Can I give my 14 months old dd, sausages ?

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It will be put in tiny pieces obviously ! So Can I give her sausages ? Thank you !!

yes, if it's an occasional thing. Nothing wrong with sausages.

my one year old has been having them for a while but only high quality ones!

she seems to like the chicken and leek ones that i get from my butchers best! she had them yesterday in fact with new potatos, carrots and cauliflower. good healthy meal imo.

If she generally eats a balanced varied diet then sausages are a perfectly valid adition to that.

I owuld probably get good quality ones with a low salt content though.

I do. Not very often, but she almost bites my hand off when I do- she loves them.

Yes it will be just occasionnal ! Do you think that Richmond sausages are a big no no ?

By 14 months they can eat anything really, barring any allergies. You just need to keep an eye on salt levels.

You can give her what you want....but whether you should is a different matter.

Try and make sure are not "cheap" ones and have a high meat content, and they will be much better for her (and you!).

As with most things occassionally won't hurt.

Because it's what I have in the freezer

have a look at their ingreidnet list, that will tell you. Where exactly does salt come?

As a one off though, it won't do her any harm even if the salt level is high.

I'm going to have a look right now !

a high meat content doesn't = better for you though slightlymadsweet, it just means better value for money, and maybe a higher protein to carb ratio.

And it doesn't matter what 'cuts' of meat are used either, to your body it's all proteinand it will be used the same whether it came from a prime cut of steak of the ears.

2.2 g of salt for 15.9 g of fat, that seems a lot...I'll go to the butcher I think !

Chances are though if there is more meat in there there is less fat.

Although I do appreciate that they also add other bulking agents to replace the lack of meat.

I would look at fat content too if buying,m and get the ones with a lower fat content, but a 14month old needs more fat than an adult anyway.

Richmond have the highest salt content of all the leading sausage suppliers I've just found out.

don't asusme that because you bought it from a butcher it will be any better though, ask them.

i look at meat content and other things added! frozen sausages are a big no no in this house! theres so much crap in them!

the more things added salt,rusks,wheat,water,e-whatever, the less likely i will buy them!

mil like to give us frozen richmond sausgaes from cheapo freezer shop, apparently they are really cheap ( wonder why?) she thinks i spend too much on food and should buy more things like this! my dog loves her!!!

not really slightlymadsweet, the fat will be meat based so included as part of the meat content on the ingredients list. The only way to tell the fat content is to look at the nutritional breakdown.

Labelling regs require the percentage of meat included to be displayed in the ingreidnet lists, but that will of course include the fat, so a sausage with 45% pork won't necessarily have more fat in it that a sausage with 67% pork.

The definition of meat is based on new regulations which came into force in 2003. Broadly, pork can contain up to 30% fat and 25% connective tissue and still be described as meat. Beef and lamb meat can contain up to 25% fat and 25% connective tissue.

my butcher makes his own and only uses meat!! nothing added. i have seen him make them! he minces up whatever and puts them in his sausage machine! oh he does add veg and things sometimes i.e. leek, onion, apple but thats it!

lol at "my dog loves her"

yes a 14m old needs more fat....but there is plenty of fat in a low fat sausage....and much of it is likely to be animal fat which isn't as healthy as vegetable fats...

FFS I didn't say they were banned...I just suggested to look at things whichinfluence (or imply) a better quality.

that's good micci. Lots of butchers don't make their own though, so it's always worth asking.

Well I dont know much about sausages, I have just bought what DH asked med to buy as I wanted to cook him an english breakfast as a special treat, didnt think looking the crap content in the sausages ! I will go to the butcher and the chances are it will be much better that the Richmond !

the occasional bit of crap won't do any harm to you, your DH or your DD though.

ds1 loves chipolatas as finger food. I'm very fussy about only buying quality sausages though (lovely ones from local farm shop - they must good as I like them, and I don't usually do sausages).