🍋 Can babies eat lemon?

Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Too sour to eat alone, but a squeeze brightens food — and the funny faces are part of the fun.

From
6 months
Choking risk
Low
Common allergen
No
Iron-rich
No

How to serve lemon by age

6 months

Squeeze a little juice over vegetables, fish or beans. Offer a seedless wedge to lick, rind on, with supervision.

  1. Squeeze a little juice over food
  2. Or offer a seedless wedge to lick

Amount: A squeeze

9 months

Use juice and finely grated zest to flavor food.

  1. Remove the seeds
  2. Add juice or fine zest to food

Amount: A squeeze

12 months (1 year)+

Juice and zest in cooking.

  1. Remove the seeds
  2. Use juice and zest in cooking

Amount: A squeeze

Is lemon a choking hazard?

Low risk Low risk. Remove the seeds; don't let baby chew off pieces of rind.

Nutrition

Vitamin C — helps absorb iron from plant foods.

Goes well with

salmon, lentils, broccoli

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