Melissa and Doug Food Groups

Melissa and Doug Food Groups

Who’s hungry? Mix and match to make a yummy meal. This 21-piece set is full of well-balanced, nutritious pretend food. All four food groups are individually boxed in sturdy wooden crates for storage, sorting, and stacking.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars ouch
Very durable. My daughter has played with it for three years. I threw the orange and the apple away after being in the line of fire of a two year old’s temper tantrum. Now she’s four and the tantrums have passed. I guess I should have saved them but wooden fruit hurts!

3 Stars Paint chips
I bought this instead of a plastic product because of my concerns regarding plastics. And I will point out that I could have probably gotten triple the amount of play food had I gone with plastic. But for safety issues, I chose this set instead. However, after a week of active play the paint is already chipping off of several pieces. So I don’t have to worry about BPA, just about my children possibly ingesting lead.

All the Melissa and Doug products I’ve bought over the last 4 years have really seemed sub-par in quality, and of course they’re all made in China. My child really enjoys this set but if I find a vendor with a non-MIC product, I will replace it.

3 Stars Not what i expected
Some where along the lines I missed that the food was wooden, I was expecting plastic for some reason. My son does seem to still enjoy it and using his food to help me cook. They do seem like they will hold up a lot better than plastic stuff. Just really heavy and not real size.

5 Stars Great fun and educational
I purchased this set along with four other sets and a food stand for my son for his birthday. He wanted to open a store and sell things. He has really enjoyed making sandwiches and selling his food to his brothers and his father and I. The set is a good size and has been played with in our house by girls and boys ages one to nine, not to mention how much I have played with it with them. Highly recommended.

5 Stars Super educational fun
I use this to teach with in daycare. All the kids love playing pretend with it as well. Each food group comes in a different basket wich they love to set in the kitchen set. All of the pieces are very durable & high quailty. Forget the plastic play food and get this you won’t have to replace any pretend food for a long time.

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