List of Snacks Free of Peanuts, Tree Nuts and Eggs
Below you’ll find a link to our list of commonly available snacks that is continually updated throughout the year. The list is intended as a guide for schools, organizations, sports leagues, clubs, parties, play dates and other events where snacks may be brought in in the presence of people with allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and/or eggs. This list provides an effective tool for keeping the most egregious allergens out of the classroom and is referenced by many schools throughout the country.
We spend a great deal of time searching through products and checking labels to keep this guide up to date. We think you’ll find it more useful than ever.
Based upon your feedback, we’ve recently made some important changes to the guide:
- We’ve added many products that are certified by their manufacturers as peanut, tree nut and egg free! These products are listed at the end of each category and carry our green check mark
insignia; - There are a number of new categories including Granola/Trail Mixes, Cakes/Muffins, Peanut Butter Alternatives and Chocolate – over eight pages of snack suggestions;
- Each list is now stamped with the date it was downloaded and an expiration date to ensure that you are always using a “fresh” copy.
Part of Your School’s Policy
Many schools have no policies regarding snacks in the classroom leaving children with food allergies at risk of contact reactions including anaphylaxis. Still others rely on lists that are old and outdated. We encourage schools to adopt our guide as part of their policies regarding food in the classroom.
We currently have two articles that can be used in conjunction with this guide to help drive school policy:
- Why Your Child Can’t Bring Peanut Butter to School (And What You Can Do About It) – This is a widely distributed open letter which describes the need for food bans in a non-confrontational manner. We encourage you to use it as a template for your child’s specific circumstances and ask the school to distribute it to fellow parents;
- A Mom’s Perspective: A Guide to Registering Your Food Allergic Child for Kindergarten – Even if your child is older, this article suggests many policies that should be adopted by schools to help protect food allergic children.
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Warning
Even though a great deal of time is invested researching and updating this guide, NEVER RELY SOLELY ON THIS GUIDE TO PROTECT A CHILD WITH FOOD ALLERGIES! You must continue to read food labels because manufacturers may change their ingredients and processes at any time. Note that current labeling guidelines do not require manufacturers to disclose traces of potential allergens that may be introduced as part of the manufacturing process! It is always up to the parent or guardian to make the final determination that a snack is safe for their child!
Click here to view/print the 2012 Safe Snack Guide
Viewing the Guide
Please note that the Guide is distributed in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. If you don’t already have it, download a free copy of Acrobat Reader from the Adobe website by clicking here.
IT’S A MISSION OF AWARENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOUR APPROACH, WE NEED MORE ADVOCATES…SOME STUDIES SHOW THAT OUR ENVIRONMENT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM…YEARS AGO NOT MANY KIDS SUFFERED FROM THESE FOOD ALLERGIES
Thank you for this! Your guide will be immensely helpful in the fall when my kids go to their new school. My kids’ classrooms will be peanut/nut-free, and parents rotate snack duty so I will pass along this website so they will have a huge list of safe snacks!
Great list. I would definitely love to see dairy-free on the list as well. It is one of the “top 4″ allergies and very common among food allergic children.
I agree with Karen, as dairy is more common then we admit to and a dairy free list would be GREAT!
We hope to be able to accommodate dairy sometime in the future.
I wish the list also contains dairy and soy allergies as well. I am finding it so difficult to find snacks for my 15 month old.
I can’t thank you enough for this list. One of my 17-month old twin boys has the same three allergies and I am just starting to become educated. Your site is extremely helpful! Thank you.
this site was not helpful for parents who’s children also have dairy allergies. Most of the safe snacks you list contain dairy, I realize this is not one of your child’s allergies, but I wish there was a website devoted to totally allergy free snacks. Keep up what your doing, I’m sure this helps some people.
We understand your frustration. We have plans to extend our coverage to the other major allergens (including dairy) in the not too distant future. We suggest you subscribe to our mailing list to keep informed of ongoing developments.
Good news to share: your Snack Safe Guide has been included our draft for our school districts FIRST EVER food allergy and anaphylaxis policy! Now, the draft must pass through several hands but I am very grateful for this guide and how it will make a difference in the safety of our children!
Thanks for all the work you put into the list. It makes it very easy for parents to see that there are plenty of “safe” foods available to bring in for school parties and celebrations.
LOVE your list. What a brilliant solution to reducing stress for those who are trying to support our food allergic children. I am posting your guide on Friday, Oct 14th’s blog! Thank you for your work!
Thanks for your kind words, Caroline! For those who don’t know her, Caroline writes a great blog called “The Grateful Foodie” which we highly recommend.
Thank you so much this list is just what I was looking for! I work in a school for School Age Child Care and have so many students with allergies! Had a condensed list for peanut allergies, but now one has peanut and egg allergies and 2 have tree nuts. Of course am going to still read labels prior to serving. Thank you again!