Nowadays, the use of rice flour in the supplementary food for infants and young children is also increasing. The selection of rice flour should follow three steps: observing its color, asking about its fragrance and tasting its taste.
1、 Color: light yellow
What color is natural grain? Light yellow. If you can preserve all the nutrients of natural grains, rice noodles should also be light yellow. So why are many infant rice noodles on the market now as white as white rice? This is because these rice noodles are made of ordinary rice, rather than full grain rice with more comprehensive nutrition. The so-called whole grain rice refers to the rice which contains the whole part of the husk, such as husk, embryo and endosperm. The rice flour made from whole grain rice is light yellow of natural grain because it includes husk and embryo, which is quite different from pure white rice flour.
2、 Smell its fragrance: natural grain fragrance
When you open a can of full grain rice noodles, in addition to the beautiful appearance of light yellow flakes, you can also smell its unique, slightly oily smell of rice. This rice flavor comes from the fat in the natural grains of whole grains.
There are rich fat in the embryo of grain, that is, oil. Cereal germ oil contains unsaturated fatty acids needed by human body, which can better promote the growth of baby.
A small amount of these cereal germ oil will volatilize into the air at room temperature, so when you open the rice flour can, you can smell the natural grain fragrance with a slight oil smell.
3、 Taste it: a little bit sweet
Natural cereals have a little sweetness and taste fresh and natural. It is worth noting that white granulated sugar will be added to infant rice flour to please the baby's appetite. This practice is irresponsible, eating too much sugar can easily lead to obesity.
Therefore, the public should pay special attention to it. If you feel the rice paste is very sweet after mixing, you may as well look at the ingredient list of the rice flour. If there is white granulated sugar on it, it is better to discard it. For the sake of baby's health, we should choose rice flour without adding sugar, so that the baby can get comprehensive nutrition from natural grains.
Xiaobian share: complementary food can effectively increase the sleep quality of children at night, but to let children gradually turn to eating food, rice oil is the best.