Safe and Unsafe Food List

You can print the above poster at Peanut Allergy Info.

The following is a list of foods that are safe for Jack to eat. Please keep in mind that he will probably still ask me if it is okay for him to have something, even if he's had it before.

Also, please don't be offended if we decline on something that you've made at home. Jack's general rule is to only eat foods we've brought for him. And sometimes decisions that are made are pure judgment calls and are affected by what we feel comfortable with at the time.

One more thing....some products may not actually peanuts in them (for example, plain M&M's) but are still not on the list of things Jack can have. Often there is a warning on the package saying something like "manufactured in a facility that also processes peanuts" or "may contain traces of peanut". It's hard for people to understand sometimes why any old vanilla ice cream isn't just fine. Cross contamination reactions can happen so we stick with those products that we have experience with. If he's never eaten a certain product before we'll probably have him avoid it unless we are with him to closely monitor the situation. Remember he's only 9. We as his parents are ultimately responsible for what foods he eats.

For more information about cross contamination please see "It's All About Cross Contamination".

Disclaimer: These are foods that Jack has consumed before and have not been a problem for him. This list is not meant to be a guarantee for any other person. These are simply items that we've used successfully in the past.

***Ingredient labels can change at any time. Please check the label each time.

SAFE

Candy:

• Airheads
• Dots
• Dum Dum suckers
• Hershey's plain chocolate bar (regular size)
• Hershey's Kisses (plain-check label)
• Ho Ho's Cupcakes (Hostess)
  
• Kissables (Hershey's)
• Skittles
• Starburst
• Tootsie products
• Rolos
• Whoppers (obviously not the peanut butter ones)
• Peeps

Chips/Crackers/Cookies:

• Doritos
• Frito Lay products (check label)
• Goldfish crackers (regular size and flavor--no sandwiched ones)
• Oreos (regular size and flavor)
• Teddy Grahams (any kind)
• Vanilla Wafers (Keebler)
  
• Cheez-Its (Sunshine)
  
• Cheez-Its Party Snack Mix
• Cheetos (Frito Lay)
• Pringles
• Rice Krispie Treats (the plain ones in the blue box)

Ice Cream:

• Breyer's (vanilla, mint chip, and checkered flag)
• Ben and Jerry's vanilla
• Hershey's chocolate sauce
• Hershey's hot fudge
  

Snacks:

• Fruit snacks (Betty Crocker, Kellogg's)
• Fruit Roll-ups (Betty Crocker)
• Goldfish crackers (regular size and flavor--no sandwiched ones)
• Hostess Snacks--cupcakes, ho-hos, ding dongs--no muffins
• Popcorn (most microwavable--not Jollytime though)
• Pretzels (Old Dutch, Rold Gold)
• Pringles
• Pudding Snacks (Kraft, Hunts)
• Rice Krispie Treats (the plain ones in the blue box)
  

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Baking Supplies:

• Hershey's Chocolate chips (semi-sweet and milk chocolate) **Only Hershey's is labeled as safe and we only buy Hershey's
  

Boxed Meals:

• Mac n Cheese (Kraft)
• Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, and Chicken Helper
  

Breakfast foods:

• Pop Tarts (Kellogg's, any flavor)
• General Mills cereals
• French Toast Sticks (Walmart brand)
• Frozen Waffles (Eggo, Walmart brand)

Dairy Products:

• String cheese
• Yoplait Go-Gurt or any standard yogurt
• Cottage Cheese (any)
• Breyer's vanilla ice cream
• Breyer's mint chocolate chip ice cream
• Breyer's checkered flag (chocolate and vanilla) ice cream
• Ben and Jerry's vanilla

Cake Mixes:

• Betty Crocker (cake mix and frosting)

Cookie Mix:

• Oatmeal Chocolate Chip (bag), (Betty Crocker)

Drink Mixes:

• Swiss Miss
• Kool-Aid
• any juice box
• Capri Sun
  

Canned Goods:

• Campbell's soups

Frozen Foods/Novelties:

• Chicken Nuggets (Tyson)
• Walmart brand fish sticks
• Totinos Pizza Rolls
• Philly Swirl (gluten free and peanut free)
• Popsicle brand popsicles
  

NOT SAFE (this is not an extensive list, but just common things that are not safe for him)

• Peanut butter/nut/trail mix (obviously)
• Products that do not have an ingredient list
• Baked goods (cookies, muffins, etc.)
• Donuts
• M & M's
• Ritz-bitz
• Cheese & Cracker sandwiches/snack packs
• Generic brands of the safe foods above
• Gourmet or "kettle" fried potato chips
• Chocolate (except what's listed above)
• Cereal bars
• Chex Mix
• Brachs products
• Jelly Bellies
• Little Debbie snacks
• Candy corn