breaking the rules already?

ben's a big fan of cheerios and can eat them whole now. yesterday, we gave him some little chunks of cooked, whole wheat pasta. loved it. we cut up some frozen blueberries and he loved those too. he's becoming a great little finger-foods guy. today, while at superstore, i saw these:

gerber's graduates puffs. now while they DO say "for toddlers", they also say, "melts in mouth". i figured they couldn't be much different than cheerios, right? i tried them - very rice cracker melty. he ate them up when we got home from the store. then when he woke up from his nap, i gave him a few more. he gobbled them up. yes. gobbled.

but just now, i read the side of the container where it says, "children given this product must be one year of age or older and accustomed to chewing solid foods." now...they just put that there so they don't get sued if a baby chokes, right? there's not something in these that he shouldn't be eating? weigh in here, moms.