When it comes to making fresh food for your baby, two names come up more than any others: the Beaba Babycook and the Baby Brezza. Both are excellent. Both are trusted by millions of parents globally. But they're designed with different priorities in mind — and understanding those differences will help you choose the one that's right for your kitchen and your routine.
The Beaba Babycook: The Original
The Babycook has been the benchmark for home baby food preparation since Beaba introduced it in France in the 1990s. It steams and blends in one compact unit, preserving up to 90% of vitamins and nutrients through gentle steam cooking — significantly more than boiling. The process is simple: add water, add ingredients, steam, then blend in the same bowl. The whole thing takes under 15 minutes.
The Babycook is compact, easy to clean, and produces beautifully smooth purées. It also defrosts and reheats, making it a genuinely versatile kitchen tool for the first year and beyond.
Best for: Parents who want to make fresh, single-ingredient purées and combinations from scratch. The Babycook rewards parents who enjoy the process of cooking for their baby and want full control over what goes in.
Worth knowing: The Babycook bowl capacity is best suited to making 1–2 portions at a time. If you want to batch-cook larger quantities in one go, you may find yourself doing multiple rounds.
The Baby Brezza: The Automation Specialist
Baby Brezza takes a different approach. Where Beaba focuses on fresh cooking, Baby Brezza's flagship products are designed around convenience and consistency. The Baby Brezza Formula Pro — one of its most popular products — automatically measures, mixes, and dispenses formula at the perfect temperature. For formula-feeding parents, this is genuinely life-changing at 3am.
Baby Brezza also makes the One Step Food Maker Deluxe, which steam cooks and blends like the Babycook but with a larger capacity and additional settings for different textures as your baby progresses through weaning stages.
Best for: Parents who prioritise speed, consistency, and batch cooking. Also excellent for formula-feeding parents looking for the Formula Pro specifically.
Worth knowing: Baby Brezza products tend to be slightly larger in footprint than Beaba. If counter space is limited in your kitchen, this is worth considering.
Head to Head
Ease of use: Both are simple, but Baby Brezza edges ahead on automation. Beaba requires slightly more active involvement — which some parents prefer.
Nutritional preservation: Beaba's steam cooking method is specifically designed to maximise nutrient retention. If this is a priority, the Babycook has the edge.
Capacity: Baby Brezza wins for batch cooking. Beaba is better for fresh, small-batch preparation.
Footprint: Beaba is more compact. Baby Brezza requires more counter space.
Versatility beyond baby food: Both can be used for older children's food. Baby Brezza's formula products are specific to the formula-feeding stage and less relevant once your baby transitions to solids.
So Which One Should You Choose?
Choose the Beaba Babycook if:
- You want to cook fresh food daily and enjoy the process
- Nutritional quality and ingredient control are top priorities
- Counter space is limited
- You're exclusively breastfeeding and don't need formula automation
Choose the Baby Brezza if:
- You're formula feeding and want the Formula Pro
- You want to batch cook larger portions less frequently
- Automation and speed are the priority in your routine
- You have older children and want a device that handles larger quantities
The Honest Answer
Many parents end up with products from both brands at different stages. The Beaba Babycook is an outstanding choice for the early weaning months when fresh purées are the focus. Baby Brezza's Formula Pro is unmatched if you're formula feeding and want to reclaim sleep.
Both are available at Anuna, and both come with our full support if you have questions before buying.