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🫛 Can babies eat fava beans?
Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Broad beans with tough outer skins. If anyone in the family has G6PD deficiency, ask your pediatrician first.
- From
- 6 months
- Choking risk
- Medium
- Common allergen
- No
- Iron-rich
- Yes
How to serve fava beans by age
6 months
Cook, slip off the outer skins, and mash into a spread or smash flat.
- Cook and slip off the skins
- Mash into a spread
- Or smash flat
Amount: 1–2 tbsp
9 months
Skinned, lightly smashed beans.
- Slip off the skins
- Smash lightly
Amount: 1–2 tbsp
12 months (1 year)+
Skinned whole soft beans.
- Slip off the skins
- Serve whole
Amount: 2–3 tbsp
Is fava beans a choking hazard?
Medium risk Medium risk whole, and the skins are tough. Peel and flatten.
Nutrition
Protein, folate, iron, fiber. Fava beans can trigger a serious reaction in children with G6PD deficiency.