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🥄 Fromage frais for babies: when and how to serve it
Can babies eat fromage frais? Yes, from about 6 months. Plain, full-fat fromage frais is a soft, mild fresh cheese with a texture somewhere between yoghurt and cream cheese, but many children's pots contain added sugar, so plain is best.
Good source of: Calcium, Protein, Vitamin B12
How to serve fromage frais by age
6 to 9 months
Offer plain, full-fat fromage frais from a spoon or preloaded spoon. Stir in mashed mango, pear or banana for natural sweetness.
9 to 12 months
Use as a dip for soft fruit and toast fingers, stir into porridge, or mix with herbs into a savoury sauce for pasta.
12 months and up
Serve plain fromage frais with fruit as a pudding, or freeze it with puréed fruit in lolly moulds for a cool treat.
Choking safety
Smooth fromage frais is a low choking risk and easy for new eaters to swallow.
Gagging is common and noisy while babies learn to eat. Choking is usually silent. Always stay with your baby while they eat, sitting upright. How to help a choking baby (NHS).
Good to know
- Milk is a common allergen.
- Many children's fromage frais pots contain added sugar: check the label.
Introducing it as an allergen
It contains milk, one of the 14 major allergens. How to introduce milk
Easy ideas
- Plain fromage frais with mashed mango
- Fromage frais swirled into porridge
- Frozen fromage frais and berry lollies
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Questions parents ask
Can babies eat fromage frais?
Can babies eat fromage frais? Yes, from about 6 months. Plain, full-fat fromage frais is a soft, mild fresh cheese with a texture somewhere between yoghurt and cream cheese, but many children's pots contain added sugar, so plain is best.
Are children's fromage frais pots healthy?
Many contain added sugar. Plain, full-fat fromage frais with your own fruit is a better everyday choice.
What is fromage frais?
It is a soft, fresh cheese originally from France, with a mild, creamy taste and a spoonable texture.
Sources
OBubba gives general information based on UK guidance. It is not medical advice and does not diagnose anything. Every baby is different. If your baby has a known allergy, severe eczema or a medical condition, speak to your doctor or health visitor before starting solids. Learn baby first aid, and in an emergency call your local emergency number (999 in the UK).