Is haggis a suitable food for babies?

[broguemum]

I ask as I have been treated like an irresponsible feckless fool for allowing DS (11 mo) to eat some haggis. It was a vegetarian haggis, totally vegan actually and bloody gorgeous. Why would haggis be bad????

Dunno.

Maybe 'cos veggy haggis has peanuts in? But if you're not bothered then it's hardly feckless or irresponsible. Better than a Greggs sausage roll

Think it's fine - our two love haggis, non-veggie and have had since around 9 months - I liked/like giving it to them coz it's just such easy food to eat along with tatties and neeps - also sticks to spoons well so not too messy for self-feeders. I'm a fan of comfort/cosey food and it's a fav here esp when very cold outside.

Don't think it has peanuts in - I scanned the ingredients list when I bought it and nothing horrendous seemed to be in it. Perhaps it was just the thought of haggis that put them off? He loved it by the way. Screamed for more. As far as questionable nappies are concerned I hope it comes through tomorrow morning at the creche (evil emoticon) and that all will be relatively safe by the afternoon when we're back home!

I can't think why it would be bad? Did the person who condemned you understand whats in it or did they think it was full of uncooked testicles or some such? I suppose, as with sausages, you might need to watch the salt level but thats all I can think of.

Haggis is delicious and I certainly plan to give my ds2 some in January, when he'll be 14mo; ds1 would have had it at exactly the same age and each year thereafter. Yum.
Not something to eat all the time for any of us, but no "worse" than liver, sausages or other meat products that lots of people recommend.

My daughter (2.2) loves haggis (veggie and meat) and has done for ages, certainly since before a year old. It's quite highly seasoned with pepper and salt, maybe that's why? Although if you're feeding your child a generally low-salt diet, I can't see why they shouldn't have something like that once in a while. Definitely no worse than something like sausages. And I don't know how I'd have survived the last year and a half without sausages. It is the meal which she will eat when all else fails!

It was my big sister who condemned me. She is a bit bonkers anyway and so I shall choose to ignore her (again). Don't get me wrong I love her v. much but she tends to blow things out of proportion. No doubt I shall soon be hearing dire tales of The Woman Who Fed Haggis to Newborn Baby in a Bottle and Caused Fatal Allergies!!

Actually thinking about it, she doesn't even have kids so why am I listening to a word she says???

I love haggis and have just found an internet delivery service that will deliver out here! Hurrah!!

Sounds like an occasion when poking your tongue out and blowing raspberries would be justified .

my lo's had it from well before 1 year - it is a great weaning food mixed with tatties and neeps and can be self fed easily, if a bit messily!!

I know this is an old thread, but Im looking into this atm, and the other threads in search are not talking about feeding it to babies. Makes more sense to continue this rather than a new thread.

So, the only thing I can think is that the supermarket options seem quite high in salt 1.5g/100g. That could be a potential negative for babies? Heard it needs to be more like 0.3g/100g of salt, or 1-2g max per day basically. Has anyone found a low salt solution to this?

I think that you're right, it's probably the high salt level.

How we the LO in question is quite likely to be in either Uni of they're in Scotland or about to do A'Levels if they're in England so the amount of salt in Haggis is unlikely to still be the OP's main concern

Haha indeed, but hopefully might be useful to others coming across this as one of the top searches in Google, like me. But maybe a new thread might have been more useful. Every forum has a different etiquette.

I think it's fine to add to an old thread like this. Especially if it's going to be useful to others