Suggestions for safe snacks for people with Peanut/Tree Nut allergies:
Always look for labels of Food Allergen Warnings on food packaging. The statement may say “processed on equipment or in a facility that also processes: peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, eggs, milk, gluten …etc.” If you see allergen warnings for peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish please avoid these items.
Also, generic brand items are often processed in facilities that share equipment for numerous items. This increases the rates of contamination with food allergens. Name brand items generally are safer as they do not share equipment as frequently. Be aware, food labels change frequently due to changes in manufacturing facility usage.
Fresh produce in individually packed servings: baby carrots in small packs, apple sauce or sliced fruit cups. Apple slices with caramel dip cups. Cheese sticks, Baby Bell Cheese Wheels, raisins.
Popsicles: Dryers Brand Fruit Bars, Popsicle Brand Popsicles, ICEE Freeze popsicles (Safeway Brand), Otter Pops, Frootee Ice Freezer Pops.
Hostess Brand (are OK in individual packs, but not in multipacks) desserts: Ding Dongs, Twinkes, Fruit Pies, and Cinnamon Coffee Cakes. (Please be sure to check food allergen warning labels on all Hostess products. Some items are processed on nut equipment).
Chips: Sun Chips, Cheetos, Fritos, Doritos, Pringles, Lays, Pik-Nik Shoestring Potatoes. Sunshine Brand: Cheezits. Tortilla chips are generally safe.
Pepperidge Farm items: Goldfish, Milano cookies, Mini Cookies items, Grahams, Chessman Butter Cookies. (Big Chunk cookie items are not nut free).
Nabisco Brand items: Oreos (original), Chips Ahoy cookies, Cheese Nips, Graham Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Ritz Crackers (plain only), Wheat Thins, Triscuits, Honey Maid Mini Smores, Animal Crackers, Fig Newtons, Nabisco 100 calorie snacks, Ritz Snack Mix, Mister Salty Yogurt Flavored Pretzels, Chocolate Flavored Pretzels, Fudge Petits, Honey Maid Cinnamon Roll, Sweet & Salty Mix Kettle Flavor.
Chocolate Chip bits: Hershey Brand milk chocolate bits, or Guittard Real Milk Chocolate Bits (in Gold & Silver bags.) Hershey Milk Chocolate bars: (in 1.55 oz. bars in 6 packs only).
Kraft Brand: Jet Puffed Marshmallows.
Popcorn: Pop Secret Brand, Orville Redenbacher Brand or Organics Brand.
Kellogg’s Brand: Nutri-grain Cereal Bars, Pop Tarts, Rice Crispy Treats.
Doughnuts: Krispy Kremes Brand doughnuts. Honey glazed.
Candy Items of various brands: Dum Dums, Junior Mints, Twizzlers, Redvines, Kraft Caramels, Smarties, Swedish Fish, Tootsie Rolls/Pops, Starbursts, Skittles, Jolly Ranchers, York Peppermint Patties, Whoppers, Jelly Belly Jelly Beans, and Hershey’s Plain Milk Chocolate Kisses (in plain silver wrappers).