Food guide for babies and toddlers
224 foods from the myBabyNUTRI database. For each one: the typical starting age, an allergen note, how to prepare and serve it, and what to watch for with texture and choking risk. The same data powers the app's daily food suggestions.
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🥛 2% milk
Cow's milk protein is one of the most common allergens in young children, and 2% milk contains the same…
🍯 Agave syrup
Agave syrup is not a common allergen, and reactions to it are rare. It is not offered before 18 months because…
🥜 Almonds
Almonds are a tree nut, and tree nuts are among the most common food allergens; reactions can be serious. If…
🍗 Anchovies
Anchovies are fish, a common allergen. Offer well-cooked fresh anchovies from around 6 months, a small amount…
🍎 Apple
Apples rarely cause allergies, but they can trigger mild itching or swelling around the mouth (oral allergy…
🧂 Apple cider vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is not a common allergen, though some vinegars contain natural or added sulfites, which…
🍎 Apricot
Apricot is not a common allergen, though children with a peach or birch-pollen allergy may get an itchy mouth…
🥬 Artichoke
Artichoke is not a common allergen. It belongs to the daisy family, so children with ragweed, mugwort or…
🥬 Arugula
Arugula is not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. It belongs to the mustard and cabbage family, so ask…
🥬 Asparagus
Asparagus is not a common food allergen, and reactions are rare. It can be offered from around 6 months, once…
🍎 Avocado
Avocado allergy is uncommon. Children with a latex allergy may react to avocado (latex-fruit syndrome), and…
🍗 Bacon
Bacon and pancetta rarely cause allergies, but some brands add flavorings or sweet glazes, so check the label…
🌾 Bagel
Bagels contain wheat, a common allergen, and many also include sesame, egg, milk or soy. Introduce wheat and…
🧂 Baking powder
Baking powder is not a common allergen, but it usually contains a starch such as cornstarch, and some brands…
🧂 Balsamic vinegar
Balsamic vinegar is not a common allergen, but many bottles contain sulfites, which can trigger wheezing or a…
🍎 Banana
Banana allergy is uncommon. It is sometimes linked to latex or pollen allergy and can cause an itchy mouth or…
🧂 Basil
Basil is not among the common food allergens, and reactions to it are uncommon. It belongs to the mint family…
🧂 Basil pesto
Classic basil pesto contains pine nuts, which can cause allergic reactions and are often grouped with tree…
🧂 Bay leaves
Bay leaf is not a common allergen, and reactions from eating it are rare. The bigger concern is physical…
🥜 Beans
Bean allergy is uncommon, although beans are legumes like peanut and soy, and a few children react to more…
🧂 Bee pollen
Bee pollen is not one of the major food allergens, but it has caused severe allergic reactions, including…
🍗 Beef
Beef allergy is uncommon, although a small number of children with cow's milk allergy also react to beef…
🧂 Beef gravy
Beef itself rarely causes allergies, but gravy is usually thickened with wheat flour and may contain butter or…
🍗 Beef heart
Beef heart is a muscle, so its allergy risk is as low as that of other beef, although a small group of…
🧂 Beef stock
Beef allergy is rare, though a few children with cow's milk allergy also react to beef. Homemade stock…
🥬 Beetroot
Beetroot rarely causes allergic reactions. It is listed here from 12 months because it is naturally high in…
🥬 Bell peppers
Sweet bell peppers of any color are not a common allergen; rare reactions are sometimes linked to pollen or…
🍎 Berries
Berries are not common allergens. Acidic berries such as strawberries and raspberries often cause a red rash…
🧂 Black pepper
Black pepper is not a common allergen, and true allergic reactions are rare. Its heat can make some babies…
🍎 Blackberries
Blackberry allergy is rare. The acidic juice can redden the skin around the mouth, which usually fades soon…
