The guides used by thousands of schools and tens of thousands of families nationwide to help keep allergens out of the classroom and the home

Each edition of the Safe Snack Guide is a catalog of commonly available foods (not just snacks!) free of specific allergens that is updated every 4-6 weeks throughout the year.

In addition to helping families, the Guide serves as a resource for schools, youth sports leagues, scouting groups, clubs, parties, playdates and other events where people with food allergies, celiac disease, or other food restrictions must be accommodated.

Editions

We offer four standard editions (Peanut and Tree Nut Free, Milk (Dairy) Free, Sesame Free, and Gluten Free) as well as a Custom Edition you can tailor to exclude any combination of 10 allergens and gluten:

Why the Guide?

While US regulations require manufacturers to label when any of the Top 9 allergens are ingredients of a product, they don’t have to disclose when those allergens are processed in the same line or facility as those products are manufactured. Warnings like ‘Manufactured in a facility that also processes peanuts‘ and ‘May contain traces of soy‘ are entirely voluntary; some manufacturers include them, many major manufacturers don’t, and some warn for one allergen and not another.

Even a trace of an allergen can cause life-threatening reactions, hence the need for well-researched information that goes beyond what is required on the label: our guides.

How We Source Information for the Guide

SnackSafely.com partners with 200+ responsible manufacturers who agree to use our proprietary platform to disclose detailed processing information for each product in exchange for free listings in our guides and our interactive Allergence product screening service. We then curate that product data for completeness and accuracy, using it to provide you with information you won’t find on the label or anywhere else.

How the Guide is Organized

Each guide is organized into 40+ categories of foods to help you find the products your are looking for. Some example categories are:

Each product entry is preceded by a symbol indicating whether the product is free of the designated allergens alone or also free of the Top 9 allergens.

The Guide is Interactive!

Click any product entry to see the corresponding Allergence page for that product, which includes product images and descriptions, retail availability, third-party certifications (kosher, organic, gluten-free, non-GMO), as well as precise and detailed information for how that product is manufactured with respect to 10 allergens and gluten.

Part of Your School’s Policy to Prevent Anaphylaxis

Many schools don’t have policies in place regarding food in the classroom leaving children with food allergies at risk of contact reactions including life-threatening anaphylaxis.

When food is consumed in the classroom for snack time, lunch, or celebrations, we encourage schools to adopt the Guide as part of their respective allergen exclusion policies. Thousands of schools do so by linking to our guides on their websites or in email communications to families.

We also offer other editions of the Safe Snack Guide, including Milk (Dairy) Free, Gluten-Free, Sesame-Free, as well as a Custom Edition you can tailor to exclude products with any combination of the 10 allergens and gluten: