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🫒 Can babies eat olives?
Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. Round, slippery and often salty. Choose pitted, lower-sodium olives and cut them up.
- From
- 6 months
- Choking risk
- High
- Common allergen
- No
- Iron-rich
- No
How to serve olives by age
6 months
Use pitted olives, rinsed to remove salt. Quarter lengthwise or chop finely into pasta or dips.
- Use pitted, rinsed olives
- Quarter lengthwise
- Or chop finely into food
Amount: 1–2 olives
9 months
Pitted, rinsed olives quartered lengthwise.
- Use pitted, rinsed olives
- Cut into quarters lengthwise
Amount: 1–2 olives
12 months (1 year)+
Quartered or sliced. Keep cutting until at least age 4.
- Use pitted olives
- Quarter or slice until age 4
Amount: 2–3 olives
Is olives a choking hazard?
High risk High risk whole. Always pitted and quartered. Rinse brined olives to cut the salt.
Nutrition
Healthy fats, vitamin E, iron. Often high in salt.