🍎 Blueberries
Blueberry allergy is very rare. Blue-purple stains on the skin, dark blue-black stools and bits of berry skin…
🌾 Bread
Most bread contains wheat, a common allergen, and many loaves also include milk, egg, soy or sesame. For a…
🌾 Breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs are made from wheat, a common allergen, and store-bought ones may also contain milk, egg, soy or…
🥛 Breast milk
Breast milk is not a common allergen, and nearly all babies tolerate it well. Rarely, a baby with cow's milk…
🥬 Broccoli
Broccoli is not a common food allergen, and reactions are rare. It makes a good first vegetable from around 6…
🥬 Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts are not a common food allergen, and reactions are rare. They can be offered cooked from…
🌾 Buckwheat
Despite its name, buckwheat is not related to wheat and is naturally gluten-free, but choose packs labeled…
🫒 Butter
Butter is a dairy food and has nothing to do with nut butters. It is mostly milk fat but contains small…
🥬 Butternut squash
Butternut squash is not a common allergen, and despite its name it is not a nut, so it also suits babies with…
🥬 Cabbage
Cabbage rarely causes allergic reactions. It is listed here from 12 months, so start then with a spoonful or…
🍗 Calf liver
Calf liver is not a common allergen, but a few children with cow's milk allergy also react to beef and veal…
🥬 Canned tomatoes
Tomato allergy is uncommon, but acidic tomato sauce can redden the skin around the mouth or irritate the…
🧂 Capers
Capers are the pickled flower buds of the caper bush and are not a common allergen; reactions are rare. Some…
🥬 Carrot
Carrot allergy is uncommon, but it does occur, especially in children with birch pollen allergy, who may get…
🥬 Cauliflower
Cauliflower allergy is rare. Offer a small amount the first time and watch for hives, vomiting or a rash; like…
🧂 Cayenne pepper
Cayenne is not a common allergen. Redness around the mouth or a sore bottom after a spicy meal is usually…
🥬 Celeriac
Celeriac is a form of celery, which is on the EU list of major allergens and can occasionally cause serious…
🥬 Celery
Celery is on the EU list of major allergens and can cause reactions ranging from an itchy mouth to, rarely…
🥛 Cheddar
Cheddar contains cow's milk protein, one of the most common allergens, though aged cheddar is very low in…
🥛 Cheese
Cheese contains milk protein, one of the most common allergens, whether it is made from cow's, goat's or…
🥬 Cherry tomato
Tomato allergy is uncommon, but juice from raw cherry tomatoes often leaves red blotches on the cheeks and…
🥜 Chestnuts
Chestnuts are botanically a nut but rarely cause allergy and are not usually counted among the major tree-nut…
🍗 Chicken
Chicken allergy is uncommon, so well-cooked chicken is a good protein-rich first food from around 6 months…
🍗 Chicken liver
Chicken liver is not a common allergen, and an egg allergy does not usually mean a child will react to…
🧂 Chicken stock
Chicken is not a common allergen, but stock often contains celery, an allergen listed in the EU, and…
🥜 Chickpeas
Chickpeas are a legume and not a top allergen, but chickpea allergy does occur, more often where chickpeas are…
🥬 Chili pepper
Chili pepper allergy is rare, but capsaicin, the compound that makes chilies hot, can irritate a baby's mouth…
🧂 Chili powder
Chili peppers are not a common allergen, but chili powder is usually a blend that can include cumin, garlic…
🧂 Chives
Chives belong to the onion and garlic family and are not a common allergen; allergic reactions are rare. If…
🧂 Cilantro
Cilantro, the leafy part of the coriander plant, is not a common allergen, though rare reactions occur…
🧂 Cinnamon
Cinnamon is not a common food allergen, though it can occasionally cause a red rash around the mouth where it…
🍯 Cocoa powder
True cocoa allergy is rare, but chocolate products often contain milk, soy or nuts or are made alongside them…
