Tanveer Badal has an eye-opening article on What Toddlers Eat Around the World, covering 11 countries: Japan, South Africa, Australia, Israel, Brazil, Turkey, Korea , Denmark, Sweden and India. What kids eat in other countries is so different from each other, and closely related to their traditions and available resources. Some may surprise you:

Japan –
Rice is the centerpiece of a common toddler meal. All other foods — fish, meat, vegetables — are side items intended to enhance the flavor of the rice.

South Africans –
regardless of age, race, or class - live on mealie pap, a maize- or cornmeal-based porridge, similar to Cream of Wheat cereal but with a thicker, stickier texture.

Australia –
Vegemite is unofficially referred to as one of Australia’s national foods (22 million jars of it are sold a year).

Danish –
toddler foods are similar to what you might find served in the cafeteria in IKEA.

Sweden –
number one in the world’s consumption of ketchup (the United States and Canada tie for third, after Australia), and children are certainly a big reason the demand for ketchup is so high.

What Toddlers Eat Around the World [Healthy Kids]

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