Emergency Food Ingredients:
Sugar, Palm Shortening, Whole Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Vital Wheat Gluten, Dextrose, Desiccated Coconut, Corn Syrup
Contains less than 2% of each of the following: Soy Lecithin, Guar Gum, Calcium Propionate Preservative, Water, Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Ethyl Alcohol, Salt, Ascorbic Acid, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Niacin, Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate
Emergency Food Considerations:
Regarding specific allergies/sensitivities, it is up to the schools to decide how to handle this. Recommend asking the student’s parents to provide something small to label and put in classroom backpacks. Consult with the school’s nurse/health room (provide the list of ingredients).
Ideas for the POD:
- Fruits like apples and pears are the most hypoallergenic.
- Other fruits considered allergy-safe are apricots, bananas, plums and melon.
- Dried fruit like dried banana chips, raisins, prunes and dried berries are considered hypoallergenic as well.
- Canned pineapple, peaches, pears, fruit cocktail and applesauce are also widely available and recommended.
Questions? Email LWPTSA Council’s Emergency Preparedness Chair at eprep {at} LWPTSA.net.