Ripe avocado and mango make a soft fruit mash without added sugar. Remove the mango stone and stringy fibres completely; avoid firm unripe mango pieces.
Wash the mango, peel it, remove the central stone and cut away tough fibrous strips; choose only very soft ripe flesh.
Halve the ripe avocado, remove pit and peel and check its flesh is uniformly soft.
Mash or blend both fruits until completely smooth for early spoon-feeding, checking for skin fragments, firm mango fibres or hard pieces.
Add small amounts of safe water only if necessary to achieve a moist spoonable mash.
Serve freshly prepared at a suitable temperature. Do not leave the cut fruit mixture at room temperature for prolonged periods.
Serve promptly on a spoon as a smooth moist mash, blending away tough mango fibres and checking no pits, peel or firm pieces remain. Both fruits should be ripe and very soft.
Smooth spoonable ripe mango-and-avocado purée without stringy fruit fibres or pits/peel.
Thicker soft mash or a preloaded spoon as self-feeding skills develop; no firm mango fibres.
Plain mango, avocado and water have no intentionally included usual major allergen, though either fruit can cause allergy in susceptible individuals. Check any substituted formula or dairy additions separately.
Prepare freshly where possible. Refrigerate clean untouched portions promptly in a covered container and use within 24 hours; keep yoghurt and cheese chilled and discard any food touched or eaten from by the baby.
Prepare freshly where possible. Refrigerate clean untouched portions promptly in a covered container and use within 24 hours; keep yoghurt and cheese chilled and discard any food touched or eaten from by the baby.
This guide is informed by current guidelines from leading health organizations:
