Early introduction is the practice of feeding your baby the most common allergy-causing proteins like peanuts, eggs, or tree nuts regularly, as soon as they start solids, to train their body to tolerate those foods. Train tolerance and stop allergies before they start. Early introduction is NOT for babies with a known allergy to a food. Do not feed a baby food they are allergic to.

Doctors agree, all parents should do early introduction to reduce the risk of food allergies. The American Association of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, as well as the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology created a joint recommendation in 2020: Parents should introduce peanut to all infants, starting around 6 months of age, not before 4 months, at home, after the infant has eaten one or more starter foods. Parents should introduce well-cooked egg to all infants starting around 6 months of age, not before 4 months, at home, after the infant has eaten one or more starter foods.

It is safer to start introduction earlier rather than later. Babies under one year old react with hives and vomiting if they have an allergic reaction. More severe symptoms, like throat swelling, are much more common in kids who are 2-6 years old. Early introduction reduces the risk of a more serious allergic reaction, in addition to reducing the risk of developing an allergy altogether

Multiple, best-in-class clinical studies including the LEAP and PETIT studies consistently show that about 80% of food allergies can be avoided by early introduction.