I would approach it from the perspective that if you would ever consider whizzing a food to a puree and spoon feeding it, then you are more or less okay to hand it over un-whizzed... i personally wouldn't in a zillion years consider feeding my daughter a kebab or a pizza from our local takeaway pureed or not so in my humble opinion it's not okay. I'd be lying, however, if i said that Babybear had never eaten an unsalted chip from a local restaurant. Your friend, if she is really doing this, should be very concerned about the amount of salt that will be in her child's food. That's the same for every baby, as their kidneys don't know whether their food is pureed or not. And the fats too, they must be hideous in a chippie sausage. I think that everyone who has sent in recipes to be published here has been very careful about the nutritional content. Baby Led Weaning isn't rocket science, though - if every single health message you've ever seen advises you against eating from a takeaway every night then it's reasonable to extrapolate that it's extrememly unsafe to give to a baby. It's an interesting question, though... there is a school of thought that suggests that Health Visitors might be encouraged to persist in recommending pureeing for young babies so that parents who themselves eat rubbish are forced to make different (ie more nutritious) meals for their babies. Many HVs take weaning as an opportunity to try to change the way the whole family eats. Even people who feed their children jars at least know that the mush has vitamins etc added to it and that the salt content is intensely monitored. But unless your friend is daft beyond belief then I find it hard to believe that her child is really eating only from the local chippie. And if she is, then as depressing as it is i should remind you that all BLW does is allow the child finger food earlier, so if she is feeding the baby crap then we can probably assume that it would have eaten it anyway, just a few months later. If you are really worried i'd consider finding out the name of her Health Visitor and mentioning it to her. HVs by and large don't understand BLW, so she might try to persuade your friend to give purees - but when the most important thing is for the child to be fed good food the manner of its presentation is unimportant.