🍗 Cod
Fish is a common allergen. If your toddler has not had fish before, start with a small amount of well-cooked…
🧂 Coleslaw dressing
Most coleslaw dressings contain egg (from mayonnaise) and often mustard; yogurt-based versions contain milk…
🥬 Coleslaw mix
Coleslaw mix is usually shredded cabbage and carrot, neither of which is a common allergen. Check the bag for…
🧂 Coriander seeds
Coriander is not a common allergen, but it belongs to the same plant family as celery, carrot and fennel, and…
🥬 Corn
Corn is not a common allergen, and true corn allergy is rare. Start with a spoonful of smooth corn purée and…
🥛 Cottage cheese
Cottage cheese is made from cow's milk, a common food allergen, and the app lists it from 12 months. It is…
🌾 Couscous
Couscous is made from wheat semolina, so it contains wheat, a common allergen, and gluten. Offer a small…
🌾 Cracked wheat
Cracked wheat is whole wheat kernels broken into pieces, so it contains wheat, a common allergen, and gluten…
🧂 Cranberry sauce
Cranberries are not a common allergen, although their acidity can leave a mild red rash around the mouth that…
🥛 Cream cheese
Cream cheese and similar soft white spreads are made from cow's milk, a common food allergen, and the app…
🥬 Cucumber
Cucumber is not a common allergen. Rarely, older children with ragweed pollen allergy get an itchy mouth from…
🧂 Cumin
Cumin is not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. It belongs to the same plant family as celery, carrot…
🥛 Custard
Homemade custard contains two common allergens, egg and cow's milk; powder custard is often egg-free but is…
🍎 Dates
Dates are not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. Packaged chopped dates are sometimes dusted with oat…
🧂 Dill
Allergic reactions to dill are rare. It is related to celery, carrot and fennel, so children with a celery…
🍎 Dried apricots
Apricot allergy is uncommon, but many bright-orange dried apricots are preserved with sulfites (sulfur…
🧂 Dry yeast
Baker's yeast is not a common allergen, and true yeast allergy is rare. The foods it goes into, such as bread…
🥛 Edam cheese
Edam is made from cow's milk, a common food allergen, and the app lists it from 12 months, partly because it…
🍗 Egg
Egg is one of the most common food allergens. Offer well-cooked egg from around 6 months, starting small and…
🥬 Eggplant
Eggplant is not a common allergen, though a few children get an itchy mouth or a rash from it. It can be…
🥬 Escarole
Escarole is not a common allergen. It belongs to the same plant family as lettuce, chicory and ragweed, so…
🥜 Fava beans
Fava beans are not a common allergen, although children allergic to peanut or other legumes occasionally…
🥬 Fennel
Fennel is not a common allergen, but it is in the same family as celery and carrot, and rare reactions occur…
🧂 Fennel seeds
Fennel seed allergy is uncommon, but fennel belongs to the same plant family as celery, coriander and cumin…
🥛 Feta cheese
Feta is traditionally made from sheep's milk, sometimes mixed with goat's milk, while feta-style cheeses may…
🫒 Flavored butter
Butter is a dairy food, not a nut product, but it contains small amounts of milk protein, so it can cause a…
🍗 Flounder
Flounder is a fish, and fish is one of the common food allergens. From 7 months, offer a small amount of…
🍎 Freeze-dried strawberries
Strawberries are not a common allergen, though their juice often leaves a red rash around the mouth that fades…
🧂 Garam masala
Garam masala is a blend of warm spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, cumin, coriander seed and black…
🧂 Garlic
Garlic is not a common allergen, and true garlic allergy is rare, though it can cause gas, heartburn or a skin…
🧂 Ginger
Ginger is not a common allergen, and true allergy is rare. Its warming heat can briefly redden the lips or…
🥛 Goat cheese
Goat's milk proteins are very similar to cow's milk proteins, so most children with cow's milk allergy also…
🍗 Goat meat
