Kashi "Nestle": customer feedback. Types and assortment of kashas "Nestle"

Kashi "Nestle" is one of the products of the famous Swiss company Nestle, which for more than a century has been a leader in various areas of trade (baby food, chocolate, coffee, pet food, cosmetics, etc.). The attitude of parents towards this product is ambiguous, so we will consider in more detail the strengths and weaknesses of baby food.

General characteristics of cereals

For the growth and development of babies, Nestlé brand manufacturers have developed special porridges in the form of dry powder, which are bred with milk or water. Their peculiarity is not only in rapid preparation, but also in a balanced composition of minerals, trace elements, vitamins, dietary fiber.

In addition, many "Nestlé" porridges contain live bifidobacteria that positively affect the intestines of the child. The benefit of these microorganisms is that the immune system is strengthened, the intestinal microflora is improved and the risk of allergy is reduced.

In some species, micronutrients are also present, together with bifidobacteria, necessary for the full development and growth of children. This is especially suitable for those kids who are selective in food, switched to artificial feeding, do not receive a full complex of vitamins and minerals.

Porridges of this brand were made especially for the features of each age. Therefore, pay attention to the packaging, where it is written, for whom this food is suitable (allergic persons, a certain age, children with sensitivity to lactose or gluten, etc.).

Kashi "Nestle": assortment

In this brand the following types of baby food are sold:

• Dairy-free . The very first step in dating an infant with adult food. Porridges contain the necessary vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and bifidobacteria. Buckwheat and rice products do not contain gluten and lactose. In oatmeal, there is a vegetable protein and a small amount of gluten.
• Dairy . This product can be diluted with milk. In this series there is buckwheat, rice, wheat, oat in pure form and with the addition of fruit.
• Dairy-free series "Pomogayka . " It is "watery" for preparing the porridge "Nestle". Milkless in its composition contain bifidobacteria and prebiotics, which is especially suitable for children who constantly bully their tummy. This series has developed a collection of baby food for allergy sufferers.
• Milk series "Helper". This product is represented by two yogurt cereals with banana-strawberry and apple-pear taste. In their composition there are immunonutrients and probiotics necessary for normalization of the digestive system and strengthening of immunity.
• The series "Shagayka" . These products are designed for children who take their first steps and learn to chew. Kashi is represented by three species of five cereals with strawberry-cherry, apple-berry and strawberry-fruit flavor.

Types of baby dishes "Nestle"

On the package you can see the child's icon with numbers or steps that show the optimal age of complementary feeding.

• 1 step. This is a series of dairy and dairy-free cereals intended for initial feeding, when the first buckwheat and rice are introduced into the ration of a 4-5 month old baby. The composition of baby food for this age has a lightweight consistency, so that it is convenient to swallow.
• 2 step - from 6-7 months. Kashi "Nestle" of this age have fruit and pumpkin additives, a more dense consistency and teach the child to eat with a spoon. These products also have dairy and dairy categories.
• 3 step - from 8-11 months. This is a multicomponent milk and dairy-free porridge with fruit pieces. This kind of baby food is created specifically for the child to learn how to chew food.
• 4 step from 12-18 months. Balanced dairy food with pieces of fruit and berries.

Kashi "Nestle": dairy-free

Let us consider in more detail the composition of dairy-free cereals: oatmeal, hypoallergenic rice, and buckwheat, buckwheat and prunes.

Oatmeal in its composition has the following components: 9 vitamins (A, E, B1, 2, 6, D, C, PP, folic acid), sugar, lecithin (emulsifier), 7 minerals (potassium, sodium, iodine, iron, calcium , Zinc, phosphorus), dietary fiber, bifidobacteria BL, oatmeal. The advantage of oatmeal is the absence of colorants, flavors, preservatives and GMI. Numerous reviews about the "Nestle" porridges highlight one drawback - the presence of sugar.

Hypoallergenic rice porridge is suitable for children with lactose and gluten intolerance. The composition of vitamins, minerals, bifidobacteria is the same as in oatmeal. Only their amount is different and rice flour is added.

Buckwheat hypoallergenic is also distinguished by the presence of buckwheat flour in the composition. However, this type of porridge is unpopular in children who prefer rice and oatmeal. Baby food with prunes has the same composition as plain buckwheat, only prunes are added.

Assortment of milk cereals

If dairy-free meals are designed for children with hypersensitivity to lactose and gluten, as well as healthy babies from four months, the Nestle milk porridge is suitable for all three age stages:

• For the first stage, oatmeal is offered with apple-apricot flavor, just buckwheat and with the addition of dried apricots, wheat of two kinds (with pumpkin, apple), rice with apple.
• With half a year the child can buy wheat with a banana, rice with banana flavor, porridge of five (apple-banana) and three (apple-pear) cereals, oatmeal with a pear and banana.
• For octopus children, oatmeal is offered with pieces of pear, wheat of two kinds: with apple-strawberry and apricot flavor.

If you decide to introduce a lure, then pay attention to the dairy-free baby porridge "Nestle". Their assortment is not as diverse as in dairy products, but excludes the risk of allergies. Despite the fact that the porridges of this brand do not contain genetically modified sources, preservatives, flavorings, some children may experience an individual intolerance to the components of baby food.

