Heinz First Steps Breakfast, Creamy Fruit & Yogurt Porridge 240g, UK

Product Overview

Heinz First Steps Creamy Fruit & Yogurt Porridge is a 240g UK breakfast porridge from the Heinz weaning range. The cereal base is blended with fruit and yogurt, giving it a milder, creamier flavour than a plain porridge.

The seller’s listing gives little more than the name and the size. Everything a page like this should tell you beyond that — the exact age guidance, the full ingredient list and the mixing ratio — is printed on the pack, and the pack is the version to follow.

Before You Start Solids

Breast milk is the best food for a baby, and for the first six months it is the only food a baby needs. WHO and Bangladesh’s national infant-feeding guidance both recommend exclusive breastfeeding for six months, then breastfeeding alongside solid food up to two years and beyond.

Complementary food is an addition to milk at around six months, not a replacement for it. Starting solids does not mean stopping breastfeeding.

If your baby is under six months, or was born early, or is not gaining weight as expected, talk to a doctor or a health worker before starting any solid food. They can look at your baby; a packet cannot.

This Is Not a Milk Replacement

An infant cereal is a complementary food. It is fed in addition to breast milk or formula, in small amounts, once or twice a day to begin with. Milk stays the main source of nutrition for the whole of the first year.

Filling a baby up on cereal so they take less milk is a common and serious mistake. If your baby is drinking noticeably less milk after starting solids, cut the solids back and speak to a health worker.

Key Features

• 240g pack, imported from the UK
• Heinz First Steps weaning range
• Creamy fruit and yogurt flavour
• Breakfast porridge — mixes without cooking
• Check the age guidance printed on the pack

How to Prepare It Safely

1. Wash your hands. Wash the bowl and spoon in clean water and let them dry, or sterilise them for a young baby.
2. Boil drinking water and let it cool to about lukewarm before mixing. Water straight off the boil destroys some of the added vitamins and, more importantly, scalds.
3. Measure the powder and the water as the pack instructs. More powder does not make it more nourishing; it makes it too thick for a small baby to swallow comfortably.
4. Stir until smooth, with no dry lumps.
5. Test the temperature on the inside of your wrist before it goes anywhere near your baby. It should feel barely warm, not hot.
6. Feed with a spoon. Feed it fresh — within about two hours of mixing.
7. Throw away whatever is left in the bowl. Saliva from the spoon gets into the food, and reheating it does not make it safe again.

Introducing a New Food

• Start with one or two teaspoons once a day and build up over a week or two.
• Introduce one new food at a time and wait about three days before adding another. If something disagrees with your baby you then know what it was.
• A baby refusing a new food the first few times is normal, not a verdict. It often takes several tries.
• Watch for a rash, swelling around the mouth, vomiting, diarrhoea or wheezing. Stop the food and get medical help if any of these appear, urgently if there is any difficulty breathing.
• Never leave a baby alone while eating, and always feed sitting upright.

An Honest Word on Sugar

Fruit-flavoured and “yogurt” infant cereals usually taste sweeter than plain ones, and some carry added sugar as well as the sugar that comes with the fruit or milk. Babies do not need added sugar, and a strong preference for sweet food is learned early.

Plain rice, wheat or oat varieties are the better everyday choice. Keep the sweeter ones for variety rather than for every meal, and read the ingredient list on the pack — it tells you more than the picture on the front does.

About Imported Packs

This is an imported product. The pack is printed for the market it was made for, so the instructions, the ingredient list and the age guidance may be in another language and may use different measures.

Check the expiry date on the pack when it arrives and follow the pack’s own preparation instructions rather than anything written here — the pack is the authority on its own contents. If anything on it is unclear, message us before you use it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What age is it for?

The Heinz First Steps breakfast porridges are generally 6 or 7 months and up depending on the variety, and this pack states its own age. Read it before the first feed rather than going by the range. If you cannot read the pack, message us and we will check the one we are sending.

Does it contain dairy?

It is a yogurt variety, so yes — assume dairy. If your baby has not had dairy before, introduce it on its own and watch for a reaction.

My baby is younger than the age on the pack. Can I still start?

Please don’t, and please ask a doctor first. The age on the pack is about how ready a baby’s gut and swallowing are, not about size or appetite. Solids before six months are recommended only where a health worker has advised it for that particular baby.

What if my baby reacts to it?

Stop feeding it and speak to a doctor. Get help urgently if there is swelling around the mouth, a spreading rash, repeated vomiting or any difficulty breathing. Introducing one new food at a time makes it much easier to tell what caused a reaction.

How do I check the pack is in date?

The expiry date is printed on the base or the seal of the pack. Check it as soon as it arrives. If it is close to expiry or unreadable, message us and we will sort it out.