Goat meat is not a common allergen, and reactions to it are rare. It is a good source of iron and zinc for…
🥛 Goat's milk yogurt
Goat's milk yogurt is a milk allergen, and most children with cow's milk allergy react to it too, so it is not…
🌾 Granola
Granola is oat-based but often contains tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, wheat, soy or milk, and it may be made on…
🍎 Grapes
Grapes rarely cause allergies. A few children, often those already allergic to peaches or other fruits, react…
🥜 Green beans
Green beans rarely cause allergic reactions, although children with other legume allergies occasionally react…
🥛 Gruyère cheese
Gruyère is a cow's milk cheese, so it contains milk protein, one of the most common allergens, though it is…
🍗 Ham
Ham is not a common allergen, but it is a cured, processed meat that is high in salt and often contains…
🧂 Harissa
Traditional harissa is a paste of chili peppers, garlic, olive oil and spices such as caraway, coriander and…
🥜 Hazelnuts
Hazelnut is a tree nut and one of the common food allergens. Offer it from around 6 months as smooth, thinned…
🧂 Herbs
Culinary herbs, fresh or dried, rarely cause allergies. Parsley, cilantro and dill belong to the celery family…
🍯 Honey
Never give honey in any form, raw, cooked or baked, before 12 months: it can carry spores that cause infant…
🧂 Horseradish
Horseradish is not a common allergen, but it belongs to the mustard and cabbage family, so talk to your…
🥛 Infant formula
Most infant formulas are made from cow's milk protein, a common allergen, and soy-based formulas contain soy…
🧂 Italian seasoning
Italian seasoning is usually a mix of dried oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary and marjoram, none of which are…
🥛 Kefir
Kefir is fermented milk, usually cow's milk (sometimes goat's or sheep's), so it contains milk, one of the…
🍎 Kiwi
Kiwi isn't a top allergen but is one of the more common fruit allergies in young children, and reactions can…
🍗 Lamb
Lamb allergy is rare, although a child who reacts to beef or other red meat sometimes reacts to lamb too. From…
🥛 Lancashire cheese
Lancashire is a cow's milk cheese, so it contains milk protein, one of the most common allergens in babies…
🥬 Leek
Leek is not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. It belongs to the same allium family as onion and…
🍎 Lemon
Lemon allergy is uncommon. The acidic juice often leaves a red rash around the mouth where it touches the…
🥜 Lentils
Lentils are not among the top allergens, but lentil allergy does occur, especially in Mediterranean and South…
🥬 Lettuce
Lettuce, including romaine and mixed salad leaves, is rarely an allergen; it is listed here from 12 months…
🍎 Lime
Lime is not a common allergen. Its acidic juice can leave a red rash around the mouth, and lime juice left on…
🍎 Mango
Mango is not a common allergen. The peel and the sap just under it contain compounds related to those in…
🧂 Mango chutney
Mango itself rarely causes allergies, but chutney recipes can include mustard seeds, nuts, sesame, garlic or…
🍯 Maple syrup
Maple syrup is not a common allergen, reactions are rare, and unlike honey it is not linked to infant…
🧂 Mayonnaise
Classic mayonnaise is made from egg yolk and oil, so it contains egg, a common allergen, and many brands also…
🍎 Melon
Melon is not a common allergen. Some children with pollen allergies, especially to ragweed or grasses, get an…
🌾 Millet
Millet is naturally gluten-free and is not a common allergen, though rare reactions are possible. Offer it…
🧂 Mint
Mint (spearmint and peppermint) is not a common food allergen, and reactions are rare, though children…
🧂 Miso
Miso is made from fermented soybeans, so it counts as a soy allergen; fermenting does not remove that. Barley…
🍎 Mixed fruit
Most fruits are not common allergens. Kiwi, strawberries and citrus often redden the skin around the mouth…
🥬 Mixed vegetables
The usual vegetables in a mix, such as carrots, peas, corn and green beans, are not common allergens. Check…
