After a year, the child's diet expands greatly. Growing up, the baby no longer needs just hearty and nutritious food, but also varied. When trying to introduce new products, it is worth finding out at what age you can give them to a child, suddenly they will harm him.
Many people cook various soups from borscht to kharcho. One of many favorite soups is mushroom. When can children be given mushroom soup, because it is famous for its high protein content and replaces meat broth in vegetarianism.
The composition of mushrooms: benefits and harms
Mushrooms are very rich in various substances in their composition. They contain compounds useful for the body:
- Vitamins A, B1, B2, C, PP.
- Trace elements: potassium, necessary for the stable functioning of the heart muscle, and calcium, an important “building block” for the formation of the skeletal system and milk teeth.
- Phosphorus is an essential element for the development of brain activity. By its quantity, mushrooms are close to fish products.
- There is so much protein that sometimes an analogy is drawn between mushrooms and meat.
- Enzymes - lipase and amylase.
However, mushrooms also contain chitin, which makes them difficult to digest. Chitin is the main component of the shell of snails, crayfish and crabs. It is difficult to imagine that our stomach could digest it, let alone a child.
The structure of mushrooms resembles a sponge; they absorb harmful substances from the soil and the environment. The ecological situation in many regions of the country leaves much to be desired, so it is worth adding mushrooms grown in greenhouses to the kid's menu: champignons or oyster mushrooms. For forest mushrooms, you need to clearly know in which area they were collected, what distance was from roads and railways.
When can a child be introduced to the taste of mushroom soup
On the question of when it is possible to start feeding children with mushroom dishes, in particular soup, the opinions of experts differ somewhat. Some consider it quite possible to consume mushroom soup from the age of three, others do not recommend adding mushroom dishes to the menu until six or seven years old.
The frequency of appearance of mushroom soup on the child's menu should be small. Mushroom soup made from high-quality, proven products can be given to children once every two to three weeks. It is best to start with a puree soup made with mushroom broth. The broth from the mushrooms must be diluted with water and, on its basis, cook the usual vegetable soup for the baby.
Further:
- Complementary feeding: the beginning
- Broth soup
- Pea soup
