Is feeding your child with allergens or eczema challenging?

It's often difficult to find foods appropriate for people with allergens or eczema and in particular children. We are all taught the benefits of eating fruit so with the wide variety of apples in New Zealand it's hard not to consume plenty at this time of year. However something we have recently been advised by dietician Anna Richards from Grafton Specialists is “Apple variety’s such as Granny Smith, Braeburn etc are much higher in salicylate and are not recommended for children with allergens or eczema”.

The good news is the Royal Gala apple is a bland sweet variety and is much lower in naturally occurring food chemical called salicylate. “Salicylate can be an aggravator in young children and is not well tolerated in salicylate sensitivity” Anna confirms.

Enzafoods have recognised this and other benefits of the Royal Gala apple and are now making a Royal Gala variety specific, Fresh Fields Apple Sauce in a 120gm pouch (4 per retail box). Anna thought the individual portioned pouch is ideal for Mums feeding small children. “The 120gm pouch purees are great as a base for feeding small infants straight or adding cooked vegetables or other fruits”.

They are handy apple sauce portions for roast pork nights, ideal for adding fruit on breakfasts cereals or desserts and if popped in the freezer they can then be whizzed into Smoothies as a complete fruit portion. Kept in the pantry providing a fresh apple product 365 days per year, no more half empty jars, cluttering up the fridge. From supermarkets now.