Healthy Choices

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The following list can help guide you to healthy pre-packaged snacks. The snacks are whole-grains, fruits, nuts or seeds low in fat, saturated fat and trans fat. They are limited in sodium and sugar and do not contain artificial sweeteners.  Learn more about the healthy snack criteria.
 

SNACKS
Healthy Choices	Examples
Low-Fat Popcorn	Pop Secret 94% Fat Free Jolly Time Healthy Pop 94% Fat Free Orville Redenbacher
Whole Wheat Crackers	Wheat Thins Multi-Grain Triscuits, any flavor
Baked Tortilla Chips	Snyder's Multi-Grain Tortilla Chips Frito Lay Baked Tostitos Scoops
Rice Cakes	Quaker Multigrain Cakes, any flavor
Granola Bars	Kashi Chewy Granola Bars, any flavor Kellogg's Raisin Bran Crunch Nature Valley Maple Brown Sugar Nature Valley Oats' N Honey Nature Valley Pecan Crunch Nature Valley Peanut Butter Nature Valley Roasted Almond
Dried Fruit	Sun Maid Raisins, Currants, Fruit Bits, Apricots and Figs Sunsweet Apricots and Dried Plums Fruit & Veggie Crunchies, Strawberries and Raspberries Stretch Island Fruit Leather, any flavor
Nuts and Seeds	Blue Diamond Almonds

 

CEREALS
Healthy Choices	Examples
Cereal by General Mills	Cheerios Cheerios Multi-Grain Chex Wheat Honey Nut Clusters Kix Oatmeal Crisp Crunchy Almond Oatmeal Crisp Hearty Raisin Oatmeal Crisp Maple Brown Sugar Total Total Honey Clusters Total with Strawberries Wheaties
Cereal by Kashi	7 Whole Grain Flakes 7 Whole Grain Nuggets 7 Whole Grain Pilaf Go Lean Crunch Honey Almond Flax Good Friends Cinna Raisin Crunch Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat Mighty Bites Cinnamon Mighty Bites Honey Crunch Organic Promise Autumn Wheat Organic Promise Cinnamon Harvest
Cereal by Kelloggs	Complete All-Bran Wheat Bran Flakes Cracklin Oat Bran Just Right Low-fat Granola with Raisins Low-fat Granola without Raisins Mini-Wheats Frosted Bite Size Mini-Wheats Frosted Maple and Brown Sugar Mini-Wheats Frosted Original
Cereal by Post	Bran Flakes Grape Nuts Grape Nuts Flakes Grape Nuts Trail Mix Crunch Shredded Wheat Shredded Wheat Cinnamon Shredded Wheat Frosted Shredded Wheat Honey Nut Shredded Wheat Spoon-Size Shredded Wheat N Bran

 Please note:

• The American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend peanuts and tree nuts before the age of 3 due to the risk of food allergies and whole peanuts and tree nuts before the age of 4 due to the risk of choking.
• Peanuts and tree nuts and products containing these ingredients should not be served to children, or in the same location/facility of children, who have a nut allergy.
• This is not an exhaustive list and inclusion on this list does not serve as an endorsement by Fit City Challenge or The Mecklenburg County Health Department.