In the face of a dazzling array of baby snacks on the market, novice mothers do their homework to make their heads, how should they choose baby snacks? Let's take a look at what professional nutritionists have to say, identify these five steps, and teach you to choose healthy baby snacks.
Zhan Zhan, Little Freddie, Professional Nutritionist
He holds a master's degree in nutrition from Saint Louis University, a member of the American Society for Nutrition in China, and a registered dietitian in the United States.
There are so many snacks on the market, what kind of snacks are the most suitable for babies? The Chinese Nutrition Society and the China Non-staple Food Circulation Association have formulated snack selection guidelines for babies, and here are five steps to teach you to choose healthy snacks suitable for your baby.
The first step is to find a baby label. First of all, look at whether there is the word "infant" on the packaging, or look at the product type on the back of the package, whether it is marked as an infant product. For example, the product type on the back of the package reads "baby biscuit", indicating that it is a snack that meets the standards of infants and young children.
The second step is to pick the ingredients. Pay attention to the ingredient list for added preservatives, artificial colors, sweeteners, trans fatty acids or excessive sugar and salt, all of which may be harmful to your baby's health. Here is an example of small rice cakes, small rice cakes do not add sucrose, light flavor, using fresh technology, first steamed and then baked, so that the taste is more natural and fluffy, giving the baby just the right sense of happiness on the tip of the tongue. Similarly, the natural fruity flavor of the small puffs is achieved by the freeze-drying technology of fruits and vegetables. To put it simply, it is to freeze-dry fresh fruits and vegetables quickly, and then beat them into powder, which adheres to cereal snacks, which is safe and hygienic, and maintains the original freshness and sweetness of fruits and vegetables, so that the taste and nutrition are retained to the greatest extent.
The third step is to ask about the process. Non-frying and non-irradiated can retain more nutrients and reduce the health hazards to the baby. Small puffs are physically extruded and puffed, not fried and puffed; The small skin rice cake is the EU organic fragrant rice grinding, then steaming and cooling, and finally baking, without frying, delicious and not hot, and the baby has no burden to eat.
The fourth step is to calculate the components. The baby's daily snack intake can not exceed 10% of the total energy, and it will be more helpful to control the baby's eating amount by having an independent small package like a small rice cracker.
The fifth step is to look at the shape. Infants and young children are not proficient in eating skills, and there is always a risk of choking when they eat by themselves, so choose large snacks or sizes less than 1For a 3cm snack, don't choose a spherical shape that is easy to choke, all of the above can help reduce the risk of choking.
Choose snacks that are suitable for your baby, and when your baby eats, pay more attention to your baby's eating status and don't walk away at will