ppt课件-childandadultcarefoodprogram(cacfp).pptVIP

* Again, follow the lead of the parents in introducing fruits and vegetables. Most infants begin fruits and vegetable around 6 months of age. * Commercially Prepared is often called Baby Food. Beginning vegetables and fruits include: Commercially prepared baby foods: Green beans, green peas, squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, beets, spinach, applesauce, apricots bananas, peaches, pears and plums. Center prepared vegetables that have been cooked and processed to the proper texture: Asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, green beans, green peas, kohlrabi, plantain, potatoes, squash,and sweet potatoes. Center prepared fruits that have been cooked and pureed or mashed: Apples, pears, and dried fruit. Ripe fruits that can be mashed: Apricots, avocado, bananas, cantaloupe, mango, melon, nectarines, papaya, peaches and plums. Avoid citrus fruits until after 6 months of age. * In order to be creditable a commercially prepared fruit/vegetable must list a fruit or vegetable as the first ingredient on the label. Plain vegetables and fruits are best because they contain more nutrient and do not usually contain sweeteners and salt. * These items are not creditable as fruits or vegetables: Cereals, desserts and puddings are not creditable, even though a fruit may be listed as the first ingredient. Any commercial fruit or vegetable that lists water as the first ingredient. * Babies between 6 and 12 months of age may be served soft-cooked vegetables and fruits. Ripe bananas do not need to be cooked. It is best to begin with pureed fruits and vegetables and as the infant becomes more adept at handling solid foods, you can progress to ground and then fork mashed items. Do not add salt, sugar, fat, or other seasonings to the fruits and vegetables being prepared for a baby. * These vegetables when prepared at your center will be high in nitrates. Nitrates occur naturally in these vegetable and can be converted to nitrites in very young babies. Nitrites bind the