Composition of milk porridges of 1 stage

• Rice-free gluten-free apple porridge consists of rice flour, sugar, skimmed milk powder, 10 vitamins ( pantothenic acid is added ), bifidobacteria, 7 minerals (the same ones), vegetable oils, apple, dietary fiber.
• Gluten-free buckwheat adds buckwheat flour, maltodextrin, lecithin. All other components are the same as in the above porridge. In the version with dried apricots apricot and dried apricots are added.
• Oatmeal with apple-apricot flavor is most enriched with vitamin B and iodine. It includes components such as oatmeal, 10 vitamins (added pantothenic acid), dietary fiber, sugar, bifidobacteria, skimmed milk powder, 7 minerals (the same ones), vegetable oils, apple and apricot.
• Wheat porridge adds to its composition wheat flour and additives - a pumpkin or an apple. All other ingredients are the same as in oatmeal or rice.

Note that oatmeal porridge for children "Nestle" contains a small amount of gluten, so you can enter this cereal not earlier than 4 and not later than 7 months, to exclude the risk of gluten enteropathy.

What consists of porridges of 2 steps

• Gluten-free rice porridge with banana flavor consists of rice flour, sugar, vegetable oils, dietary fiber, banana, bifidobacteria, skimmed milk powder, 10 vitamins (same as in the first stage) and 7 minerals.
• Five-cereal porridge with apple and banana is enriched with phosphorus, calcium and vitamin D. It also includes wheat, rice, oat, barley, corn flour, a standard vitamin-mineral complex, bifidobacteria, apple, banana, sugar, dietary fiber, milk powder, vegetable oils.
• Three-cereal porridge has the same composition as the previous one, it only consists of oatmeal, wheat, barley flour, apple and pear.
• Oatmeal is saturated with iodine and vitamin B. Oatmeal, banana and pear are added, the rest are standard ingredients.
• Wheat porridge differs only banana additive and wheat flour.

Children are most fond of fruit cereals "Nestle". Mom's comments say that children are happy to eat rice and multigrain, but buckwheat and oatmeal - at will.

Components of porridges are 3 steps. Parents' comments

• Oatmeal with pear includes dry skimmed milk, oatmeal, vegetable oils, a standard set of vitamins and minerals, dietary fiber, bifidobacteria, sugar, pieces of pear.
• Wheat porridge with apple and strawberry, except wheat flour, pieces of garden strawberry and apple, the composition is the same as in the first production.
• Wheat with apricot in comparison with the previous version has an apricot additive.

Now pay attention to the opinions of customers who have tried the Nestlé porridge. Reviews are very diverse. In most cases, moms are satisfied with the products, note a good appetite in the child, gain in weight, a good mood and energy.

However, parents whose children have a tendency to allergies, diseases of the digestive system, are dissatisfied with Nestlé products because of the lusciously sweet taste and the presence of milk in the composition. These kids have a rash on the skin, constipation, regurgitation.

Therefore, parents, doctors, and the manufacturer recommend starting the lure with dairy-free cereals: from 1 spoon without the introduction of other new products to see the child's reaction to the components of baby food.

Ingredients of porridges "Pomogayka"

Dairy-free porridge of the first stage is represented by hypoallergenic rice porridge with locust beans and a low-allergenic rice and corn product. In the first variant, the composition excludes allergic ingredients: cow's milk protein, soy and wheat, as well as gluten. The first porridge consists of rice flour, locust bean flour, sucrose, citric acid, vitamins, vegetable oils, potassium iodide, sodium phosphate, calcium carbonate, zinc sulfate, iron lactate. In the second variant, the product consists of rice and corn flour, vanilla flavor, the other components are standard.

Milk porridge Nestle of the second stage is also represented by two types: 5-cereal with lime-colored and wheat-oat with prunes. The first sugarless product consists of wheat, corn, barley, oat and rye flour, probiotics, vitamins and minerals, oligofructose, dry lime blossom extract, inulin, vanilla flavor, maltodextrin. In the second cereal, only flour for oatmeal and wheat flour changes, prunes are added instead of lime, the remaining components remain the same.

Dairy-free products of the third stage are represented by 8-cereal yoghurt and simply 8-cereals. They include rice, corn, wheat, rye, oatmeal, millet and sorghum flour; Lactobacillus, vanilla flavor, thermophilic culture, powdered yogurt. The vitamin-mineral complex remains the same.

Milk 3-cereal cereals 3 steps have a banana-strawberry and apple-pear taste. They include flour from barley, oats and rice, bifidobacteria, vitamins and minerals, vanilla flavoring, skimmed powdered yogurt and powdered milk, vegetable oils (coconut, palm, rapeseed, sunflower), pieces of fruits and berries, sugar, beet juice, Gluten, lactobacilli.

Shashka Cages

In this series the products of the third and fourth stages are presented. In the first case, this is a 5-cereal gluten porridge with cherry-strawberry taste, consisting of wheat, corn, barley, rice, oatmeal, oils (the same composition), milk powder, strawberry, apple, carrot, dried orange and pear, Vanilla flavor, beetroot juice and passion fruit, lecithin, sugar, minerals and vitamins, bifidobacteria, maltodextrin, corn starch.

In the second case, more diverse baby porridge "Nestle". The assortment of them is represented by 5-gram product with apple-berry and strawberry-fruit flavor. The composition is the same, only the fruit supplements change.

As you can see, the assortment of cereals is very diverse and suitable for different categories of children. If the child has an allergy, then pay attention to dairy-free, non-allergenic products. The manufacturer warns that there may be an individual intolerance to the components of the porridge, so watch out for the child's reaction.