Can you add fat to your dishes?Updated 5 months ago

The regulatory specifications for infant nutrition are very demanding. They specifically regulate three nutritional aspects of the dishes that brands can offer:

• Sodium (that's why we never add it).
• Proteins.
• Lipids.

Good Goût, in addition to these regulatory criteria, has imposed the constraint of having a "taste / texture / smell / colors" rendering as close as possible to homemade.
Regarding fat, we do not recommend adding any because it would mean that the dish eaten by the baby would have a fat content higher than the regulatory limit. Indeed, to take the example of our Duck Corn recipe, duck is not a lean meat, the recipe is composed to be just below this limit. This is why we did not add any.
However, it is indeed important to keep in mind that our babies generally eat far too much protein and not enough fat. This is a finding that is unanimously agreed upon, even by the French Pediatric Society.
Parents can therefore add a drizzle of oil to their baby's meals without worry, if possible by varying the oils, which have specific properties (the most balanced being rapeseed oil). They can also obtain the oil blend specially formulated for babies by Quintessence.
Please also note that we occasionally speak out on this topic through our own communication media: Facebook page, "Parents' Corner" on our website, etc. This allows us to raise awareness among parents about these aspects that are often difficult for them to understand (the environment tells them all day long not to give their children too much "fat" in particular!). You can read an article on the subject: Fat for babies? Not bad for your health, on the contrary...