The Nativity Early Learning Center Is a Peanut/Nut Free School
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The Nativity Early Learning Center is a Peanut/Nut Free School Dear Parents and Guardians: Food allergies are on the rise and can cause a severe, systemic, potentially fatal allergic reaction. This in not only through direct ingestion, but can be through smell, and touching of only trace amounts. We want to do all we can to eliminate the possibility of such an occurrence in our center in the future. Why is my child’s school peanut/nut free? The rationale for peanut/nut free schools has to do with the somewhat unique nature of these allergies. Most people with food allergies -- even severe allergies -- can manage their allergies by simply not eating foods that have their allergen in them. They read labels, don’t eat food if they know its origins, and ask questions to stay aware of cross-contamination. People with peanut and tree nut allergies follow all these steps, but there are two limits to this approach. First, it’s possible for people with these allergies to react to traces of nut dust in the air. Second, nuts are full of natural oils that leave residues. While these residues can be removed with common household cleaners, it can be difficult or impossible to clean tables in the middle of lunch, for example, or for school staff to know to clean oils off of tainted walls or doorknobs during the school day. We require that you do not send any lunch items, snacks or birthday treats, which contain peanuts or nuts or are processed on shared equipment. We request your cooperation and thank you in advance for adhering to this policy for the safety of all children. If you accidentally send a peanut and/or nut product with your child (ren), we will send home a friendly reminder. Whenever possible, we will label and return the item that contained nut. Attached you will find Peanut/Nut Free information regarding label reading and a list for peanut/nut free snacks, birthday treats and lunch ideas for the NELC. Thank you so much, Nicole McGie and the Staff at the Nativity Early Learning Center Peanut/Nut Free Information When choosing a peanut/nut-free snack for your child, it is important to ALWAYS check the label on the package to make sure it is free of peanuts and nuts of all kinds. Reading Labels: Some manufacturer’s clearly state if a product has peanuts/nuts in it while with others, it is almost hidden. Please read the label each time, every time. Do not purchase items with allergy and ingredient alerts such as: These items are most likely at the bottom of the ingredient list in bold type. "May Contain Peanuts or Tree Nuts" "Processed on shared equipment with Peanuts or Tree Nuts" "Contains Peanut or Tree Nut Ingredients" “May Contain Traces of Peanuts” Thank you for taking the time to read your labels and discussing the topic of "safe snacks" with your child! Your diligence is keeping an allergic child safe at school' For more peanut free lunch ideas please check out: www.toronto.ca/health/pdf/nm_peanutinsert.pdf http://lenski.littletonpublicschools.net/Portals/34/Forms/Lunch%20ideas%20for%20Lenski%20% 20compat%20version%20_2_.pdf Or just type in Peanut Free Snacks/Lunches in Google search Peanut/Nut-Free Snack, Birthday Treats and Lunch Suggestion List SOY NUT BUTTER: Soy Nut Butter is made from fresh roasted whole soybeans. It is remarkably similar to peanut butter in taste and texture but has significantly less total and saturated fat than peanut butter, is cholesterol free, and offers 7 grams of beneficial soy protein per serving. IM Healthy Soynut Butter (original creamy, original chunky, honey creamy, honey chunky, chocolate, unsweetened creamy and unsweetened chunky) SunGold Sunbutter (made from sunflower seeds, creamy, natural, honey crunch, natural crunch, and organic Simple Soynut Butter (no sugar-no salt, sea salted, slightly salted, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate HEALTHY Fresh Veggies and Dip DAIRY: Raisins (plain-not yogurt or Cream Cheese on crackers, SNACKS: chocolate-covered) All Fresh Fruit English muffins, bagels, Cheese and Safe Crackers tortillas Dole Fruit bowls Applesauce Cups Del Monte Fruit to-go cups Yogurt (Gogurt and Yogurt Cups and Tubes Danimals drinkables) Sun-Maid raisons and (most kinds) craisins Sting Cheese, cheese curds, BETTY CROCKER: KROGER: block cheese, sliced cheese, Cinnamon Graham Cookies Grahams (honey, original, shredded