Very small letter shapes made from 100% Italian organic durum wheat semolina, coloured and lightly flavoured with dehydrated tomato and spinach. The "8+" means from the eighth month.
What is in it
Organic durum wheat semolina, dehydrated tomato at about 4.2% and dehydrated spinach at about 1.9%. That is the whole recipe — the red and green flecks are vegetables, not colourings, and there is no added salt or sugar.
Be realistic about the quantity: 4% tomato and 2% spinach add colour and a faint savoury note, not a portion of vegetables. Treat this as pretty pasta rather than as a way of getting greens into a baby.
Why letterine, and why eight months
Letterine are among the smallest pasta shapes made, which is why they sit at the younger end of a baby range. At eight months most babies are moving from purées to soft lumps, and a shape this small is easy to manage on a spoon and dissolves readily against the palate. Later on, the same shapes become an alphabet to name, which is its own kind of usefulness.
Cooking time is 6–7 minutes; for a baby, take it to the longer end and beyond.
Cooking it for a baby
Do not salt the water. Babies under one should have less than 1 g of salt a day, and their kidneys cope poorly with more — salted pasta water alone can exceed that.
Cook it soft, past al dente, until the letters yield completely. Serve warm, not hot, and stay with your baby throughout.
Ideas
In an unsalted vegetable broth; stirred into a smooth purée of carrot, pumpkin or courgette; with a little olive oil and soft ricotta; with mashed tomato.
Allergens
Contains gluten (durum wheat). Organic and vegan. 200 g.
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