Can rice flour be mixed with milk powder? It is best not to

After the baby starts eating rice cereal, many parents try to mix rice cereal and milk powder together. They always think that this tastes better and has higher nutritional content. So, can rice cereal and milk powder be mixed together?

It is not recommended to mix rice flour and milk powder.

1. Destroy the nutritional content of milk powder

Milk powder is a powdered food made from cow's milk or goat's milk, while rice flour is a powdered food made from rice. As a kind of complementary food, rice flour is a supplementary food besides the staple food. Its nutritional content is much lower than that of infant formula milk powder. Mixing rice flour with milk powder is equivalent to treating rice flour as a staple food. Isn't it "taking the place of the main food"?

2. Affect the baby's absorption of nutrition

Infant formula milk powder has its own special formula, and the ratio of water and milk powder is scientifically calculated. If other foods are added during the preparation process, it may cause changes in certain nutritional ratios, thereby affecting the baby's nutrient absorption. Don't eat too much rice noodles, the baby will easily feel full and naturally be unwilling to eat milk powder. In order for the baby to better absorb the nutrients in the milk powder, it is best to feed the baby rice noodles half an hour after drinking milk powder.

3. May cause indigestion

The two have different mixing methods, different concentrations and different water temperatures. The concentration of milk powder after mixing is different from that of rice flour. Milk powder is relatively thinner, while rice flour is thicker. If rice flour and milk powder are mixed together, the milk may become viscous. After the baby drinks it, it may cause indigestion and affect the baby's gastrointestinal health.

When adding iron to your baby's diet for the first time, it is better to use pure rice noodles. After the baby adapts, you can gradually add egg yolk puree, vegetable puree, lean meat puree, fish puree, pork liver puree, chicken liver puree and other iron-rich and easily absorbed foods, which can be directly added to the rice noodles.

Even if the child particularly likes to eat complementary food, parents should still not forget that "milk" is the staple food before the age of one and a half. Babies under one year old should add complementary food on the basis of sufficient breast milk or at least 800 ml of formula milk; before the age of one and a half, they should also receive at least 600 ml of milk.

In terms of shape, rice noodles are roughly divided into two types: powder and flake. Which one is better?

Taste: The particles of powdered rice noodles are smaller than those of flaky rice noodles, and they taste smoother and are more easily accepted by babies with weak swallowing function.

Nutrition: For flaky rice noodles, the rice is soaked, beaten, and added with ingredients first, and then flakes are made. The nutrients are mixed more evenly. For powdered rice noodles, the rice must be baked and puffed under high temperature and high pressure, then crushed into powder, and then dry-mixed with nutrients. In theory, the nutrients may not be so uniform.

Preparation: Generally speaking, flake rice noodles have low density and large gaps, which are good for absorbing water and softening. When preparing, they only need to be stirred slightly; powdered rice noodles are slightly inferior in preparation and are more likely to clump. However, when it comes to a specific product, different processing techniques and formula ingredients may affect the preparation effect.