What can baby rice cereal be used for? Tips on how to choose baby rice cereal

Baby rice cereal is very nutritious. It can help babies grow better and exercise their chewing ability. It is a very popular nutritional supplement and is easier for babies to digest and absorb.

What can baby rice cereal be used for?

1. Rice flour egg pancake

Ingredients: one egg, about 30g of baby rice cereal, a little corn oil.

Method: 1. Beat the eggs, pour the rice noodles in and mix well. This step is very important. It should not be too thin, it must be able to form a ball, but it should not be too dry, so that each piece of rice noodles can absorb moisture. 2. Pour some oil into the pot, spread it evenly, heat the pot over low heat, pick up a small piece of rice ball with chopsticks, put it directly into the pot, and slowly press it with your hands to flatten it, about 7 or 8 millimeters. 3. After everything is pressed, cover the pot and simmer on low heat for a while. When the lid feels a little warm, open it, turn it over and continue to simmer for about one and a half minutes.

2. Rice flour balls

Ingredients: baby rice flour, cabbage, eggs.

Method: 1. Beat an egg and chop the cabbage (you can also use green vegetables, carrots, etc.). 2. Add rice flour and vegetables to the egg and stir evenly. Don't make it too thin. You can add rice flour little by little. It is easier to roll the ball with water on your hands. 3. Pour cold water into the steamer and boil for two or three minutes.

3. Rice flour biscuits

Ingredients: 1 egg (50g), 20g white sugar, 80g flaxseed oil (or other vegetable oil), 1 tablespoon of milk powder (15ml), 3g baking soda, 100g baby rice flour, 100g low-gluten flour.

Method: 1. Mix the above ingredients in order, be careful not to knead too much, and make a moist and slippery dough. It may be very loose and can't be rolled up, but it doesn't matter. 2. Take a small piece and knead it into a ball. Press it into a round cake in the palm of your hand. Preheat the oven in the middle layer, upper and lower fire, 180 degrees for 15 minutes.

4. Rice flour and rice cakes

Ingredients: 120g baby rice flour, 120g whole milk, 10g olive oil, 15g sugar, 80g peanuts. Method: 1. Fry the peanuts and set aside to dry. When they are not too hot, peel and chop them (sesame seeds can also be used). 2. Put the rice flour, milk, sugar, olive oil and peanuts in a bowl and stir evenly. 3. Stir until it can no longer be stirred, take it out, sprinkle a layer of rice flour on the chopping board, and start kneading it into a stick with a diameter of 5 cm. 4. Cut the stick into large pieces about 1 cm, and bake at 150 degrees for 20 minutes.

5. Rice flour cake

Ingredients: 50g baby rice flour, 90g milk, 5 eggs, 55g corn oil, 10g corn starch, 90g fine sugar, 50g low-gluten flour.

Method: 1. First weigh all the ingredients; prepare two oil-free and water-free basins, and separate the egg whites and egg yolks. 2. Beat the meringue, turn on high speed to beat the meringue until it is fine and foamy, add the first batch of fine sugar, and then turn on high speed to beat until the foam is fine and shiny, and then add the third batch of fine sugar and corn starch. 4. Stir it with a whisk to prevent the corn starch from splashing, and then turn on low speed to mix them evenly. Then use a spatula to turn the meringue on the edge of the basin into the middle. 5. Then turn on low speed and slowly circle, and beat the meringue again until the texture is clear, the foam is fine and shiny, and the whisk is sharp. 6. Then preheat the oven to 150 degrees for 10 minutes. 7. Use a manual whisk to stir the egg yolk, milk, corn oil, sifted low-gluten flour and rice flour evenly and smoothly. 8. After making the egg yolk paste, use a spatula or a manual egg beater to check whether the meringue is stable. It is stable if it is smooth, delicate, shiny and not clumping. If it is unstable, just beat it slowly with a whisk at a low speed, or you can use a manual egg beater. 9. Use a spatula to pour 1/3 of the meringue into the egg yolk basin, mix it evenly by flipping it, then pour the evenly mixed egg yolk paste into the remaining meringue, and quickly flip it evenly. 10. Pour it into an eight-inch cake mold and bake in the oven at 150 degrees for 50 minutes. The specific amount should be appropriately increased or decreased according to the temper of your oven at home. 11. Take it out of the oven and drop it directly from 20 cm above the countertop. After shaking out the heat in the cake, turn it upside down to cool it, and then remove it from the mold.

Tips for choosing baby rice cereal

1. Nutritional Content

In an online survey, when parents choose rice noodles for their babies, the nutritional content accounts for 46.27% of the influence, because nutrition is crucial for babies in the growth and development period. Check whether the labeling in the nutritional table is complete and whether the content is reasonable. The nutritional table generally indicates basic nutrients such as calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin D, some B vitamins, and trace elements such as calcium, iron, zinc, and phosphorus. Other added nutrients should also be indicated. The national standard for infant weaning supplementary food stipulates that the content of vitamin A and D is between 1000 and 1500 international units and 200 and 400 international units respectively. If vitamins A and D, which are the main nutritional indicators, are less than the national standard, it may lead to malnutrition in infants.

2. Absorption and digestion

Considering the baby's special physiological functions, it is natural that easy absorption and digestion account for 27.78%.

3. Convenience of use

The only strange thing is that the ease of use was neglected on this issue, accounting for only 1.83%. This is probably because the ease of use of most baby rice cereals, such as ease of preparation and solubility, are similar, so it has not become the main influencing factor in choosing baby rice cereal brands.

4. Try to choose products from large-scale, high-quality brand companies. The product formula design of these companies is more scientific and reasonable, the control of raw materials is stricter, and the quality is guaranteed.

