Healthy Food Donation Shopping List

Fruits: Grains: Meat and Beans: WHAT TO AVOID: Fresh fruits - apples, oranges, Whole grain bread Peanut butter or other nut  High sugar foods and drinks - bananas, clementines (any Gluten-Free grains - quinoa, butters soda, fruit juice with sugar, fruit that isn’t too soft) amaranth, rice, polenta, Jerky’s - beef, salmon, turkey candy, cookies, pies, muffins,

 Canned fruits (look for items buckwheat Canned meats (packed in donuts, toaster pastries, canned in 100% fruit juice, Tortillas - corn or wheat water) - tuna, salmon, chicken cereals sweetened with

water, or a light syrup) - English muffins – choose  Canned beans (pop top can) - sugar, chips, canned foods

pineapple, peaches, pears, whole grain when possible kidney, black, black eyed peas, with sausage or hot dogs. Pasta - whole grain and gluten mandarin oranges, grapefruit, great northern, vegetarian,  High fructose corn syrup - fruit cocktail, applesauce free low-fat refried beans found in bread, drinks, Dried fruits (no or low added Macaroni and cheese (whole Canned, Single-Serving Entrees ketchup, cocktail sauce sugar) - cranberries, cherries, grain; low-fat) (pop top can) (choose low- raisins, pineapple, mixed fruit sodium and low-fat) - Beef or  Trans fat (any food that 100% fruit juice (box, small Cereal: chicken stew, chili, beef and contains a “partially- bottle, or pouch) - cranberry, Slow cooking oats vegetable or barley soup, hydrogenated oil”) - found in orange, apple, grape Grits chicken noodle soup crackers, cookies, margarine Fruit leather (100% fruit) Granola (low-sugar, low-fat)  Food past the expiration date  Dry cereal (low-sugar) - raisin Snack foods: Vegetables: bran, corn flakes, puffed rice, Whole grain crackers 

Fresh vegetables - carrots, Cheerios, Chex Lara bars, protein bars with peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, natural sugars like dried fruit REMINDERS: Rice (box, bag, or single serve corn, green beans, beets   Reusable eco-friendly grocery pouch): Nuts - peanuts, walnuts, Canned vegetables (low almonds, cashews, pumpkin bags and all toiletries, sodium items have less than Brown rice especially Toilet Paper, Wild rice seeds, sesame seeds, nut 140mg of sodium per serving) - butter Diapers, and Laundry Soap corn, peas, carrots, green Milk: Dried fruit (without added are needed beans, tomatoes Shelf stable white milk (low-fat sugar)  Choose pop top cans  100% vegetable juice or non-fat is best) Apple sauce (100% fruit) whenever available  Vegetable soup (pop top cans Powdered milk Popcorn  Look for items that are low- or microwave bowl) (low Non-dairy milk (almond, sodium sodium)- minestrone, tomato, coconut, rice, soy, etc.)  Consider choosing some bean with vegetable gluten-free items Shopping list adapted from: Food Bank of Larimer County Weekend Backpack Program (used with permission) Thank you to Katy Draper, N.C. (www.feelingnourished.com) for adapting for 2012 Food Day Healthy Food Drive and Michelle Hoffer, RDH for help in 2013