Common weaning foods and the risk of allergy

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Common weaning foods and the risk of allergy

Learn more about foods which are least allergenic, and which foods can cause allergic reactions in your child.

1 min to read Oct 24, 2019

Foods which rarely cause allergic reactions

Cereal

Rice
eg. cereal, porridge
Oats
eg. cereal
Corn
Barley
Wheat
eg. cereal, bread

Vegetable

Potato
Yam
Sweet Potato
Pumpkin
Turnip
Carrot
Spinach
Broccoli
Cabbage
Bai Cai

Fruit

Banana
Apple
Plum
Chinese Pear
Nectarine
Pear
Papaya
Watermelon
Cherry
Avocado

Meat

Pork
Chicken
Fish
Beef
Lamb

Foods which occasionally cause oral allergy syndrome

Orange
Kiwifruit
Mango
Pineapple
Cantaloupe

Foods which can cause allergic reactions in infants*

Egg
Peanuts
Tree nuts
Soyabean

*For older children (above 5 years old), in addition to the list, shellfish and birdnest are more commonly reported for allergies in Singapore.

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