Free printable food chain worksheet
A blank food chain to fill in: start with a safe food and plan four small steps toward a new food, changing one thing at a time, with boxes to track each try.
How to use it
- Write a safe food in the first box, the way your child likes it best.
- For each step, change only one thing: brand, shape, texture, flavor, color or temperature.
- Mark a box every time a step is offered. Move on when it feels easy, not before.
- Stuck for ideas? See our food chain examples for common safe foods.
Preview (prints on one page; choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialog for a file):
Our food chain
Change one thing at a time: brand, shape, texture, flavor, color or temperature
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Safe food
Food, brand and how they like it:
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Step 1
Food:What changes?
Tries:
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Step 2
Food:What changes?
Tries:
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Step 3
Food:What changes?
Tries:
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Step 4
Food:What changes?
Tries:
Serve new foods next to safe foods, never instead of them. Every try counts. General information, not medical advice: if your child eats very few foods, isn't growing as expected, or gags or vomits often, talk to your pediatrician.
More free printables: New foods tracker · Safe foods worksheet
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Build my free plan →PickyPlanIt offers general information for everyday picky eating, not medical advice. If your child has a very limited diet, gags or vomits when eating, or isn't growing as expected, talk to your pediatrician about a feeding evaluation.