which is the difference between buying a seal and buying a standard.
| Mark | What it certifies | How it applies here |
|---|---|---|
| EU Organic | The European Union's organic farming rules, which every organic food sold in the EU must meet | Carried by this pouch |
| Demeter | Biodynamic agriculture, a private standard with requirements beyond the EU organic rules | The apple, banana and pear are biodynamic |
| Inspection body | The certifier that audits the organic claim | DE-ÖKO-001 |
Demeter is a certification for biodynamic farming and is held in addition to organic certification, not instead of it. Every fruit in this pouch is declared as coming from biodynamic farming.
What neither seal tells you is anything about nutrition. An organic pouch and a non-organic pouch of the same fruit hold much the same food. The seals are about how the fruit was grown and audited, which is a reasonable thing to care about and a different thing from what is in the puree.
What is in it
No added sugar, and that needs a footnote
No sugar is added to this pouch. Fruit contains sugar of its own, so the puree is sweet and the nutrition panel on the pack will show sugars. Those sugars come from the apple, banana and pear, not from anything put in. That is also why the spoon instruction matters.
On the label
Ingredients and more
Apple 60%, banana 20%, pear 20%. All ingredients from biodynamic farming.
Nothing else is declared: no water, no starch, no thickener, no vitamin, no acidity regulator, no concentrate. Three fruits, three percentages, end of list.
Allergens: none declared on this pouch. It is free from gluten, from egg and from lactose. No peanut, tree nut, soya, milk, fish or celery ingredient appears in the list. Read the panel printed on the pouch you receive, because recipes are revised from time to time and the pouch in your hand governs.
The percentages above come from the ingredient declaration published for this pouch by its European retailers, which agree with each other entry for entry. No per-100-gram nutrition panel is reproduced here, because the published figures for the Holle pouch range disagree between sources and we will not print a number we cannot stand behind. The panel on your pouch is the one to read.
Read plainly, that is fruit and nothing else. It is one of the shortest ingredient lists in the whole pouch range, and the only thing to check before you buy it is whether your baby has met apple, banana and pear before.
- Apple, banana and pear only
- 100 percent fruit
- No added sugar
- No added salt
- No starch or thickener
- No colourings or flavourings
- No preservatives
- Gluten-free and lactose-free
- Biodynamic Demeter fruit
What one 100 g pouch gives you
This listing is one 100 g pouch. That is a snack-sized portion of fruit puree, built so that a baby can finish it in one sitting or take half of it and have the rest the next day.
| What you are buying | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Net contents | 100 g | One resealable pouch |
| Fruit content | 100% | Apple, banana and pear |
| Once opened | 2 days | Refrigerated, cap resealed |
| Serving | By spoon | Not sucked from the pouch |
How many pouches a month a baby gets through is not something we will put a number on. Holle publishes no feeding quantity for the pouches and no recommended number per day or per week, and the answer depends entirely on how much milk and how much family food a particular baby is taking at a particular week of weaning. Treat it as a snack and let the rest of the diet decide.
The 100 g net weight is the figure published for this pouch by its European retailers, who agree on it. No number of pouches per day, per week or per month is stated, because no such guidance is published for this product.
Product highlights
- Organic fruit puree pouch
- From 6 months
- 100 g resealable pouch
- Apple, banana and pear
- 100 percent fruit
- Demeter biodynamic fruit
- EU Organic certified
- No added sugar
- No added salt
- No starch or additives
- Gluten-free and lactose-free
- Recyclable pouch, resealable cap
Frequently asked questions
From what age can my baby have Apple Ant?
From 6 months, which is the age on this product, as part of a mixed weaning diet. It is one of the simpler pouches in the range because the list is only apple, banana and pear.
Can my baby eat straight from the pouch?
Holle's instruction is to feed the puree with a spoon and to avoid prolonged sucking from the pouch, which is linked to tooth decay. Squeeze a little onto a spoon or into a bowl and feed from there.
What is in it?
Apple 60 percent, banana 20 percent and pear 20 percent, all from biodynamic farming. Nothing else: no water, no starch, no added sugar, no additive.
Is there any added sugar?
No sugar is added. The pouch tastes sweet because fruit contains sugar naturally, and the nutrition panel will show those sugars, but none of it has been put in.
What does Demeter mean on a baby food pouch?
Demeter is the certification for biodynamic farming. It is held in addition to organic certification, so a pouch carrying both meets the EU organic rules and a stricter private standard on top of them.
Is it gluten-free?
Yes. There is no cereal in it at all, and it is free from gluten, egg and lactose. Some other pouches in the Holle range do contain oats or spelt, so check the one you are buying.
How long does an opened pouch keep?
Screw the cap back on, keep it in the fridge and use it within 2 days. Serve the food fresh and do not heat the puree in a microwave.
Can I warm it up?
Yes, by standing the closed pouch in hot water at no more than 50 degrees Celsius. Not in a microwave. Most babies are happy to take it cool or at room temperature.
How many pouches will my baby get through in a month?
We do not state a figure. Holle publishes no feeding quantity or frequency for the pouches, and the answer depends on how much milk and family food your baby is taking. A pouch is a snack alongside meals rather than a meal.
The rest of the Holle pouch range
- Holle Fennel Frog, pear with apple and fennelAnother simple pouch from 6 months, this one with a vegetable in it.
- Holle Carrot Cat, carrot with mango, banana and pearCarrot-led, for a baby ready to meet a vegetable in a sweet puree.
- Holle Banana Lama, banana with apple, mango and apricotFour fruits from 6 months, a step up in flavour from this one.
- Holle Dino Dance, apple with blueberries and plumApple-led with berries, also from 6 months.
- Holle Berry Puppy, apple and peach with forest fruitsFive fruits for later, from 8 months.
- All organic puree pouchesBrowse the whole pouch range by age and flavour.
Written from the ingredient, certification and feeding declarations published for this pouch, which agree entry for entry across its European retailers. The age and the pack size shown on this page are taken from the product itself. No per-100-gram nutrition panel is reproduced, because the published figures for the Holle pouch range disagree between sources. No feeding quantity, daily portion or monthly consumption figure is stated, because Holle publishes none for the pouches. Last reviewed 15 October 2026.
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