Fruit for babies and toddlers
Soft, ripe fruit is often one of the first foods babies enjoy, and most of it can be offered from around 6 months, mashed or cut into strips that are easy to grip. Each page below gives the typical starting age, an allergen note and preparation tips, from squashing blueberries flat to quartering grapes lengthways. Serving a fruit rich in vitamin C alongside iron-rich foods helps your baby absorb more of the iron.
🍎 Apple
Apples rarely cause allergies, but they can trigger mild itching or swelling around the mouth (oral allergy…
🍎 Apricot
Apricot is not a common allergen, though children with a peach or birch-pollen allergy may get an itchy mouth…
🍎 Avocado
Avocado allergy is uncommon. Children with a latex allergy may react to avocado (latex-fruit syndrome), and…
🍎 Banana
Banana allergy is uncommon. It is sometimes linked to latex or pollen allergy and can cause an itchy mouth or…
🍎 Berries
Berries are not common allergens. Acidic berries such as strawberries and raspberries often cause a red rash…
🍎 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…
🍎 Dates
Dates are not a common allergen, and reactions are rare. Packaged chopped dates are sometimes dusted with oat…
🍎 Dried apricots
Apricot allergy is uncommon, but many bright-orange dried apricots are preserved with sulfites (sulfur…
🍎 Freeze-dried strawberries
Strawberries are not a common allergen, though their juice often leaves a red rash around the mouth that fades…
🍎 Grapes
Grapes rarely cause allergies. A few children, often those already allergic to peaches or other fruits, react…
🍎 Kiwi
Kiwi isn't a top allergen but is one of the more common fruit allergies in young children, and reactions can…
🍎 Lemon
Lemon allergy is uncommon. The acidic juice often leaves a red rash around the mouth where it touches the…
🍎 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…
🍎 Melon
Melon is not a common allergen. Some children with pollen allergies, especially to ragweed or grasses, get an…
🍎 Mixed fruit
Most fruits are not common allergens. Kiwi, strawberries and citrus often redden the skin around the mouth…
🍎 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…
🍎 Papaya
Papaya is not a common allergen. Rarely, children with a latex allergy react to it, and its juice can cause a…
🍎 Peach
Peach allergy is uncommon in babies, but older children with pollen allergy may get an itchy mouth from raw…
🍎 Pear
Pear is one of the least allergenic fruits, which is why it is a popular first food. Rarely, children with…
🍎 Strawberries
Strawberries are not one of the common food allergens, but their acidity often causes a red rash around the…
🍎 Tangerine
Citrus fruit is not a common allergen, though its acidity can cause a red rash around the mouth or in the…
🍎 Watermelon
Watermelon is not a common allergen. Rarely, children with pollen allergies get an itchy mouth after eating…
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