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#136: Peanut Butter Puffs for Safely Introducing Peanuts to Babies: A Conversation with @puffworks founder Greg Murphy
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📝 Episode Description
Early introduction of peanut protein can help reduce the risk of peanut allergy, but how do you safely introduce peanut when thick globs of peanut butter can be a choking hazard for babies?
In this episode, I’m joined by Greg Murphy, founder and President of Puffworks and a food allergy dad. Greg shares how Puffworks Baby peanut puffs became a simple, food-first option for introducing peanut protein to babies.
We’re talking about why early and ongoing peanut exposure matters, how peanut puffs fit into baby-led weaning, and why Greg prefers real food over powders and supplements for introducing allergenic foods. We also go behind the scenes of Puffworks and the process of creating a puff that’s appropriately sized and dissolvable for babies starting solid foods.
👥 About the Guest
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Greg Murphy is the founder and President of Puffworks, an organic snack company that makes Puffworks Baby peanut puffs designed to provide a food-first option for introducing peanut protein to babies.
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Greg has a BS in Accounting & Finance from the University of Oregon and an MBA from Portland State University. His goal with Puffworks was to make plant-based snacking delicious while helping reduce the incidence of peanut allergy through early peanut introduction.
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Greg is also a food allergy dad: his daughter has a tree nut allergy, giving him a personal connection to the challenges families face around allergenic foods and making early allergen introduction easier and less intimidating.
💡Listen to this episode to learn
1. Why a food-first approach can make introducing peanut protein to your baby easier and more sustainable
2. How Puffworks Baby peanut puffs differ from traditional baby puffs in their ingredients, size and dissolvability
3. What parents can do to safely introduce peanut early and often when starting solid foods
🔗 Links From this episode
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Check out Puffworks line of products on their site www.puffworks.com and use code BABYLED for 15% off (this is my affiliate code).
- Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program and save $50 when you sign up using the code BLWPOD50 (this program is approved for 30 CPEUs for Registered Dietitians)
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- Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners — free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners
📢 Other Episodes Related To This Topic
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Episode 14 - Peanut: How to Introduce Your Baby to This Potentially Allergenic Food
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Episode 382 - Food Allergy Prevention 101 with Tina Sindher, MD
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Episode 227 - When Does the Food Allergy Prevention Window Close? with @allergykidsdoc David Stukus, MD
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Episode 401 - Does the Order of Allergenic Food Introduction Matter?
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Episode 130 - Why Benadryl is Not the Best Idea when Introducing Allergenic Foods with @raisinggoodparents Phil Boucher, MD
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