cheese, spreads, Dunk Aroos cinnamon, chocolate, low fat) dips Sprinkled Vanilla Frosting Vanilla Wafers Cottage cheese Baked Cheese Bits (original, Pudding cups white cheddar) SUNSHINE: Cheez-It (original, TwisterZ, Country Club GRAINS: white cheddar, Sponge Bob, Saltines (wheat, original) Tortillas (with melted Gripz) Donuts (plain, sugar, shredded cheese or rolled up Hi Ho Crackers chocolate, cinnamon) with cream cheese or jelly) Pudding Snacks (chocolate, Bagels (can make into mini vanilla) pizzas) QUAKER: Gelatin Snacks (refrigerated) English Muffins with butter Rice Cakes (make sure to Pretzels (waffle, sticks, rods, and jelly, made into pizzas read the labels for which twists, honey wheat) with sauce, or just melted flavors are peanut/nut free) Cow Pals (cheese 'n crackers, cheese cheese 'n sticks) Tortilla Chips (serve with KEEBLER: Ice Cream Cups (vanilla) salsa or with melted cheese) Vanilla Wafers (golden, Sprinkles Frozen Eggo Waffles with mini) Ice Cream Sandwiches syrup Grahams (original, honey, (regular, mini) Garlic Breadsticks dipped in cinnamon chocolate, honey) pizza sauce Scooby-Doo Graham KELLOGG’S: Crackers Rice Krispie Treats NABISCO: Elf Grahams (original) Cheese Nips Fudge Stripped Shortbread Cereal and Milk Bars Air Crisps Cookies (Cocoa Krispies, Fruit Loops, Cheddar Sportz Munch’ems Frosted Flakes) Dizzy Grizzles Snack Stix Pop Tarts Oatmeal Cookies Sugar Wafers Nutrigrain Cereal Bars Newton Bars & Fig Newtons Town House Classic Nutrigrain Yogurt Bars Oreo Cookies (plain) Crackers (strawberry, vanilla or Teddy Grahams Wheatables blueberry) Nilla Wafers Club Crackers (original only Barnum's Animal Crackers NOT sandwiches) 5 pack cheese and pretzel KRAFT: Honey Maid (original, 5 Pack Handi-Snacks chocolate, honey, low fat, dips (breadsticks and cheese, cinnamon sticks, honey sticks, Mister Salty pretzels and chocolate sticks) PEPPERIDGE cheese, Oreo cookie sticks Triscuits (plain) FARM: and cream, cheese and Wheat Thins (original, Goldfish (original, colors, crackers, apple dippers) honey, ranch, reduced fat) cheddar, pretzel, baby, giant, Premium Saltines (original) flavor-blasted) Better Cheddars ROLD GOLD: Pre-Sliced Mini-Bagels Chips Ahoy Pretzels (rods, braided twists, Ritz (original, whole wheat, ENTENMANN’S: cheddar twists, tiny twists) sticks, dinosaur) Little Bites (brownies, donut Ritz Chips (original, holes, choc. chip cookies, THOMAS: cheddar) blueberry muffins) Bagels (mini and regular) Popems LENDERS: T 'Marzetti's Chocolate chocolate eclair bars Bagels Fruit Dip Flavor-Ice popsicles PUDDING AND CEREAL: CHIPS: Kellogg's Corn & Frosted Frito Lay (Baked Cheetos, GELATINS: Flakes Doritos, Lay's, Ruffles, Jell-O Gelatin and Pudding General Mills Kix Tostitos) Cups General Mills Chex Better Made Kroger Brand (choc/vanilla) General Mills Cheerios Sun Chips Hunts Pudding & Pudding (regular, fruity, triple Rold Gold Pretzels Tubes berry, yogurt, strawberry, Fritos Kraft Handi-Snacks Pudding apple cinnamon) Pringles (plain ONLY) Cups **Multigrain & Honey Nut are NOT safe! ** CANDY: FRUIT SNACKS: Post Shredded Wheat Skittles (by Mars, Inc.) Nabisco Post Grape Nuts Starbursts (by Mars, Inc.) Betty Crocker Post or Kellogg's Raisin Dots (by Tootsie Roll) Kellogg's/Disney Bran Tootsie Rolls (only in Kroger Brand original brown bag by Tootsie Meijer Brand ICE CREAM: Roll) Sunkist Kroger Brand Ice Cream Tootsie Pops (by Tootsie (NOT BRACH'S) Cups (vanilla) Roll) Kroger Brand Ice Cream Smarties (by CE DE Candy) POPCORN: Sandwiches Blow Pops (by Charms) Pop Secret Breyer's (natural, vanilla, Mike & Ike's (by Just Born) Act II French vanilla, choc. chip, Twizzlers Licorice (by Jolly Time chocolate, strawberry) Hershey) Old Dutch Popcorn Keebler Ice Cream Cones Cherry Bites Twizzlers Minute Maid Juice Bars Laffy Taffy (by Nestle) DIPS: Philly Swirl Life Saver Gummies (by Popsicles Kraft) Kraft Ranch Jell-O Brand Pudding Pops Swedish Fish T 'Marzetti's Buttermilk Deans- Neapolitan ice cream Dum-Dums Ranch sandwiches Sour Patch Kids (by T 'Marzetti's Veggie Dip Welch's Fruit Juice & Cadbury) Ranch Whole Fruit Bars Sweet Tarts Ken's Steakhouse Ranch Dove Ice Cream Bars Most bubble gum Hidden Valley Ranch Klondike Bars NO M&M’s of any kind T 'Marzetti's Caramel Fruit Good Humor- Strawberry Dip shortcake & *****ITEMS MADE IN A STORE BAKERY***** SUCH AS CUPCAKES/CAKE/COOKIES ARE NOT PEANUT/TREE NUT-SAFE!! The only bakery that I could find that was Peanut free is Cub Foods, but please read labels. .