Gerber

(Newser) - Ann Turner Cook, whose cherubic baby face was known the world over as the original Gerber baby, has died. She was 95. Gerber announced Cook's passing in an Instagram post on Friday. "Many years before becoming an extraordinary mother, teacher and writer, her smile and expressive curiosity captured...

(Newser) - The new face of Gerber represents a milestone. The company has picked 1-year-old Lucas Warren of Dalton, Georgia , as this year's Gerber Baby—and Lucas is the first child with Down Syndrome selected for the honor, reports People . "He never meets a stranger," says mom Cortney, who...

(Newser) - The original Gerber baby has turned 90. The baby food maker says Ann Taylor Cook celebrated her 90th birthday on Sunday. Cook was about 4 months old in 1927 when her image was sketched in charcoal by family friend Dorothy Hope Smith. The drawing was submitted to Gerber a year...

(Newser) - Nestle and pharma giant Novartis continued swapping brands today, with Novartis, which sold Gerber to Nestle last year, agreeing to pay $39 billion for a 77% stake in eye-care company Alcon, reports the Wall Street Journal. The two-step deal—Novartis will pay $11 billion for 74 million shares this year...