SpoonfulONE Food Allergen Introduction Puffs | Smart Feeding Snack for an Infant or Baby 6+ Months | Certified Organic (Variety, 7 Pack Strawberry + 7 Pack Banana)

EDIT January 2020: SpoonfulOne appears to have listened to the feedback from their customers and the size of the puffs has been reduced to be better for infants. I have taken a new picture and added it for reference. The left puff is the new one compared to the right puff which is the older one.ORIGINAL REVIEW:As the aunt of two nieces with food allergies, when it came to having my own child, I had a lot of anxieities about potential food allergies. Following the latest guidelines of early and often, we introduced all of the allergens to my son methodically and I carefully planned out all his meals to make sure he got regular exposure to all of the major allergens. Let me tell you, it got so overwhelming. I had this huge checklist spreadsheet which would alert me if it had been too many days between any of the allergens... I was driving myself crazy with this. We did use the Ready Set Food packets in his bottles to help reduce how often I had to think about cow's milk, peanuts, and eggs, but let's be honest - it's really hard to make sure shellfish is in your 8 month old's diet twice a week! So even though they are pricey, I decided to make the leap and try the allergen puffs by SpoonfulOne when he was about 8 months old. And I have never looked back.We have only ever tried the strawberry flavor, so I can't speak to the other flavors, but this one is quite nice. Of course I tried them myself if for no other reason than sheer curiosity, and they're pretty bland. They definitely don't taste fishy, which is what I was curious about.For infants, we found the size was just too big. They're slightly bigger than a dime, which is really big for little mouths. They're also pretty crunchy and don't melt in your mouth quickly like some puffs. We had to break them in half for him until he was closer to 12 months old. See the attached picture for reference.An entire package of puffs really is a lot of puffs for an infant who is still nursing or taking bottles as their primary source of food. I was confident switching to these really only to supplement the food I was already giving him while still making some reasonable effort to keep the allergen foods in his regular diet. I wouldn't try to use these exclusively as the only exposure to the allergens. And also keeping food variety in your little kid's diet is a good thing anyway. We all know the quesadilla phase will hit at some point, but at 10 months they're such sweet, trusting little gremlins who will still eat anything put in front of them.Now that my son is 18 months, he easily plows through a packet and they're the only "puff" product in our house. The packets are a convenient size for on-the-go, so these tend to be a car/plane/mall/park snack. It's easy to aim for 2 a week without breaking the bank, and now that he is starting to have food preferences (and aversions), it gives me continued confidence that he is still getting exposure.Was he ever going to develop allergies if not exposed early and often? Who knows. But I like doing something that is proactive and also happens to be an easy, yummy snack. It's peace of mind and he sure likes them, so we'll continue purchasing them happily.

I'd already introduced nearly all the major allergens one by one to my baby so these seemed like a great way to continue to keep them in her diet without having to figure out how to give 9 different allergens twice weekly. Love the concept!I tried a few before giving to my 8 month old. They are a bit crunchier and dissolve more slowly than the usual teething wafers so that made me nervous but she did fine. They also definitely have a fishy taste and smell (hubby and kitty agreed) but my baby still loved them and she's pretty picky. So it's a win! I personally don't like them but they're not for me, so, oh well! As long as baby eats them, I'm happy. And if all else fails, I have some very expensive cat treats.

tastes really good , I tried them

Great way to introduce allergens, my daughter started at 7 months and loves them!!

my baby loves these , really good for practicing pincher grasp as well , expensive in my opinion I get it’s to introduce allergens but still pricey for not as many bags as you’re getting but I tried them myself and the taste was good

My 10 month old gets these for a snack everyday. Loves the strawberry flavor. Great for on the go!

I purchased these for my six month old. The overall concept is great. As someone who has several food allergies, I am highly concerned about avoiding them in my child. The recommendation is to introduce allergens early and often, and this product achieves that. In theory.First of all, the company doesn't mention anywhere that it is a terrible idea to introduce all of these at once. If your child has an allergic reaction, you won't know what it's to. This is a problem because frequently the first allergic response is milder, while the second is anaphylaxis. This means that if your baby has a response to the puffs and you don't know to which food, then you have to experiment with all the foods individually to see what they are allergic to, and that experimentation is a second exposure, which could be more severe. We started giving our baby potential allergens individually at 4 months and only just now graduated to this combination to maintain exposure.Also, they claim you need to give a whole packet every day. They provide no science to back up that claim though. Why this much? Why every day? No one else is giving their baby shrimp on the daily. It feels like a scheme to make more money.Second, the execution of these puffs is just terrible.- They don't melt. Not even a little bit, not even at all. They are not appropriate for 6 month olds, like it says on the packaging. They are hard and too large, presenting a choking hazard. I broke each puff up into tiny little bites and my baby still struggled to swallow it, probably because they are also very dry. Obviously, babies have to eventually learn what to do with solid food, but these are REALLY solid. If they dissolved in her mouth then the size would be fine.- I think my baby hates the taste, and she is a food monster who loves everything. She immediately looks disgusted by these. I can't taste it myself, because of the aforementioned food allergies, but my partner tried them and said they didn't taste good. They smell good, for what it's worth.I really wanted to like these. I may still try the powder. But the puffs are going on a shelf until baby is older, assuming she'll tolerate them then.

My husband has a tree not allergy so we have been giving these as a daily treat since baby was about 5 months. He loves eating these from his little snack container (Munchkin stainless steel) and has been doing that since about 8 months. We prefer these over the powder and oat crackers, even at 1+ years old. The banana and strawberry flavors are great and better than the pumpkin/tomato/blueberry flavors because those have a little powder on the puffs that gets messy. The oat crackers are a bit crumbly. We prefer these snacks to ones at the grocery store.