Food Groups and daily recommended servings for toddlers

Fussy Eating

Importance of iron in toddler development

C&G Growing Up Milk as a source of iron

Food customs of different cultures

Start Healthy Calculator

Parents often worry whether or not their toddler is getting a balanced diet. That is why Cow&Gate Nutritionists have developed a Start Healthy Calculator based on the Toddler Food Pyramid. This clever tool will give parents a personalised assessment of their toddler's diet against the current recommendations. It will also give practical nutritional tips and advice specifically tailored to their toddler's diet.

You can help parents do this, its easy! All you have to do is log onto www.feedingforlife.ie, click on the Start Healthy Calculator and input the toddlers diet for the day. If you or parents don't have access to the internet please call our freephone careline and we will take the details of the toddler's diet and undertake the assessment for you.

Toddler Iron Calculator

In Ireland 8 in 10 toddlers are not achieving the daily recommended amount of iron*. Iron is essential to help support toddlers' developing brain and learning skills. That's why we have developed The Big Irish Iron Count a tool which helps parents assess their toddlers iron intake.

All parents need to do is log onto www.feedingforlife.ie and click on the Online Tools and choose The Big Iron Calculator. The iron calculator shows IRON RICH foods. All they need to do is select the number of portions their toddler has eaten in a day and we will give a guide as to whether their toddler is meeting his daily iron needs. We also give tips for how to improve iron intake if necessary.

*RDA for iron = 8mg