Contaminated Foods and Substitutions

*ONGOING LIST*


Contains Peanuts:

Granola Bars- Kudos, Nature Valley, etc.

Boston Baked Beans candy contains peanuts.

Snickers

Baby Ruth

Reese’s – any of them

Butterfinger (peanut BUTTERfinger. I learned this one the hard way!)

Substitutions:

Nutella – made with hazelnuts and cocoa, delicious!

Sunbutter – made with sunflower seeds, delicious!

Almond Butter

Contains Eggs:

Mayonnaise – substitute Nayonnaise (found in health food section)

Ice Cream – always check ingredients. Breyers and Dreyer’s are good choices, but always check.

Imitation Crab – no California Roll sushi, which also contains mayo anyway

Candy frosting letters and numbers for birthday cakes contain egg whites.

Milky Way candy bars contain egg whites.

3 Musketeers candy bars contain egg whites.

Junior Mints candy contains egg whites.

Toblerone contains egg whites.

Chocolate Fudge and Cookies 'n Cream Pop Tarts contain egg whites, other flavors do not.

Hostess, Little Debbie – almost all have egg white, DingDongs, Twinkies, Swiss Rolls, etc. Check all Hostess and Little Debbie ingredients!

Substitutions:

Tuna sandwich – use Nayonnaise instead of Mayo.

Add tuna to mac ‘n cheese.

Tofu is a great source of protein and can be used in a lot of ways; fried, raw with a bit of soy sauce on it, or whatever you like (hoisin, teriyaki,) cubed in soup such as miso or saimin (ramen.)