🥛 Mizithra
Mizithra is a Greek whey cheese made from sheep's or goat's milk, sometimes mixed with cow's milk. These milk…
🥬 Mizuna
Mizuna is a mild Japanese leafy green that is not a common allergen. It belongs to the mustard and cabbage…
🍯 Molasses
Molasses is not a common allergen, and reactions are rare, but sulfured molasses contains sulfites, which can…
🥛 Mozzarella
Mozzarella is made from cow's or water buffalo milk, and both contain similar milk proteins, so it is a milk…
🥬 Mushrooms
Mushrooms are not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. myBabyNUTRI lists them from 12 months: offer a…
🧂 Mustard
Mustard is a common allergen in Europe and Canada, and reactions can be severe. Offer a small amount of a mild…
🥜 Nut butter
Nut butters are made from common food allergens: tree nuts such as almond, cashew and hazelnut, plus the…
🧂 Nutmeg
Despite its name, nutmeg is the seed of a tropical tree, not a tree nut, and allergy to it is uncommon. Most…
🌾 Oats
Oats are not one of the major allergens and reactions are uncommon, though oats are a known trigger of FPIES…
🍗 Octopus
Octopus is a mollusk, a shellfish allergen, and children allergic to squid, clams or shrimp may react to it…
🥬 Okra
Okra is not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. In this app it is listed from 12 months; the first…
🫒 Olive oil
Olive oil comes from a fruit, not a nut, and it is not a common allergen; true reactions are rare. From 12…
🫒 Olives
Plain olives rarely cause allergic reactions and are not related to nuts, but stuffed olives can contain…
🥬 Onions
Onion is not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. In this app it is listed from 12 months; start with a…
🍎 Orange
Orange is not a common allergen, and true citrus allergy is rare. Its acidic juice often reddens the skin…
🍎 Orange juice
Oranges are not a common allergen, though the acid in juice can cause a red rash around the mouth that is…
🧂 Oregano
Oregano rarely causes allergic reactions, though children who react to related herbs such as thyme, basil or…
🌾 Orzo
Orzo is a rice-shaped pasta made from wheat, a common allergen, and some brands also contain egg. If wheat is…
🍎 Papaya
Papaya is not a common allergen. Rarely, children with a latex allergy react to it, and its juice can cause a…
🥛 Parmesan
Parmesan is made from cow's milk (or sheep's milk, in pecorino), a common food allergen, and the app lists it…
🧂 Parsley
Parsley is rarely allergenic, though it belongs to the same plant family as celery, an EU-listed allergen, so…
🥬 Parsnip
Parsnip is not a common allergen. It is related to carrot and celery, so rarely a child who reacts to those…
🌾 Pasta
Most pasta is made from wheat, a common allergen, and egg pasta and many fresh pastas also contain egg, so…
🍎 Peach
Peach allergy is uncommon in babies, but older children with pollen allergy may get an itchy mouth from raw…
🥜 Peanut butter
Peanut is one of the most common food allergens. Offering smooth, thinned peanut butter from around 6 months…
🥜 Peanuts
Peanut is one of the most common food allergens, and offering it early, from around 6 months once your baby…
🍎 Pear
Pear is one of the least allergenic fruits, which is why it is a popular first food. Rarely, children with…
🥬 Peas
Peas are not a top allergen, but they are legumes and pea allergy does occur, sometimes in children who…
🧂 Pickles
Cucumber pickles rarely cause allergies, but the brine can contain mustard seeds and sulfites (both EU-listed…
🌾 Pie crust
Pie crust is made from wheat flour and usually butter (milk); some recipes add egg or an egg wash, and…
🥜 Pine nuts
Pine nuts are seeds from pine cones and are usually grouped with tree nuts; allergy to them is less common…
🥜 Pistachios
Pistachios are tree nuts and a common food allergen, and they are closely related to cashews, so a child…
🥬 Plantain
Plantain is not a common allergen. It belongs to the banana family, so a child with a banana allergy may also…
