Sally Gerber

Last updated August 21, 2025

Sally Gerber (born 1927) is the daughter of Daniel Frank Gerber who established the baby food enterprise Gerber Products Company.^[1]

Sally Gerber was ill as a baby, and when she was seven months old, her pediatrician recommended a diet of fruits and vegetables which her mother prepared for her daily.^[2] Her mother Dorothy soon grew tired of hand-straining fruits and vegetables every day. She turned to her husband "Dan", owner of the Fremont Canning Company along with his father Frank Daniel Gerber, for help.^[3]

Footnotes

↑ Ingham, p. 444
↑ Belasco, p. 102
↑ Avakian, p. 73-74

Sources

Avakian, Arlene Voski et al., From Betty Crocker to Feminist Food Studies, Liverpool University Press (2005), ISBN 1-55849-511-8
Belasco, Warren James et al., Food Nations, Routledge (2002), ISBN 0-415-93077-4
Ingham, John N., Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders: A-G, Greenwood Publishing Group (1983), ISBN 0-313-23907-X

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[1] Ingham, p. 444

[Belasco-2] Belasco, p. 102

[Avakian-3] Avakian, p. 73-74

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