I only give the occasional fruit pot mostly so she tries fruits that are out of season and difficult to get.
I don't give jars for various reasons. I try each one of them. All the sweet ones taste fine as they are sweet all the savory ones are completely tasteless in my opinion, watered down and I hate the taste of them. The ingredients are just fine, no additives etc and yet you cook the sale at home and your mouth is watering and you open a jar and its completely tasteless. How do they do that I don't get it??? Over boil them to get the smooth texture and they loose their taste? I don't know but I doubt that its as healthy as the home cocked fresh one.
I want Amelie to get used to homemade food that tastes much stronger it has herbs etc and that's what she is going to eat for the rest of her life so she better learn to like it. I heard if baby's rejecting eventually homemade food as they got so used to the jars. It was a thread not long ago in baby and toddler about that.
Meat jars...well judging from the amount of protein that they contain they barely contain any meat... Nth to compare with 1/4 of chicken breast and the amount of iron and protein that a homemade meal gives you.
Texture well they are just too smooth and does no favor at all at the development of eating or speech skills. I could never get my fruit purée as smooth as jars so she just learnt to have texture then lumps then mashed and now at jus before 7 m she eats just chopped in tiny pieces and finger foods. Some babies that they have only jars thy tend to gag badly and reject lumps though I am sure that they eventually get there just a pain that I feel that can be avoided in my opinion.
I have nth against to anyone that gives jars but Its jot for me for all the above reasons. I opened loads of jars when I did t have time to cook for her. I tried them, hated them and have them to the puppy that was very pleased I may add lool.
Now I cook every other day for her 2 days chicken/turkey (one week I do turkey next chicken), 2 days fish, 2 days beef/lamb, 1 day a non animal protein meal.
She has for breakfast 2-3 blended fruits thickened if needed with some baby porridge and finger food toast soldiers dipped in runny egg yolk (in uk they advice runny eggs after 1 year, in Norway apparently we are more resilient and we can give them from 6 m)
Lunch is a protein meal with finger food fruit
Dinner is either a yogurt or a porridge and finger foods from our dinner.
and sometimes it's easier to get a pouch of Ella's Kitchen out the cupboard especially if we are out and about. 