🍗 Pork
Pork allergy is uncommon, so plain, well-cooked pork can be offered from around 6 months for protein, zinc and…
🍗 Pork ribs
Pork rarely causes allergies, but ribs are often cooked with rubs and sauces that contain soy, wheat, mustard…
🥬 Potato
Potato allergy is rare, and cooked potato is usually well tolerated. Offer plain potato on its own the first…
🌾 Quinoa
Quinoa is not a common allergen and is naturally gluten-free, though rare reactions do occur. Its natural…
🍗 Rabbit
Rabbit is a lean meat that rarely causes allergies, so it can be one of your baby's early meats from about 7…
🥬 Radish
Radish allergy is rare. Radishes belong to the mustard and cabbage family, so check with your pediatrician…
🧂 Red curry paste
Many red curry pastes, especially Thai-made ones, contain shrimp paste, a shellfish allergen, and some also…
🧂 Red pepper flakes
Chili allergy is rare, but the capsaicin in red pepper flakes can redden the skin around the mouth, sting the…
🥬 Rhubarb
Rhubarb is not a common allergen, but its sharp acidity can redden the skin around the mouth or cause a diaper…
🌾 Rice
Rice rarely causes allergies, but it is one of the more common triggers of FPIES, a delayed reaction with…
🌾 Rice flour
Rice flour is not a common allergen and is naturally gluten-free, which helps children who avoid wheat; check…
🌾 Rice vermicelli
Rice vermicelli is usually made only from rice and water, and rice is not a common allergen. Some brands add…
🧂 Rosemary
Rosemary is not a common allergen and reactions are rare, though skin rashes have been reported, and children…
🥬 Rutabaga
Rutabaga is not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. Like other members of the cabbage family it can…
🧂 Sage
Sage is not a common allergen and reactions are rare; it belongs to the mint family along with basil, rosemary…
🍗 Salmon
Fish is a common allergen, so from around 6 months offer a little salmon on its own at first, then keep…
🧂 Salt
Salt isn't an allergen; the concern is sodium. A baby's kidneys can't handle much of it, so experts advise no…
🍗 Sardines
Fish is a common allergen. In this app, sardines are listed from 12 months, so after your child's first…
🍗 Sausage
Meat itself rarely causes allergies, but sausages often contain milk, wheat (rusk or breadcrumbs), soy, egg…
🍗 Sea bream
Sea bream is a fish, and fish is a common allergen. From 7 months, offer a small amount of well-cooked bream…
🧂 Seasoning mix
Ready-made seasoning blends can hide common allergens such as wheat, milk powder, soy, sesame, mustard or…
🌾 Self-rising flour
Self-rising flour is wheat flour with baking powder (and, in many US brands, salt) already mixed in, so it…
🥜 Sesame seeds
Sesame is one of the major food allergens, and reactions can be serious. From 12 months, if your child has not…
🍗 Shrimp
Shrimp is a crustacean shellfish and one of the most common food allergens; the allergy is often lifelong…
🧂 Smoked paprika
Smoked paprika is made from peppers that are dried over wood smoke and then ground. Allergy to it is uncommon…
🍗 Smoked salmon
Smoked salmon is fish, a common allergen, so introduce plain cooked fish first to check for reactions. It is…
🧂 Soy sauce
Most soy sauce, light or dark, is brewed from soybeans and wheat, so it contains two common allergens, soy and…
🌾 Spaghetti
Most spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, and wheat is a common allergen; some brands and fresh…
🥬 Spinach
Spinach is rarely an allergen, and cooked spinach can be offered from around 6 months. Faint redness around…
🥜 Split peas
Pea allergy is uncommon, but peas are legumes, so children allergic to peanut, lentils or chickpeas…
🥬 Spring onions
Green onions are not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. In this app they are listed from 12 months…
🍗 Squid
Squid is a mollusk, one of the EU-listed allergens, and children allergic to shrimp or other shellfish may…
🍎 Strawberries
