DAIRY FREE, EGG FREE, PEANUT FREE, TREE NUTS FREE, SHELLFISH FREE SNACK LIST

Thank you for your consideration and support in keeping food-allergic children safe from having a life-threatening allergic reaction at school.

Some Helpful Tips 1) Avoid snacks that contain milk, casein, cheese, eggs, peanuts, peanut flour, peanut oil, or peanut butter or other nuts. This includes snacks with almonds, coconuts, filberts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nut, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, and walnuts.

2) Read labels carefully. Food companies are getting better about labeling the ingredients. Basically, if the food item says: Contains Wheat or Soy (which is usually in bold under the ingredient list) it's safe as long as it was NOT manufactured in the same facility or on the same equipment containing the allergens listed above (due to cross contamination).

3) Include the packaging of your treat when you send it to the classroom, so that the label may be rechecked if there are any questions.

4) When preparing and serving non-packaged foods (specifically fruits and vegetables), please ensure that you wash your hands prior to preparing the snacks meal and prior to serving and that gloves are worn. It is also important that all utensils (e.g., knives) and equipment (e.g., cutting boards) used to prepare his meal, as well as prep surfaces, are thoroughly cleaned prior to use. ------Here is a list of some common snack foods that are free of dairy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish. The major brands are much better at labeling and manufacturing than store brands, such as Great Value. Great Value (found at Walmart) usually process their products on the same equipment as peanuts, tree nuts, egg, and milk. This is only a short list of the possible safe snacks. Please remember that carefully reading the labels is the only way to know for sure if something is safe.

** Please see the website for a list of ideas that are safe for our classroom. (Under the Tab “info and Resources.”

Safe Foods Idea List

HEALTHY CHOICES Fresh fruit (apples, grapes, watermelon, pineapple, blueberries, strawberries) Fresh vegetables (baby carrots, broccoli, jicama) Applesauce Sun Maid raisins

CEREAL, CRACKERS, CHIPS, POPCORN Cheerios (original or chocolate -NOT Honey Nut) (original - NOT Ritz Bits) Nabisco crackers (original) Keebler Club crackers (original) Rold Gold Classic Style Pretzels, Tiny Twists, or Sticks (NOT Snyder’s) Pringles (original or BBQ) Tostitos tortilla chips Fritos corn chips Lays potato chips (original) Jolly Time Healthy Pop (Kettle Corn Popcorn) Trader Joe’s Kettle Corn

COOKIES and TREATS Nabisco Honey Maid Graham Crackers, Sticks, or Angry Birds (Original) Nabisco (honey, chocolate, or cinnamon) Nabisco Barnum's Animal Crackers (this brand only) Nabisco (original or golden only) Nabisco Lorna Doone shortbread cookies Pop Tarts (strawberry, cherry & blueberry) Stauffer’s brand Holiday Shortbread Cookies Stauffer’s brand Iced Gingerbread Cookies Jell-O Otter Pops Popsicle brand popsicles (NOT Fudgsicle, Creamsicle, or Yosicle) Trader Joe’s Soy Creamy Mini Vanilla or Chocolate Sandwiches Welch’s Fruit Snacks

CANDY

Jolly Ranchers Jolly Rancher Gummies Lifesavers Lifesaver Gummies Lifesaver Jelly Beans (NOT BRACHS) Sweet Tarts Smarties Fun Dip Skittles Starburst Dum-Dum lollipops Twizzlers (strawberry)