Peanut and Nut-Free Food at School

  • We have an increasing number of students enrolled in Eudora Schools who have food-related allergies to products containing peanuts and/or tree nuts. When severe, these allergies can cause a potentially dangerous, even life-threatening situation for our students. Many of our classrooms are nut free, as a result.

    For this reason, we have compiled a list of snacks and foods that can safely be enjoyed at school. Snacks on this list are known to be safe, but labels and ingredients are constantly changing. We ask that you always check the labels and look for manufacturer’s disclaimers on their products, such as “made in a facility that processes peanuts and tree nuts” or “may contain trace amounts of nuts.”

    Please avoid snacks that contain peanuts, peanut flour, peanut oil or peanut butter or other nuts. Please also avoid snacks with tree nuts, which include cashews, pecans, walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pine nuts and pistachios.

    The following brands are usually very well labeled if they contain allergens: Kellogg’s, Keebler, General Mills, Betty Crocker and Quaker Oats

    Example: CONTAINS PEANUT AND EGG INGREDIENTS

    If you have any questions about nut allergies in your child's classroom, please contact your child's teacher, or the health office in your child's school. Thank you for your cooperation and partnership to keep everyone safe and healthy at school!

Snack/Lunch Foods

  • FRUIT/VEGETABLES

    • Any fresh fruit (apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, pears, plums, clementine’s, strawberries, melons, berries, etc.)
    • Raisins, Craisins and other dried fruits
    • Fresh vegetables (baby carrots, celery sticks, grape tomatoes, cucumber slices, broccoli, pepper strips, etc.)

    CHEESE/DAIRY

    • String cheese or other cheeses (1 oz.)
    • Kraft Handi-snacks with cheese (with red sticks)

    *Be careful with any other type of pre-packaged cheese and cracker sandwiches, as most contain nuts/traces of nuts

    CRACKERS/SNACK ITEMS

    • Triscuits, Wheat Thins, Vegetable Thins (all flavors)
    • Ritz crackers/dinosaurs/sticks (NOT Ritz bits or sandwiches)
    • Ritz Crackerfuls (Classic cheddar, Four cheese, Garlic herb)
    • Town House, Club, Toasteds
    • Cheez-Its, Cheese Nips, Better Cheddars
    • Saltines, Oyster crackers
    • Wheatables, Air Crisps, Munch’ems, Keebler Snack Stix
    • Kashi Tasty Little Crackers (TLC)
    • Breton brand crackers
    • Goldfish crackers
    • Annie’s Bunnies
    • Graham crackers, Graham cracker sticks
    • Teddy Grahams or Teddy Graham character brand
    • Animal crackers (Austin Zoo, Barnum)
    • Vanilla wafers

    CEREALS

    • Cheerios (NOT Honey Nut or Frosted)
    • Chex (Rice, Corn, Wheat)
    • Cinnamon Toast Crunch
    • Corn Flakes
    • Crispix
    • Frosted Mini-Wheats
    • Kashi (Go Lean Crunch, Good Friends, Cinnamon Raisin Crunch, Heart to Heart)
    • Kix
    • Life (Not Vanilla Yogurt Crunch)
    • New Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs – Yogurt flavored pretzels
    • Nabisco Toasted Chips Ritz snack mix
    • Wheaties
    • Other unsweetened cereal without nuts
    • Small bagels (Lenders or Thomas brand) with cream cheese ( no nut type)
    • Popcorn
    • Pretzels
    • Nutrigrain cereal bars/yogurt bars
    • Special K Bars (NOT Honey Nut)
    • Special K Snack Bites
    • Fig Newtons (all flavors)
    • Rice Cakes (NOT Quaker brand)
    • Quaker Quakes (mini rice cakes)/Mini Delights (all flavors)
    • Potato Soy Crisps
    • Gensoy Soy Crisps
    • Cheez-It Party Mix/Munchie Party Mixes (have not found any other brands of Chex type mixes to be peanut/nut safe)

    OTHER

    • Fruit snacks (twists, gushers, roll-ups, etc.)
    • Pop Tarts
    • Pop Tarts Snack Sticks
    • Yogos/Yogos Rolls
    • Sweetened Cereals: Corn Pops, Fruit Loops, Captain Crunch (reg.), Apple Jacks

    Please note: Food labels/ingredients may change over time, so it is always recommended that you read the label before purchasing snacks. Please read labels carefully to make sure that products are nut free. This includes labels that read “May contain traces of peanuts/nuts”.

Special Treats

  • CAKES/CUPCAKES

    • Hostess cupcakes
    • Hostess Twinkies, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs

    COOKIES

    • Kellogg’s brand Rice Krispie Treats (original)
    • Oreos (regular or golden)
    • Keebler Fudge Stripes, Fudge Grahams, Grasshopper Fudge Mint, E.L. Fudge Sandwich cookies (original and double stuffed)
    • Nabisco – Lorna Doone Shortbread
    • Gripz Chips Ahoy

    DONUTS/MUFFINS (no grocery bakery items)

    • Krispy Kreme/Lamar’s glazed donuts
    • Hostess brand (powder, frosted or glazed)
    • Muffins – mini or regular – Hostess

    CHIPS

    • Bugles
    • Cheetos
    • Doritos
    • Fritos
    • Potato chips
    • Pringles
    • Sun Chips
    • Tostitos

    CANDY

    • Air Heads
    • Blow pops
    • Dum-Dum suckers
    • Gummy Bears/Worms (check brands, some have warnings regarding processing around nuts)
    • Gum
    • Hersey Kisses – Milk Chocolate
    • Jolly Ranchers
    • Laffy Taffy
    • Mike and Ike’s
    • Mints
    • Pixie Sticks
    • Rolos
    • Sixlets
    • Smarties
    • Starburst

    Please note: Food labels/ingredients may change over time, so it is always recommended that you read the label before purchasing snacks. Please read labels carefully to make sure that products are nut free. This includes labels that read “May contain traces of peanuts/nuts”.

  • Thank you for your consideration and support in keeping every child safe and healthy at school!