Honey Cheerios?

[metalelephant]

Is the honey in cereal still unsafe even if cooked? Baby is 7 months old and they were on offer...

I'm guessing they're unsafe but thought I would ask for opinions - something tells me I'll be eating them myself. :)

I wouldnt give them especially as they are also very high in sugar

Cheers Seona

No, cooking doesn't kill botulism so you shouldn't give any honey foods until 1yo,

Some cooking does kill the botulism spores, however they need to get very hot for quite a long time (at a pressure cookers 121 C it would probably only take quite a few minutes, but that's unlikely to be that good for what you're cooking) so it's possible, however I doubt this would be reached in cheerios, so there's still potential for them to be there. Remember in everyone above a year there's no risk at all as the spore will not leave the stomach, and the toxins cannot grow in honey.

7months is still quite young (the chances drop loads every month - even by 7 months it's very, very rare though) so I wouldn't give it to baby.

Thanks everybody, it makes perfect sense, I just had a tiny hope it would be ok. Only 5 months to go till 1 year...