Grains, bread & pasta for babies and toddlers
Grains add energy and, when fortified, iron to your baby's meals: think oat porridge, soft-cooked pasta shapes and toast fingers. Many grain foods contain wheat, a priority allergen that also brings gluten, so start with small amounts and watch how your baby responds. Check labels for added salt and sugar in bread, crackers and breakfast cereals.
🌾 Bagel
Bagels contain wheat, a common allergen, and many also include sesame, egg, milk or soy. Introduce wheat and…
🌾 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…
🌾 Buckwheat
Despite its name, buckwheat is not related to wheat and is naturally gluten-free, but choose packs labeled…
🌾 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…
🌾 Granola
Granola is oat-based but often contains tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, wheat, soy or milk, and it may be made on…
🌾 Millet
Millet is naturally gluten-free and is not a common allergen, though rare reactions are possible. Offer it…
🌾 Oats
Oats are not one of the major allergens and reactions are uncommon, though oats are a known trigger of FPIES…
🌾 Orzo
Orzo is a rice-shaped pasta made from wheat, a common allergen, and some brands also contain egg. If wheat is…
🌾 Pasta
Most pasta is made from wheat, a common allergen, and egg pasta and many fresh pastas also contain egg, so…
🌾 Pie crust
Pie crust is made from wheat flour and usually butter (milk); some recipes add egg or an egg wash, and…
🌾 Quinoa
Quinoa is not a common allergen and is naturally gluten-free, though rare reactions do occur. Its natural…
🌾 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…
🌾 Self-rising flour
Self-rising flour is wheat flour with baking powder (and, in many US brands, salt) already mixed in, so it…
🌾 Spaghetti
Most spaghetti is made from durum wheat semolina, and wheat is a common allergen; some brands and fresh…
🌾 Stuffing
Bread stuffing usually combines several allergens: wheat from the bread, milk from butter, often egg, and…
🌾 Tortilla
Flour tortillas contain wheat, a common allergen, and some brands add soy, milk or sesame; corn tortillas are…
🌾 Wheat flour
Wheat is one of the most common food allergens. Introduce it from around 6 months in a cooked form such as…
🌾 Whole-wheat flour
Whole-wheat flour is wheat milled with its bran and germ, so it carries the same allergy risk as white flour…
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