Dream - Preparing complementary foods for breastfeeding babies, mothers may often be confused. This is because children easily get bored with the menu that is made.

To create a more flavorful menu, many mothers sometimes want to add additional seasoning. One of the seasonings that makes food more delicious, savory, and flavorful is oyster sauce.

Before adding it to the baby's supplementary food (MPASI), first listen to the explanation from Dr. Citra Amelinda, a pediatric specialist. According to her, food for babies above 6 months can actually use aromatic spices, salt, and sugar.

The following is the translation of the provided 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags: "The thing to note if you want to provide savory sauce products like oyster sauce is to find a safe one for children to consume at their age. Because, some oyster sauce products contain artificial sweeteners that are not suitable for children."

Including the substances within it, which may pose a risk of triggering allergic reactions. Therefore, before giving oyster sauce to children's food menu, read carefully the product information on the packaging.

"Pay close attention to the composition and information on the packaging of artificial flavoring products. In addition to listing allergen content information, some products indeed have a recommendation not to be consumed by children under 5 years old," expressed Dr. Citra."

Some oyster sauce products also contain very high levels of salt or sodium. According to Dr. Citra, the seasoning of oyster sauce can be given for complementary feeding menus, but not too much.

"If you want to use sauces, it's okay, but it's really light and not too overpowering," message from Dr. Citra. Source: Instagram @citra_amelinda"