Please see the following information when choosing snacks for your child. Please also refer to this list when sending in birthday treats. We want every child to be part of the celebration, so store bought items with an ingredients list makes that easy.

Allergy Policy Quick Reference for Parents

Several students in our school community have severe, potentially life-threatening allergies. DuVall  has policies intended to protect those students, while allowing as much personal freedom as possible.

Peanuts/Tree Nuts are prohibited,​ for consumption or use, within the building except in specified areas. This applies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Areas where peanuts and tree nuts are NOT allowed:

• Shared areas including: Hallways, art room, music room, media center, gym, computer lab and other common rooms
• Classrooms designated Peanut and Tree Nut Free

Areas where nuts ARE allowed:

• Cafeteria
• Certain classrooms which are not designated Peanut and Tree Nut Free

In shared areas (all are ​NUT-PROHIBITED​) one cannot have: 

● Peanuts or tree nuts (e.g., almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, chestnuts, pecans) 

● Items that contain peanuts or tree nuts (e.g., nuts in cookies, granola bars, trail mix, snack mixes, pesto) 

● Items that may contain nuts, are produced on shared equipment with nuts or are produced in a facility that processes nuts.

If your child is in a nut-prohibited classroom, please carefully follow the following rules: 

• No items containing peanuts or tree nuts are permitted in the classroom, except those within a closed lunch container.
  • Lunch containers may not be opened in the classroom at any time. 
  • Individual snacks to be eaten during the school day should be in a separate bag or pocket of a backpack. 
  • If you bring in classroom snacks, only snacks and treats that are peanut/tree nut free may be served. Items produced on shared equipment with or in the same facility as peanuts or tree nuts are also PROHIBITED. 
  • Classroom activities and projects – peanuts and tree nuts may not used in the classroom for learning activities, e.g. acorns brought in for show and tell, M & Ms brought in for 100s day. 
  • Students in the nut-prohibited classroom and those visiting that classroom may be asked to wash hands at designated times during the day to limit risk of exposure to allergens.
  • If a product contains a common allergen (e.g., peanuts/tree nuts), it must be listed EITHER within the ingredients list​ OR just below it​. 
  • TIP:​ It can be easier to look below the ingredients list first. If the allergen information is not there, then read through the ingredients. 
  • Read labels each time you buy. Companies change ingredients without warning! 
  • If you are unsure, err on the side of caution. 
  • Even if the snack doesn’t seem like it would have nuts in it, check the label carefully.  Kellogg recently began adding peanut flour to some of its cheese cracker products!
  • The chart below is NOT exhaustive. For detailed information about reading labels, go to www.foodallergy.org

IS IT FREE OF NUT ALLERGENS?

NO	IT DEPENDS(read label each time)	YES
Peanuts Tree nuts such as almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, chestnuts, pecans	Sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, coconut (sometimes processed in nut facilities)	Fresh fruit
Nut butters  Nutella  Pesto (often contains walnuts or other pine nuts)  Marzipan	Sunflower seed butter  Soy butter	Fresh vegetables
Baked goods containing peanuts, tree nuts, or nut butters (i.e. cupcakes, cookies, donuts)	Baked goods from a bakery – often made in a facility with nuts or on shared equipment, e.g. grocery stores	Cheese (except on rare occasions)
Nutty crackers or cereals  Pretzels with peanut butter inside  Potato chips fried in peanut oil	Cereals Crackers Rice Cakes Pretzels Potato Chips Candies, especially chocolate Popsicles Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt/Ice Cream Bars (most often either contain nuts or are made on shared equipment with nuts)	Meats, eggs, fish
Almond milk	Rice milkSoy Milk	Cow or goat milk (Kefir) Yogurt
Granola bars (some exceptions)  Granola (some exceptions) Trail Mix	Fruit leather  Raisins  Snack bars with fruit center

List of Approved Peanut and Tree Nut-Free Snacks as 0f 10/6/2016

(Always read labels, as ingredients and production facts may change)