Strawberries are not one of the common food allergens, but their acidity often causes a red rash around the…
🌾 Stuffing
Bread stuffing usually combines several allergens: wheat from the bread, milk from butter, often egg, and…
🍯 Sugar
White, brown, demerara and powdered sugar are all almost pure sucrose with essentially no protein, so allergy…
🍯 Sugar substitutes
Sugar substitutes such as stevia, monk fruit, sucralose, aspartame and sugar alcohols like erythritol are not…
🥬 Sun-dried tomatoes
Tomatoes are not a common allergen, but some sun-dried tomatoes are treated with sulfites, which can trigger…
🥜 Sunflower seeds
Sunflower seed is not one of the major food allergens, but allergic reactions do happen and can occasionally…
🧂 Sweet chili sauce
Classic sweet chili sauce is made from chilies, sugar, vinegar, garlic and salt, but some brands add soy…
🥬 Sweet potato
Sweet potato is rarely an allergen and is a popular first food from around 6 months. Offer it plain the first…
🥬 Swiss chard
Allergic reactions to Swiss chard are uncommon, and it can be offered well cooked from around 6 months. For…
🥜 Tahini
Tahini is simply ground sesame, one of the major food allergens, and reactions can be serious. From 12 months…
🍎 Tangerine
Citrus fruit is not a common allergen, though its acidity can cause a red rash around the mouth or in the…
🧂 Thyme
Thyme allergy is rare. Thyme belongs to the mint family, so a child who has reacted to oregano, basil…
🥜 Tofu
Tofu is made from soybeans, and soy is one of the common food allergens, although many children who react to…
🥬 Tomato puree
Tomato is not a common allergen, but its acidity often causes a mild red rash around the mouth or in the…
🥬 Tomatoes
Tomato allergy is uncommon in young children. When tomatoes join the menu from 12 months, expect some redness…
🌾 Tortilla
Flour tortillas contain wheat, a common allergen, and some brands add soy, milk or sesame; corn tortillas are…
🍗 Turkey
Turkey is not a common allergen, and poultry allergy is rare. Offer it from around 6 months once your baby…
🥬 Turnip
Turnip allergy is rare, so it makes a good early vegetable from around 6 months. It belongs to the cabbage and…
🧂 Vanilla paste
Vanilla allergy is rare, though vanilla can occasionally irritate sensitive skin. Most pastes are made from…
🫒 Vegetable oil
Highly refined vegetable oils (usually soybean, canola, sunflower or corn) contain almost no protein, so…
🧂 Vegetable stock
Vegetables rarely cause allergies, but stock often contains celery, a listed allergen in the EU, and cubes or…
🥜 Walnuts
Walnut is a tree nut and one of the most common food allergens; some children allergic to walnut also react to…
🥬 Watercress
Watercress allergy is rare. It belongs to the mustard and cabbage family, so ask your pediatrician first if…
🍎 Watermelon
Watermelon is not a common allergen. Rarely, children with pollen allergies get an itchy mouth after eating…
🌾 Wheat flour
Wheat is one of the most common food allergens. Introduce it from around 6 months in a cooked form such as…
🍗 White fish
Fish is a common allergen, separate from shellfish. Offer a small amount of mild white fish such as cod…
🥛 Whole milk
Cow's milk is one of the most common food allergens in young children. Many babies have already had milk in…
🌾 Whole-wheat flour
Whole-wheat flour is wheat milled with its bran and germ, so it carries the same allergy risk as white flour…
🧂 Wine vinegar
Red and white wine vinegars are not common allergens, but both usually contain natural or added sulfites…
🧂 Worcestershire sauce
Traditional Worcestershire sauce contains anchovies (fish), and many brands use malt vinegar made from barley…
🥛 Yogurt
Most yogurt is made from cow's milk, one of the most common food allergens. From around 6 months, offer a…
🥬 Zucchini
Zucchini allergy is rare, which makes it a gentle first vegetable from around 6 months. Serve it cooked and…
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