Is it good for baby rice cereal to contain sugar?

As we all know, no seasoning, including sugar, should be added to the baby's diet before the age of one. There is no doubt that breast milk is the best choice for babies, but for babies who have to eat rice noodles, mothers need to carefully choose the rice noodles. So is it good for baby rice cereal to contain sugar? Can babies eat rice cereal containing sugar? Let’s follow the editor to learn more about it.

As long as the baby rice cereal is produced by a regular manufacturer, it doesn't matter if it contains sugar. The proportion of white sand sugar contained in the ingredients of this kind of rice cereal is up to standard and meets national standards. The sugar contained in the rice cereal will only increase energy for the baby, will not bring any side effects, and will not have any impact on the baby's health.

Even if some rice noodles are sugar-free, they are made from wheat or rice and contain starch, which will be converted into sugar during the digestion process. In addition, baby rice cereal contains a moderate amount of white sugar, which makes the taste unique and babies will like it more. Of course, there are sugar-free rice cereals on the market, such as rice cereals from Gerber, HiPP and Nestle. They are very nutritious but lack taste, and many babies don’t like to eat them. Mothers can choose according to the baby’s situation.

Do not add sugar to rice cereal for babies

It’s okay for baby rice cereal to contain sugar, but you cannot add additional sugar when brewing it. Baby rice flour has its own unique formula structure. Adding sugar to the rice flour will destroy the nutritional structure of the rice flour, so that the nutritional components of the rice flour cannot be maximized.

Moreover, the baby's eating habits begin to be established when complementary foods are added. The diet during this period has a great influence on the baby's taste formation when he grows up. If sugar is added to the baby's complementary food, many problems may arise. For example, the baby will develop a habit of eating sweets; too much sugar will be converted into fat in the body, leading to obesity, and becoming a potential cause of cardiovascular, diabetes and other diseases; eating too much sugar will produce a feeling of fullness, which will lead to a decrease in appetite and a decrease in the intake of other foods, resulting in insufficient intake of other nutrients for the baby, affecting the baby's healthy growth.

Precautions for babies to eat rice cereal

First, choose formula rice noodles with higher nutrient content and do not add white sugar and salt when eating.

Second, when feeding rice cereal to your baby, you should use a spoon instead of a bottle.

Third, slowly increase the consistency of the flour and slowly increase the amount of rice flour. Start by feeding 1-2 spoons each time. After the baby gets used to it, slowly increase to 3-4 spoons, twice a day.

Fourth, start adding rice cereal to your baby's diet when he is four months old, and gradually add meat puree, liver puree, etc. when he is seven or eight months old. Meat puree and liver puree are also rich in heme iron, which can supplement iron and help prevent iron deficiency anemia.

Fifth, rice noodles cannot be used as the baby’s staple food, as the protein content in rice noodles is far from meeting the baby’s body needs. Therefore, for babies under 1 year old, if they are not breastfed, it is best for their diet to be based on nutritionally balanced formula milk.