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Can babies eat goat cheese?
Goat Cheese can be offered once your baby has started solids, prepared to suit their stage. This is a common allergen (Milk).
How to serve goat cheese for a baby
- Method
- Ready to eat
- Texture
- Creamy spread
How you cut and serve goat cheese changes as your baby grows. That is set out age by age below.
How to prepare goat cheese, age by age
- 6 to 8 months
- Offer plain soft goat cheese as a spread or mixed into purées.
- 9 to 11 months
- Small amounts as a spread on soft bread or mixed into vegetable purée.
- 12 to 17 months
- Spread on toast soldiers or stirred into pasta.
- 18 months and over
- Normal spread or crumbled into food.
Is goat cheese an allergen?
Contains dairy (goat's milk). Not suitable for cow's milk protein allergy — proteins are similar.
Read: Goat dairy and cow's milk allergy
Is goat cheese good for babies?
Goat cheese has a distinct tangy flavour that helps broaden a baby's taste profile. Rich in calcium, medium-chain fatty acids, and slightly lower in lactose than cow's milk cheese. Despite being from a different animal, it shares many proteins with cow's milk and is not safe for cow's milk protein allergy. Its creamy texture mixes easily into purées.
- Calcium
- Healthy Fats
- Protein
Storing goat cheese
In the fridge
5 Days. Refrigerate in original packaging or wrapped tightly
In the freezer
2 Months. Freeze crumbled hard goat cheese — fresh soft varieties do not freeze well
Goes well with
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This page is general information based on NHS weaning guidance, not medical advice. Always stay with your baby while they eat. If you have concerns about allergies, choking or your baby's development, speak to your health visitor or GP.