• Fresh fruits and vegetables
• Raisins (plain- not chocolate or yogurt covered)
• Applesauce cups
• Mandarin orange/ Pears/ Peaches cups
• Fruit snacks and fruit roll-ups – Betty Crocker Brand, Target, Annie’s Organic)
• Yogurts and Yogurt tubes (i.e. Gogurt, Yo-Baby) – No granola
• Danimals
• String cheese
• Cubes or sliced cheese
• Cheerios (NO Honey nut cheerios)
• General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch
• Kix (plain)
• Life Cereal- original and cinnamon
• Nabisco Nilla Wafers
• Nabisco Ritz Cracker (NO Ritz Bits)
• Goldfish – Baby Cheddar, Cheddar, Colors, Mix-Up, Parmesan, Pizza, Pretzel, Saltine, Whole Grain
• Goldfish Pretzels
• Goldfish Flavor Blasted – XPlosive Pizza, Xtra Cheddar, Slammin’ Sour Cream & Onion 
• Goldfish Mix-Up Adventures – Pretzel & Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar, Xtra Cheesy Pizza 
• Goldfish 100 Calorie Pouches – Cheddar, Pretzel 
• SunButter Sunflower Seed Spread
• Quaker Quakes Rice Snacks – Caramel Corn, Ranch, Sea Salt & Cracked Black Pepper, Kettle Corn, Chocolate, Sweet Chili, Cheddar Cheese, Sour Cream & Onion
• Stacy’s Pita Chips – Simply Naked, Cinnamon Sugar, Parmesan Garlic & Herb 
• Sun Chips – Original, Harvest Cheddar, French Onion, Garden Salsa, Jalapeno Jack
• Tostitos – Restaurant Style, Scoops, Crispy Rounds, Multigrain, Multigrain Scoops, Bite Size, Hint of Jalapeno, Hint of Lime
• Garden Fresh Brand Salsa
• Garden Fresh Brand Chips
• Garden Fresh Brand Guacamole
• Smartfood – White Cheddar
• Pirate’s Booty
• Kraft Handi-Snacks Mister Salty Pretzels ‘n Cheese Dip 
• Newman’s Own – Salted Sticks, Salted Pretzel Rounds, Unsalted Pretzel Rounds, Spelt Pretzels 
• Nabisco 100 Calorie Mister Salty Pretzels – Milk Chocolate, Yogurt Flavored 
• Oatzels – Original, No Salt Added 
• Rold Gold – Thins, Sticks, Rods, Tiny Twists, Lightly Salted Tiny Twists, Tiny Twists Cheddar, Tiny Twists Honey Mustard, Sourdough, Honey Wheat, Cheesy Garlic
• Smart Puffs
• Cheese Nips – Cheddar, Reduced Fat Cheddar, SpongeBob Square Pants 
• Cheez-It – Original, Reduced Fat, Big, White Cheddar, Reduced Fat White Cheddar, Hot & Spicy, Parmesan & Garlic, Duoz, Scrabble Junior, Cheddar Jack, Pepper Jack, Baby Swiss, Italian Four Cheese, Colby, Whole Grain, Gripz 
• Cheez-It Snack Mix 
• Kraft Handi-Snacks – Premium Breadsticks ‘n Cheese Dip, Mister Salty Pretzels ‘n Cheese Dip 
• Nabisco 100 Calorie Nabisco Premium Saltines – Original, Unsalted Tops, Hint of Salt, Fat Free, Whole Grain, Minis, Fresh Stacks 
• Nabisco Premium Soup & Oyster Crackers 
• Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals Cracker Chips – Simply Potato, Cheddar & Sour Cream Potato, Simply Multi-Grain 
• Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals Cheese Crisps – Cheddar, Four Cheese Italian Herb 
• Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals Wheat Crisps – Toasted Wheat 
• Pepperidge Farm Distinctive Crackers – Golden Butter
• Stoned Wheat Thins – Original, Lower Sodium, Mini 
• Sunshine Saltines – Krispy Original 
• Triscuit – Original, Reduced Fat, Hint of Salt, Garden Herb, Rosemary & Olive Oil, Fire Roasted Tomato & Olive Oil, Cracked Pepper & Olive Oil, Roasted Garlic, Rye with Caraway Seeds
• Triscuit Minis – Original 
• Triscuit Thin Crisps – Original, Parmesan Garlic, Four Cheeses, Chile Pepper 
• Wheat Thins – Original, Reduced Fat, Hint of Salt, Ranch, Reduced Fat Garlic & Herb, 100% Whole Grain, Sundried Tomato & Basil, Multigrain, Parmesan & Basil 
• Wheat Thins Fiber Selects – 5 Grain, Garden Vegetable
• Cinnamon Grahams – Plain, Low Fat 
• Nabisco Grahams – Original 
• Nabisco Honey Maid – Honey, Low Fat Honey, Cinnamon, Low Fat Cinnamon, Chocolate, Fresh Stacks 
• Teddy Grahams – Cinnamon, Honey, Chocolate, Chocolatey Chip, Mini
• Barnum’s Animal Crackers – Original
• Newtons – Original Fig, Fat Free, Whole Grain, Strawberry, Raspberry 
• Newtons Minis – Whole Grain Fig 
• Newtons Fruit Crisps – Apple Cinnamon
• Annie’s Organic Cheddar Bunnies
• Annie’s organic Bunny Grahams
• Annie’s Organic Graham crackers