Many infants are being given foods which, although popular with children, are ‘adult’ foods and therefore have a higher salt content. Using infant-specific weaning foods in infants diet is prepared with a strictly controlled salt content.
Salt intake
Salt in infant feeding
HiPP uses sodium only in very strictly limited amounts and adapted to the development of the baby. For baby food, the dietary regulation sets a limit of 200 mg sodium / 100 g product.
| Product | Sodium-/ salt content |
| vegetables | without added salt |
| menus from 4 months/ from 6./ 8./ 10. months | without added salt |
| menus from 12. months | low-salt (regularized max. 120 mg Na/ 100 g) |
| 1-3 years/ from 15. months | appropriate flavored for children (max. 200 mg Na/ 100 g) |
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