{"product_id":"pitaya-dragonfruit-bowl","title":"Pitaya (Dragonfruit) Bowl","description":"\u003cdiv data-birch-description=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Pitaya Bowl is a Stage 3 purée built for toddlers who are ready for thicker, more textured meals. It blends dragon fruit with chia seeds, oats, and banana into a fiber-rich bowl suited to experienced eaters moving past smooth purées.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe recipe is made with no artificial preservatives or fillers, keeping the ingredient list close to the whole fruits and grains it starts from. Banana rounds out the blend alongside the chia and oats, adding natural sweetness to the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is part of Piko Provisions' Stage 3 line, developed for toddlers whose eating skills have moved beyond smooth, Stage 1 and 2 textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDragon fruit (pitaya) base with chia seeds, oats, and banana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThicker, textured Stage 3 recipe for experienced eaters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo artificial preservatives or fillers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTrustScore\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrustScore is Birch's proprietary rating, from 0 to 100, built from 50+ signals that reflect what actually matters to parents — safety, materials, recalls, certifications and quality. We don't take paid placements or sponsored rankings, so a score is never influenced by who pays to be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis product's TrustScore: \u003cstrong\u003e87\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e — weighted across 10 criteria:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeavy-Metal Testing \u0026amp; Disclosure: 97\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFood-Contact Material Safety: 77\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory \u0026amp; Age-Claim Honesty: 91\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeat \u0026amp; Wear Behavior: 77\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecall History: 97\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreparation \u0026amp; Contamination Guidance: 89\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertification Credibility: 84\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransparency \u0026amp; Support: 84\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIngredient \u0026amp; Sourcing Transparency: 84\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging Migration: 77\/100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eStage\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStage 3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTrustScore breakdown\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe take what's most important for a product to determine the TrustScore. Here's our research:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeavy-Metal Testing \u0026amp; Disclosure — 97\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery batch of this pouch is tested for arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury by an ISO 17025-accredited lab (Light Labs, by ICP-MS\/MS), and the certificate for each lot is published. The latest, lot 03\/23\/27 tested 2026-03-31, puts all four metals within the per-serving limits, with lead not detected, and mercury not detected too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood-Contact Material Safety — 77\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe found no disclosure of the pouch's food-contact material, polymer type, or any bisphenol-free statement anywhere in the brand's published material for this product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCategory \u0026amp; Age-Claim Honesty — 91\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pouch is clearly labeled Stage 3, a textured meal for experienced eaters, describing specific ingredients (dragon fruit, chia, oats, banana) appropriate to that stage rather than an ambiguous or inflated age claim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeat \u0026amp; Wear Behavior — 77\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing is published about how this pouch or its spout holds up to heating, freezing or repeated handling, and no replacement or discard guidance for the packaging appears anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecall History — 97\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe queried the full CPSC recall database (1973–2026, 10,039 records) with a control confirming the product class is covered, and found no recall record for this brand at any date, in any role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreparation \u0026amp; Contamination Guidance — 89\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce opened, a pouch is to be refrigerated and eaten within 24 hours, a concrete storage instruction in the brand's own words; nothing is published on warming, serving from the pouch or discarding a pouch with a broken seal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertification Credibility — 84\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe product features the Hawaii Seal of Quality and the Made in Hawaii with Aloha program, but neither publishes a certificate or member number, registry link, or scope statement for this finished product.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTransparency \u0026amp; Support — 84\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe brand discloses that it moved production to its own Waipahu, Hawaii facility, but publishes no materials list, no warranty terms, and no spare-parts or repair route — there is nothing to verify beyond the location of manufacture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredient \u0026amp; Sourcing Transparency — 84\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt uses only whole fruits and vegetables with no fillers or synthetic preservatives, and is described elsewhere as organic, but no certification scheme or scope is named and ingredient origins are not stated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePackaging Migration — 77\/100\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing is published about the pouch laminate, spout material, or whether either is free of bisphenols or phthalates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Piko Provisions","offers":[{"title":"8 Pouches","offer_id":45533277913154,"sku":"FGPS38PB","price":31.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1 Pouch","offer_id":45533277945922,"sku":"FGPS31PB","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/0761\/7858\/files\/2025-Pitaya-Ingredients-Pouch_e54fc1c1-e4c0-4922-882d-be13407f387b.png?v=1791752375","url":"https:\/\/www.birchstore.com\/products\/pitaya-dragonfruit-bowl","provider":"Birch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}