Starting solids: what belongs when
This page gathers what causes the most uncertainty when you start solids. The full cards — preparation by age, texture, guidance — live in the app, because there they match where your child actually is.
The content follows the recommendations of public professional bodies. It does not replace medical advice — least of all if allergies run in your family.
The 14 major allergens
These fourteen groups must be declared on food sold in the EU. They're the reason “which allergen, and when?” is the most common question at the start — and they are not a reason to wait. If your child themselves has severe eczema or a known food allergy, talk to your paediatrician first — starting early still applies, but with support.
- Cereals containing gluten
- Crustaceans
- Eggs
- Fish
- Peanuts
- Soybeans
- Milk and dairy
- Tree nuts
- Celery
- Mustard
- Sesame seeds
- Sulphur dioxide and sulphites
- Lupin
- Molluscs
The list is set by Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011. The app carries more than one card for some groups, because it names the foods you actually shop for — tree nuts are a single group, but almond, hazelnut, cashew and walnut each get their own card.
Three kinds of card
Allergen cards
The fourteen major allergens that must be labelled in the EU, each with texture, preparation, and how to keep offering it regularly.
Food cards
Individual foods with preparation by age — from the first purée through to eating at the family table.
Good to know
Articles on iron, on the window for introducing solids, on gagging and choking, and on the move to the family table.
Foods
56 food cards
Each with preparation and form by age, notes on gagging and choking, and the step across to the family table.
Apple
Avocado
Banana
Pear
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Bread
Couscous
Egg
Iron baby purée
Peas
Strawberry
Peanut butter
Semolina
Green beans
Cucumber
Chicken
Oats
Blueberry
Millet
Yoghurt
Cheese
Carrot
Potato
Chickpea
Kohlrabi
Pumpkin
Salmon
Lentils
Lupin
Almond butter
Mango
Pasta
Olive oil
Pepper
Parmigiano
Parsnip
Pancake
Peach
Plum
Polenta
Turkey
Rapeseed oil
Rice
Beef
Pork
Spinach
Sweet potato
Sulphites
Tahini
Tofu
Tomato
Grapes
White fish
Sausage
Courgette
The catalogue grows. These are the cards in the app today.
The cards themselves are in the app
They show preparation and texture by age, and follow the week you're in. That's why they live in the app rather than here.
You don't have to get through them in a week.