5. Check whether the labels on the packaging are complete. According to national standards, the outer packaging must indicate the factory name, address, production date, shelf life, implementation standards, trademark, net content, ingredient list, nutritional composition table and consumption method, etc. If any of the above items are missing, it is best not to buy the product.

6. Read the product packaging instructions. Infant rice cereal should clearly state that "the most ideal food for infants is breast milk. This product can be consumed when breast milk is insufficient or unavailable. When infants over 6 months old consume this product, supplementary food should be added." Weaning formula rice cereal should also be marked with "weaning formula food" or "weaning supplementary food". These statements must be made clear to consumers by the company.

7. Check the color and smell of the product. Good quality rice noodles should be white, uniform, have the aroma of rice noodles, and have no other smells, such as flavors.

8. Check the product's structure and dissolution properties. It should be powdery or flake-like, dry and loose, uniform and without lumps. After brewing or cooking with an appropriate amount of warm water, it should be fully stirred to form a smooth paste.

9. Look at the ingredient content table to know whether it is a weaning supplementary rice flour or a weaning supplementary rice flour. The former not only provides a certain amount of calories, but also contains fat, protein, minerals, and vitamins; the latter has a lower fat and protein content, and in addition to several vitamins and minerals, it also contains vegetables, fruits, and dietary fiber.

In the process of feeding babies, breast milk is undoubtedly the best. However, after four months, even if breast milk is sufficient, you should add complementary foods to your baby appropriately, because breast milk alone is not enough for the baby's nutrition. When they first start to add complementary foods, many mothers start by choosing nutritious rice noodles. But rice noodles, like milk powder, have many brands. How should we choose? In response to this problem, we have ranked the rice noodles brands on the market based on brand awareness, market share of baby rice noodles, nutritional content of rice noodles, easy digestion and absorption, brand, taste, and easy preparation/cooking, so as to provide a reference for parents who are preparing to buy baby rice noodles for their babies before purchasing. But parents should be reminded not to be superstitious about brands. The rice noodles that are suitable for their babies are the best.

Rice noodle processing technology

It is divided into wet drying process: soaking rice, beating, batching, homogenizing, steam roller dryer, crushing, flaking, packaging, etc. Because the products of Heinz, Nestle and Inglen are mainly in flake form, they have the advantages of good rehydration, uniform dispersion of nutrients, low heat and better control of microorganisms, etc., it is the current mainstream processing technology; there is also puffing drying method: rice crushing, dry mixing, extrusion explosion, crushing, mixing, packaging dry production process, and mainly in powder form. This type of product has the disadvantages of easy agglomeration when adding water, uneven dispersion of nutrients in dry mixing, easy to get angry for babies, and difficult to control microorganisms, but the processing technology is simple and the cost is lower than the former, and there is still a part of the market.

Experts believe that rice flour should be added first in baby food supplement. Scientific research has found that rice is the least likely to cause allergies among cereal foods and the easiest to digest and absorb by the human body. At present, even many Western countries that mainly eat flour and meat have adopted rice as the raw material to make baby food supplement. In my country, there has long been a practice of grinding rice into powder and mixing it into paste to feed babies. Nutrition experts tell us that in fact, baby rice flour is one of the most important foods in complementary foods. At present, there are more than 20 kinds of baby rice flour packages and more than 10 flavors available on the market. Baby rice flour is made of high-quality rice as raw material, and is scientifically refined through more than a dozen processes such as crushing, grinding, high-temperature sterilization, and fortified with iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin A and other nutrients to meet the nutritional needs of babies at different stages. In order to maintain a comprehensive and balanced nutrition for babies, feeding baby rice flour is usually divided into three stages of 4-24 months, 6-24 months, and 8-24 months according to international practice.

The order of adding various complementary foods

In terms of types: they should be added in the order of "starch (cereals) - vegetables - fruits - animals". Cereals should be added first and iron-containing nutrients (such as iron-containing rice cereal for infants) can be added appropriately. Vegetable juice/pure should be added secondly, followed by fruit juice/pure, and finally animal foods (such as egg custard, fish, poultry, livestock meat puree or meat floss, etc.) should be added.

The recommended order for adding animal food is: egg custard puree, fish puree (remove bones and thorns), whole egg (such as steamed egg custard), minced meat. Be careful not to use egg custard to replace iron-containing baby rice cereal to supplement iron for the baby. Also, do not add meat-containing complementary foods when the baby is less than 6 months old.

In terms of quantity: it should be in order from small to large. At the beginning, just give the baby a try and taste, or try a little after feeding, and gradually increase the amount after the baby adapts.

In terms of texture: add in the following order - liquid first (such as rice paste, vegetable water, fruit juice, etc.), then paste (such as thick rice paste, vegetable puree, meat puree, fish puree, egg yolk, etc.), then solid (such as soft rice, soft noodles, small steamed bread slices, etc.).

In terms of timing: It is recommended to start adding liquid food (such as milk powder, rice paste, vegetable puree, etc.) from 4 months old. Start adding semi-solid food (such as fruit puree, egg yolk puree, fish puree, etc.) from 6 months old. From 7 to 9 months old, you can gradually transition from semi-solid food to chewable soft solid food (noodle porridge, chopped vegetable porridge, etc.). From 1 to 12 months old, most babies can gradually switch to solid food as the main food.

Infant rice cereal is a supplementary food for infant nutrition during the weaning period. In order to maintain a comprehensive and balanced nutrition for infants, feeding infant rice cereal is usually divided into three stages according to international practice: 4-24 months, 6-24 months, and 8-24 months!