There have been some findings showing that many baby cereals are high in arsenic, which is commonly found in grains including rice. I like making my own since I can control more for that issue to avoid heavy metal exposure. (It sounds like many companies are having success lowering the amounts, as isu003ca href=u0022https://www.fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-makes-available-results-testing-infant-rice-cereal-inorganic-arsenicu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003e reported by the FDAu003c/au003e—but many still consider them to be too high.) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI prefer to use u003ca href=u0022https://amzn.to/3o3RrDzu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003eLundberg Short Grain Brown Rice u003c/au003efor both the texture and flavor, but also because they are very transparent about their u003ca href=u0022https://www.lundberg.com/arsenic-testing-resultsu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003etesting for arsenicu003c/au003e, which I appreciate. If you don't have that option, you can cook the rice like you would pasta in a large pot of water, then drain the water off when the rice is cooked and that will remove much of it. That is an easy way to lower arsenic exposure.