SpoonfulONE Early Allergen Introduction Puffs | Smart Feeding Snack for an Infant or Baby 6+ Months | Certified Organic (Tomato Carrot, 14 Pack)

EDIT January 2020: SpoonfulOne appears to have listened to the feedback from their customers and the size of the puffs has been reduced to be better for infants. I have taken a new picture and added it for reference. The left puff is the new one compared to the right puff which is the older one.ORIGINAL REVIEW:As the aunt of two nieces with food allergies, when it came to having my own child, I had a lot of anxieities about potential food allergies. Following the latest guidelines of early and often, we introduced all of the allergens to my son methodically and I carefully planned out all his meals to make sure he got regular exposure to all of the major allergens. Let me tell you, it got so overwhelming. I had this huge checklist spreadsheet which would alert me if it had been too many days between any of the allergens... I was driving myself crazy with this. We did use the Ready Set Food packets in his bottles to help reduce how often I had to think about cow's milk, peanuts, and eggs, but let's be honest - it's really hard to make sure shellfish is in your 8 month old's diet twice a week! So even though they are pricey, I decided to make the leap and try the allergen puffs by SpoonfulOne when he was about 8 months old. And I have never looked back.We have only ever tried the strawberry flavor, so I can't speak to the other flavors, but this one is quite nice. Of course I tried them myself if for no other reason than sheer curiosity, and they're pretty bland. They definitely don't taste fishy, which is what I was curious about.For infants, we found the size was just too big. They're slightly bigger than a dime, which is really big for little mouths. They're also pretty crunchy and don't melt in your mouth quickly like some puffs. We had to break them in half for him until he was closer to 12 months old. See the attached picture for reference.An entire package of puffs really is a lot of puffs for an infant who is still nursing or taking bottles as their primary source of food. I was confident switching to these really only to supplement the food I was already giving him while still making some reasonable effort to keep the allergen foods in his regular diet. I wouldn't try to use these exclusively as the only exposure to the allergens. And also keeping food variety in your little kid's diet is a good thing anyway. We all know the quesadilla phase will hit at some point, but at 10 months they're such sweet, trusting little gremlins who will still eat anything put in front of them.Now that my son is 18 months, he easily plows through a packet and they're the only "puff" product in our house. The packets are a convenient size for on-the-go, so these tend to be a car/plane/mall/park snack. It's easy to aim for 2 a week without breaking the bank, and now that he is starting to have food preferences (and aversions), it gives me continued confidence that he is still getting exposure.Was he ever going to develop allergies if not exposed early and often? Who knows. But I like doing something that is proactive and also happens to be an easy, yummy snack. It's peace of mind and he sure likes them, so we'll continue purchasing them happily.

I have been giving these puffs to my 7-month old son to (hopefully!) prevent allergies through early and frequent exposure. He likes the puffs and they are easy to pick up. However, it seems as if the child needs to eat an entire bag of puffs—maybe 25-30 puffs per day for adequate exposure. Please note that each large bag contains multiple individual small bags with 25-30 puffs per small individual bag. Anyway, there is no way my 7-month-old is going to eat 25 puffs a day... this may be more feasible for an older child.The product itself is good, tasty, and easy to pick up. My only concern is the volume of puffs that need to be consumed per day for exposure purposes.

We started the mix in packets (our pediatrician fully supports the early introduction of allergens) when our son started eating solids. Now that he does puffs and yogurt melts (7 months) we got these. We are now adding the strawberry puffs and he loves those. I even had my 7yr old niece try them and she they were yummy and was so grossed out when I told her there was fish in there lol so obviously you cant taste the allergens (I dont taste them either). The mix ins seemed to have a much nuttier flavor/scent but these seem to just be strawberry. I just wish they were less expensive!!!!!If you found my review at all helpful please hit the button below, thanks!

So glad to have this product! My oldest is allergic to peanuts and some tree nuts after waiting a year to introduce ( as was recommended at the time). I wanted to do everything in my power to avoid that for my second child and was ready to try early introduction. Spoonful One makes it super easy to do and so far my youngest is doing well with the products and has had no reaction. I highly recommend using to prevent food allergies!

With all of the crazy ingredients packed into these snacks, we were skeptical about how we would taste. They're similar really to the Happy Baby puffs in taste and maybe a little harder in texture. We like that we don't have to worry about whether our daughter is exposed to all of the right allergens. She rarely finishes a whole pack in a day so we usually get 2 days for the cost of one. We ordered the "organic" variety and the puffs came as a smaller sized star than the puffs of the regular variety that we had received in a sample pack. I think my daughter enjoyed the larger stars more due to the fun texture, but she eats these without any trouble. She's 10 months old.The box was shipped to us with several larger bags containing the smaller snack sized bags. Nice that they were double packed as I hope that helps keep them fresh.

The strawberry and banana ones initially taste good right when you try it but then as you keep chewing it, the taste starts to go downhill and kind of reminds me of a dog biscuit (not that I’ve tried one before) or maybe liver (which I’ve had and didn’t like). It’s gross. I really wanted to like these given the price I spent for them. My 9 month old tolerates them but I can tell he’s not really eager to have more after having a couple. He gets more excited for real fruit during snack time because his face lights up and he eagerly reaches for more while opening his mouth wide open. As for these spoonfulone snacks, he is not so excited to have these, I can’t blame him. The packaging is nice but that’s all this product has going for it (Made in the U.S.). Sorry I can’t recommend these.

you are supposed to have baby eat a bag of these a day! v pricey and a lot of puffs! also giving baby all the allergens at once .. dr said then how do you know what they are allergic to? better just to try one thing at a time and give small amounts over time..