Nice as the odd treat. (Heinz Farley's Rusks Original)

Member Name: Claribella

Product:	Heinz Farley's Rusks Original
Date:	04/03/09 (106 review reads)
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Advantages: Forms an easy to swallow mush

Disadvantages: Not very healthy

My mum brough a box of these for Elijah who is 6 months old. I don't normally like to give him things like this because they actually contain a fair bit of sugar and I am aware that he actually has a sweet tooth aready without encouraging that even more. However I did give him a small piece of one the othe day as bit of pudding and my two year old enjoys them too.

Farleys are made Heinz and contain added vitamins, iron and calcium and has no added flavours, preservatives and colours. It recommends them from the age of four months although I wouldn't give them to a child that young as they contain wheat which shouldn't be given to a baby until they are at least six months.

The rusks are come in a box of 18 and they are divided into two foil sealed packs which contian 9 rusks. The actual biscuits don't really smell of much and they are about the size of the top of a baked bean tin and around half an inch thick. The top of the rusk has random lines trailing around the biscuit. and looks a bit like a dry desert plain. They are a pale yellow in colour.

I find when I add mik to the rusk the top of the biscuit goes soft. I tend to scrape this bit off and then pour the milk over the next part of the biscuit with the spoon until that goes mushy too. Then I use the back of the spoon to break up the rest. Alternatively you can leave it to sit and let the milk soak into the biscuit and then you'll find it breaks easier.

There are a few ways that you can feed your child the rusks. Of course you can add your child's own milk to a rusk and feed it to them as I did with Elijah the other day. The biscuit break up really easily and forms a nice mush and you can get the right consistency by adding more milk.
You can also add different fruits to the mixture to add more flavour to it.
As your child gets used to different consistencies and gets older, you can offer it to them as a finger food.

I actually like rusks myself and tend to eat them as an alternative to biscuits. I prefer the babna ones to these though. They are quit difficult to bite and Noah struggles with them a bit and hes two. If you leave them in your mouth they do dissolve which is why they are great as a finger food. As the biscuit sits in your childs mouth it will sok up there spit and turn into a mush so it's not easy for them to choke on any big pieces.

Over all these biscuits are great from 6 months on wards but I wouldn't recommend them as a regualar food for your baby as they are full of sugar and they are almost the same as giving your toddler a big bar of chocolate.

Summary: A bit of a misleading product.