First foods database

🧅 Spring onion for babies: when and how to serve it

Can babies eat spring onion? Yes, from about 6 months, finely chopped and cooked into dishes. It adds a mild oniony flavour that helps babies get used to savoury family food, and it is a simple way to bring flavour without reaching for salt.

From 6 monthsTake care with shape and texture

Good source of: Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Folate

How to serve spring onion by age

6 to 9 months

Slice very finely and cook until soft in scrambled egg, mashed potato or sauces. It works best mixed into other food rather than offered on its own, as the green tops can be stringy.

9 to 12 months

Stir finely chopped spring onion into fritters, rice, noodles and omelette strips your baby can pick up.

12 months and up

Use cooked, or finely sliced raw, as a topping for family meals, stir-fries, soups and potato salad.

Choking safety

Whole spring onion is stringy and fibrous and can be hard to chew, so slice it thinly across the stalk and cook it until soft for young babies.

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

Easy ideas

Goes well with

🥚EggFrom 6 months · Egg🥔PotatoFrom 6 months🍚RiceFrom 6 months🫛PeaFrom 6 months

Recipes with spring onion

🥣Aduki bean and squash congeeFrom 6 months · Dinner · 70 min🧆Baked baby falafel with tahini yoghurtFrom 9 months · Lunch · 35 min🥕Cabbage and carrot mini pancakesFrom 10 months · Snack · 22 min🥞Cabbage and tofu okonomiyaki pancakesFrom 9 months · Lunch · 35 min🎃Caribbean red pea and pumpkin coconut stewFrom 7 months · Dinner · 45 min🌽Cheesy sweetcorn frittersFrom 10 months · Breakfast · 22 min

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Questions parents ask

Can babies eat spring onion?

Can babies eat spring onion? Yes, from about 6 months, finely chopped and cooked into dishes. It adds a mild oniony flavour that helps babies get used to savoury family food, and it is a simple way to bring flavour without reaching for salt.

Can babies eat raw spring onion?

Finely chopped raw spring onion in small amounts is fine for older babies. Cooked is softer and milder for beginners.

Is spring onion too strong for babies?

It is milder than regular onion, especially when cooked, so it is an easy way to add flavour without salt.

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).