Bitelings
🧅 Can babies eat onion?
Yes, from 6 months, when your baby is ready for solids. A flavor builder. Slow-cooked onion turns soft and sweet.
- From
- 6 months
- Choking risk
- Low
- Common allergen
- No
- Iron-rich
- No
How to serve onion by age
6 months
Cook onion until very soft and mix finely chopped into mash, lentils or sauces. Or offer a large roasted wedge.
- Cook until very soft
- Chop finely and mix in
- Or offer a roasted wedge
Amount: 1–2 tsp, mixed in
9 months
Soft-cooked onion chopped into dishes.
- Cook until very soft
- Chop into dishes
Amount: 1–2 tsp
12 months (1 year)+
Cooked onion in any dish. Raw onion only finely chopped.
- Cook into any dish
- Raw only finely chopped
Amount: 1–2 tbsp
Is onion a choking hazard?
Low risk Low risk when cooked soft.
Nutrition
Vitamin C, fiber, prebiotics.