How old can children eat soy sauce?

Children's soy sauce is a kind of soy sauce specially made for children. It is different from the edible soy sauce used by adults. It has little harm to children's bodies and does not contain too many pigments like ordinary soy sauce. Therefore, children's soy sauce is a kind of soy sauce that can be eaten by children. However, the consumption of soy sauce for children is also limited to the age of the child. Let’s find out at what age children can eat soy sauce.

Babies under 1 year old are not suitable for eating salty foods, including soy sauce. Babies are more sensitive to salt than adults. Although we don’t feel it is salty when we add soy sauce to the porridge, babies do feel it. If they eat salty food for a long time, it will add burden to the baby’s kidneys. Babies over 1 year old can eat some soy sauce. Moreover, for babies under 1 year old, soy sauce is better than salt. Because soy sauce is made from soybeans, it can also help supplement iron. The chemical name of table salt is sodium chloride. The kidneys of babies, like other organs in their bodies, are far from mature, so they are unable to fully excrete excess sodium in the blood, and are therefore easily damaged by eating too much salt. Moreover, this damage is difficult to recover. Soy sauce does not have this problem and can be used to adjust the taste for the baby. But you can only eat a small amount of soy sauce.

2 How to eat soy sauce for children:

As the name suggests, children's soy sauce is for children, so soy sauce can be used in some dishes cooked for children. When salt is needed for seasoning, you might as well add some children's soy sauce. In addition to cooking, you can also add some soy sauce for seasoning when eating noodles, dumplings and other pasta. The usage is very flexible, and children can use soy sauce in the same way as adults. The purpose of children's soy sauce is to reduce children's salt intake, so when preparing food for children, you must control the amount of salt and soy sauce, and cultivate children's "light taste" from an early age. This is also very important for the cultivation of taste and reduces the risk of high blood pressure.

3 Principles of adding seasoning to baby's diet:

Salt: The Chinese Nutrition Society recommends 200 mg of sodium for babies under 6 months old, which is equivalent to 0.5 grams of salt. Generally, the raw materials in complementary foods contain a small amount of salt, so babies who start adding complementary foods in the early stages do not need to add salt. After 10 months, start adding no more than 2 grams of salt per day. Sugar: Eating too much sugar will damage the baby's teeth and reduce the baby's sensitivity to sweetness, causing the baby to ignore other tastes, resulting in anorexia and picky eating. But sweetness is the taste that babies like the most. Therefore, young mothers should control the amount of sugar their babies eat, and the total amount should not exceed half a spoonful of sugar per day. Edible oil: The preferred edible oil added to baby food is vegetable oil, such as olive oil. It will not cause any side effects to the baby's body and is easily absorbed by the baby. Soy sauce: Do not add it to complementary foods too early. Use only 1-2 drops each time. Observe the baby carefully during the initial consumption to prevent allergies.