Plain organic Greek-style yoghurt can be offered by the spoon as part of a gradual introduction to solid foods, but it should not replace infant formula before your child is one. When choosing a product, check the recipe and whether it contains milk. At mealtimes, take your child’s posture and abilities into account, and supervise them.
You’d like to gradually introduce a plain dairy product. Manger Bouger places the introduction of different food groups between 4 and 6 months. However, yoghurt should not replace infant formula before your child is one.
You want to tell an explicitly plain Greek-style yoghurt apart from a flavoured organic one. The product name and ingredients on the pot matter just as much as the organic label.
Before serving the product or leaving it with your child’s carer, check for milk, confirm the exact recipe, and look at the use-by date and storage instructions.
First, distinguish between ‘plain’ and ‘flavoured’. Then check whether the texture suits the way your child eats, and read the label on the pot you’ve chosen.
| Criteria | What to check | Who is it for? |
|---|---|---|
| Plain organic recipe | The ‘plain’ description, the organic label and the ingredients list, including any added sugar or flavourings. | I want to choose a plain organic recipe without mistaking it for a flavoured yoghurt. Around 42% of consumers put this need first. |
| Texture and mealtimes | Whether your child can sit while eating, how they’re progressing with different textures, and whether you can offer the yoghurt by the spoon under supervision. | If my child is still getting used to different textures, I want to be able to offer yoghurt in a way that suits their abilities. Around 33% of consumers would put this need first. |
| Milk and labelling | Whether the product contains milk, its other ingredients, the use-by date and the storage instructions on the pot you buy. | Before serving the product or packing it for childcare, I need to know exactly what it contains and check the date. Nearly 25% of consumers would make this their priority. |
An organic recipe can be flavoured and contain added sugar. The Auchan France product page for Les 2 Vaches vanilla Greek-style yoghurt, for example, lists cane sugar.
Check that the product is described as ‘plain’, then read the full ingredients list rather than choosing based on the organic label alone.
Yoghurt can be part of introducing solid foods, but it does not replace infant formula. Ameli highlights the role of infant formula up to your child’s first birthday.
Offer yoghurt as a food for your child to try, not as a substitute for the milk they need.
Recipes and pack sizes can vary within the same brand. The plain organic Greek-style yoghurt products described by Carrefour France and Auchan France contain milk.
Check the ingredients, use-by date and storage instructions on the specific product you buy.
A spoonable texture alone doesn’t tell you whether your child can sit comfortably or how they’re progressing with different textures. Manger Bouger recommends that children sit upright and remain in an adult’s sight throughout the meal.
Tailor what you offer to your child’s abilities, and supervise them as they try it by the spoon.
Carrefour France lists plain organic Greek-style yoghurt in a pack of four 125 g pots.
Auchan France describes plain organic Greek-style yoghurt in a pack of four 125 g pots, made with whole milk and cream.
E.Leclerc lists Bio Village plain organic Greek-style yoghurt in a pack of four 125 g pots.
Les 2 Vaches offers organic stirred yoghurts and says it uses cream in some Greek-style recipes.
Yoghurt can be introduced gradually once your child has started eating solid foods, but it should not replace infant formula before they are one. Manger Bouger places the introduction of different food groups between 4 and 6 months. How you offer yoghurt should depend on your child’s abilities.
No. ‘Organic’ and ‘plain’ describe different things. The Auchan France product page for an organic Les 2 Vaches vanilla Greek-style yoghurt lists cane sugar, so check the product name and ingredients on each pot.
You can offer it by the spoon if that suits your child’s abilities, but don’t assume its texture is right for every stage of introducing solid foods. Manger Bouger recommends that children sit upright and are supervised throughout the meal.
Read the ingredients list on the specific pot you buy: the plain organic Greek-style yoghurt products described by Carrefour France and Auchan France contain milk. Also check the other ingredients, use-by date and storage instructions.