I’m advising for two siblings — 18 months and 4 years — with a peanut allergy in the older child, and we’re building a balanced 3-day rotation that hits protein, veg/fruit, and whole grains at each meal with explicit label checks for “may contain peanuts.” What shelf-stable backups have you trusted for park days to avoid cross-contact — any reliable single-serve options you like for seed butters, oat crackers, or fruit cups?
For park days, my peanut-allergic 4yo does well with applesauce pouches, shelf-stable hummus dip packs (Wild Garden) plus sealed whole-grain crackers, and UHT milk boxes — a tiny airplane snack cart. I skip most granola bars since so many read “may contain peanuts”; SunButter single-serve cups are great, but only if your crew’s good with seed butters — would that fit your rotation?
@julia_56m I’ve had the best luck with MadeGood Crispy Squares in single-serve packs (top-9-free, peanut-free facility) as the park backup — both ages eat them, and I do an open-to-hand pass straight from the wrapper to avoid surface contact; only caveat is they get a bit sticky in heat, so wipes help.