September 2008
Nut- Free Snack Ideas

IT IS CRITICAL TO READ THE INGREDIENT LISTING EVERY TIME YOU PURCHASE A PRODUCT SINCE
INGREDIENTS CAN CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALWAYS MAKE SURE THERE IS NO WARNING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE INGREDIENT LIST ("MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF PEANUTS/NUTS.”)

· Fresh Fruit
· Fresh Carrots and other veggies and a nut-free salad dressing
· Hunts Snack Pack Fat Free Tapioca Pudding
· Hunts Snack Pack Chocolate Pudding
· Kool-Aid Gels Soaring Strawberry, Oh Yeah Orange, and Cherry Tropical Punch
· Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-ups
· Kellogg’s Nutri-grain cereal bars: Cherry, mixed berry, and apple cinnamon
· Kellogg’s pop tarts: strawberry, brown sugar and cinnamon
· Nabisco Barnimum Animal Choco Crackers
· Nabisco Cheese Nips Thin Crisps
· Nabisco Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheer Nips
· Nabisco Cheese Nips
· Nabisco Reduced Fat and Original Wheat Thins
· Nabisco Ritz Crackers and Whole Wheat Ritz Crackers
· Nabisco Original Triscuit
· Nabisco Fig Newtons
· Sunshine Cheez-its
· Nabisco Honey Made Graham Crackers: Honey, Cinnamon, Chocolate, and Original
· Kraft Handi-Snacks Crackers ‘N Cheez, Pretzels and cheese, and Grahms ‘N apple dip
· Pepperidge Farm Goldfish: Cheddar, Original, Parmesan, Colors, and Made with Whole Grain
· UTZ extra thin pretzels
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Nut Allergy:
Allergic reaction to nuts can progress rapidly to anaphylaxis. Peanut allergy is responsible for
more fatalities than any other type of allergy.
If you suffer from a nut allergy, strictly avoiding nuts, including peanuts and tree nuts like
cashews and walnuts, and food containing nuts is the only way to prevent a reaction. But, it is
not always easy to avoid these foods since many unsuspecting products contain nuts.

Always check the label ingredients before you use a product. In addition, check the label each
time you use the product. Manufacturers occasionally change recipes, and a trigger food may be
added to the new recipe. Also, keep in mind that many prepared foods, including baked goods,
candy, and ethnic foods, can be contaminated with peanuts if products containing peanuts are
prepared in the same place or by the same manufacturer. Always be prepared for this possibility
and the risk of a reaction.

Examples of peanut and tree-nut products and foods that may contain them, include:

Peanut Products: Peanut-Containing Ingredients: Tree Nuts, Tree Nut-Containing Ingredients,
Nut-Containing Foods,Cold-pressed or expressed peanut oil,Peanut butter,Peanut flour,Beer nuts,
Ground nuts,Mixed nuts Nu-nuts® flavored nuts,Peanut containing foods,Candy,Chili Chocolate
(candies, candy bars)Egg rolls, Hydrolyzed plant protein,Hydrolyzed vegetable
protein,NougatMarzipan, Almonds,Brazil nuts,Cashews,Chestnuts,Filberts,Hazelnuts,Hickory
nuts,Macadamia nuts,Pecans,Pine nuts (pinyon nuts),Pistachios,Walnuts,Marzipan/almond
paste,Nougat,Artificial nuts,Nut butters(such as cashew butter and almond butter)Nut oil,Nut
paste (such as almond paste)Nut extracts(such as almond extract),Ground nuts,Mixed nuts,Chex
mix,Artificial nuts,Nougat African, Chinese, Thai, and other ethnic dishes. Cookies, candy,
pastries, and other baked goods,Grain, breads,Ice cream, frozen desserts, High-energy
bars,cereals and granola Salad dressing,Marzipan.© Copyright 1995-2006 The Cleveland Clinic
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PLEASE USE THESE GUIDELINES WHEN SELECTING SNACKS, BAKE SALE RECIPES, AND ANY OTHER NUT-FREE
FOOD FOR SCHOOL.

Please look at the ingredients for foods under the “Nut-Containing Foods” column to determine
whether the food contains nuts. Please read all food labels carefully.