Can Babies Eat Ground beef?

Ground beef, also known as minced beef or beef mince is a finely chopped or grinded beef meat. Ground beef is mostly used as an ingredient in hamburgers and in spaghetti Bolognese, but it is also a component for sausages, cottage pies, tacos or lasagna. Ground beef is not the same as mincemeat, their components differ.

The content of ground beef is defined by food laws. In the USA beef fat may be added to hamburger, but not to ground beef too. The laws are different in every country, but ground beef is usually made from a combination of the less tender and less popular cuts of beef.

Ground beef is high in calories, fat, sodium and protein.

Can Babies Eat Ground Beef ?

Parents can introduce ground beef to their babies’ diet at the age they start eating solids, this period varies between 4-8 months, depending on each babies’ development. Most babies are given foods like beef, turkey, chicken meat for starters, but all these options must be given in a pureed, smooth and tender form, to avoid choking. Ground beef and cut up meatballs of meat loaf are good choices for more substantial babies’ food. Meat usually contains easily absorbed sources of iron and zinc, which help in the normal growth and development of babies.

Ground beef, potato and celery (8-10 months+)

Ingredients: 1 potato, 65g of ground beef, 1 stalk of celery, 4 cups of water.

Wash and peel the celery and the potato, then chop them into small pieces. Boil the celery and the potato until they are soft, for about 15 minutes. Cook the beef in a pan with boiling water for 10 minutes. Put all the ingredients into a food processor and add water according to your taste, until the mixed ingredients get to the smooth texture you desire.