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panicked228
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Favorite peanut-free prepackaged foods?
panicked228
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My best friend's son (9 months old) was just diagnosed with a peanut allergy. They are stationed in Korea right now and don't have access to many safe foods. I'd like to send them a care package with foods he can eat. They are doing baby-led weaning, so finger foods and such are fine. Any product reccomendations are appreciated! Thank you all so much!
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Re: Favorite peanut-free prepackaged foods?
how old is the baby?
I think you should not have a problem going to a supermarket and just looking through what they have and reading the ingredients. If she's also allergic to milk and/or soy than i would go down the Allergy friendly snacks..
Here are a few but they are pretty much milk/soy/nut/egg free..
toddler mum-mum
Cherrybrook cake boxes
Enjoy life has many deserts that are allergy friendly (brownies, cookies..)
Really sweet you're sending it to her. We're pretty lucky in the US that we have so many options.
He's only 9 months, so I'm more looking for finger foods. Pretzels, crackers, etc...
honestly at 9 months i only gave my son fruits and veggies. I know whole foods has vegan teething biscuits for infants and it has no nuts in it.. but the box is scary -it has a very pale looking kid on it w/ really wide eyes. Not the best marketing but my son loved them (this was before i knew about his milk/soy allergy)
If the only allergy is peanuts, then there are TONS of finger foods. Most crackers, pretzels, and cereals are peanut free. Just check the label to make sure it doesn't contain peanuts. Below the ingredient list, check for the statement "Contains peanuts" or "May contain peanuts", If nothing is written there and there are no peanut ingredients, then you are good!
There are also oraganic pureed fruit pouches that would be easy to send.
This hasn't been our experience at all.
The scary part is that comapnies don't have to declare cross contaminants on their packaging. So, just because it doesn't say it "may contain/was made in shared facilities" as something with peanuts, doesn't mean it's safe. The only way to really find out is by calling the manufacturer and speaking with someone. I spend a TON of time on the phone calling companies (didn't call companies until DS had an anaphylactic reaction to something that should have been safe) and it is truly shocking how many foods are NOT safe even when their label looks perfect.
A few foods that are safe at the moment (but can always change if they change processing ways) are:
-Regular Goldfish (the graham ones aren't safe)
-Many things in the Annie's Organic brand. They DO declare everything that it might be cross contaminated with, so it's nice to be able to trust their label. DS loves their bunny crackers and bunny cookies (like Teddy Grahams - which also aren't safe).
-Packages of Craisins - they even come in single serving sizes - perfect for the diaper bag.
-Some pretzels - I'm thinking we recently bought the Target brand of pretzels and they were safe. Many of the bigger pretzel brands aren't safe, because many of them used shared equipment to process their popular peanutbutter-filled pretzels.
Do you have a Target nearby? Target declares all cross-contaminants on their store brand, so it's nice to know that you can just look at the label and know if it's safe. Another brand that always declares is Kellogs. So, anything by those 2 brands will be safe as long as their's not a "contains/may contain" warning on them.
This is really sweet of you to send foods her way!!
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