How Can I Prevent My Homemade Baby Foods From Browning?
How Can I Prevent My Homemade Baby Foods From Browning?Answer: When making homemade baby foods, it’s pretty common for browning to occur in fruits and vegetables. A particular victim to discoloration is bananas. Preventing Browning in Baby Foods Essentially, the browning isn’t a reflection of a bad batch of of baby food. It’s got to do with the fruits or veggies exposure to oxygen, and the puréeing process speeds the discoloration. What it boils down to is that, provided you’ve chosen quality produce that isn’t spoiling, browning is an aestheic problem and not a nutritional one. Citrus Fruits and Allergies This can be easily prevented by included one or two drops of lemon juice (citric acid) in the purée. The caution is that citrus fruits are not recommended for infants until they are between 10-12 months old. However, there is a big difference in handing your baby, a nice juicy section of a grapefruit or offering her a bottle of OJ, and including 1-2 drops in a batch of homemade baby
