To prepare for any unforeseen situation, we always recommend having enough food on hand. Please consider maintaining a 2-week supply of renal-friendly foods, freezable, and non-perishable foods, in case you are unable to get to the store or your store is out of supplies. Please ensure that if you visit the grocery store, please remember to disinfect the cart, avoid touching your face, and practice social distancing. This Grocery Shopping List can be used to guide you at the grocery store or when ordering foods on-line. It is important to check with your dietitian for diet recommendations specific to your individual needs.

Starch, Breads and Cereals:

• Bagels (except bran) • Dry cereals: Apple • Hominy • Bread (except bran) Jacks®, Cornflakes®, Corn • Malt-O-Meal® Matz Pops®, Corn or Rice • Breadsticks (plain) • Melba toast ® • Couscous Chex®, Fruit Loops , • Muffin, small (no bran or ® • Crackers (unsalted tops Honeycomb , Honey nuts) or“reduced sodium”) Smacks®, Puffed Rice®, • Noodles, pasta, macaroni • Cooked cereals: grits, Rice Krispies® • Oyster crackers cream of rice, cream of • English muffins • Pita bread wheat • Flour tortilla (6 inch) • Rice (white or wild) • Dinner rolls • Hamburger or hotdog • Rice cakes buns *Freeze Bread To Increase Shelf-Life

Fruits: ½ Cup = 1 serving. Limit 2-3 servings per day Fruits: • Peaches and Pears • Canned or Sealed: Applesauce • Pineapple • Apricots • Juice: Cranberry Apple, Grape, • Fruit cocktail Pineapple, Fruit Punch, Lemonade, • Mandarin oranges, Limeade

Meats / Protein: *Freeze Meats To Increase Shelf-Life

• Beef • Fresh pork • Chicken • Peanut Butter • Eggs or egg whites / Egg • Tuna substitute • Salmon • Fish • Turkey • Lamb • Tofu •

Vegetables: ½ Cup = 1 serving. Limit 2-3 servings per day

• Green beans • Canned or Frozen: Bamboo shoots • Jicama • Water Chestnuts • Mushrooms • Mustard greens • Beets • Peas (green) • Broccoli • Pumpkin • Carrots • Cauliflower • Corn

• Canned or Sealed: Fats & Oils: • Applesauce

• Apricots • Butter • Salad dressing • Fruit cocktail • Margarine • Sour cream • Mandarin oranges • Cream cheese • Vegetable oil (olive oil, • Mayonnaise canola & grapeseed are • Miracle Whip good choices)

• Non-dairy creamers

Desserts, Snacks, & Sweets:

• Animal crackers • Graham crackers • Popcorn (unsalted or (original) • Candy corn reduced sodium) • Gum drops • Chewing gum • Pretzels (unsalted or • Gummy bears • Cinnamon drops reduced sodium) (Red Hots) • Hard candy • Rice cakes • Cakes (butter, • Hot Tamales® candy • Rice Krispy bars lemon, pound, spice, • Jell-O® strawberry, white, • Butter crackers (low • Lifesavers® yellow) sodium) • Lollipops • Cookies (shortbread, • Sherbet sugar cookies, • Marshmallows • Skittles® vanilla wafers) • Newtons ® (strawberry, • Strawberry shortcake apple, blueberry) • Cotton candy • Sweet rolls • Non-dairy frozen topping • Doughnuts (cake or • Sweet Tarts® raised, sugar or (Cool-Whip®) glazed) • Pie (apple, cherry, • Fruit ice blueberry, peach, lemon)

Drinks & Condiments:

• Apple butter • Sugar-free sodas without phosphate • Artificial sweeteners additives: Sprite®, • Fresh brewed coffee, tea Slice®, root beer, 7- • Jelly Up®, grape soda, • Ketchup ginger ale, cream soda, • Rice milk, unfortified Sierra Mist®,

• Syrup, honey Mountain Dew®,

Other Extra Supplies To Help You:

• Measuring cups, • Thermometer teaspoons, tablespoons • Hand sanitizer • Sharp knife • Plastic knives, spoons, • Scissors • Sterile gloves forks in case of water • Garbage bags • First-Aid Kit problems • Bottle of household • Photocopies of • Napkins chlorine bleach/cleansing dialysis • Disposable plates agents information • Disposable bowls • Blood pressure cuff • Diabetes supplies (if • Disposable cups • Surgical masks applicable) • Paper towels • 2-week supply of • Can opener medications • Soap or alcohol-based hand wash