My Favorite Packaged Snacks
While my first choice when giving snacks to my kids is to offer whole, organic foods, that’s not always realistic. A supply of packaged snacks is essential between school, camp, afternoon activities, sports practices, impromptu park dates, travel, etc. Fortunately, there are a lot of great healthier packaged snack options that are based in real, wholesome ingredients with minimal processing available these days. I love attending Natural Products Expo West each year to learn about the best new products on the market. I still do my best to moderate the amount of packaged snacks my kids are consuming, but like I say about everything - 80/20 when possible and no need to make yourself crazy. Here are a few of my current favorite packaged snacks:
☆ Skout Organic: Plant-based ingredients and free of gluten, dairy, and soy. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Asha Pops: Popped water lily seeds plant-based puffed snack.Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Solely gummies and Solely fruit snacks: dried mango and pineapple, when eating these make sure your kids floss their teeth. I tape a floss stick to the package so my kids can floss their teeth after eating this.
☆ Chomps organic beef sticks: Grass-fed and finished. I only use these for travel when needed.
☆ Brami beans: Lupini superbean is one of the most nutrient-dense plants on the planet.
☆ SeaSnax seaweed: Sustainably grown roasted organic seaweed with a touch of organic extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of sea salt.
☆ Lundberg Thin Stackers: Great to eat plain or add hummus or guacamole.
☆ Philosopher’s Foods Gut Nuts: Fermented and dehydrated almonds. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Bare baked apple snacks: I make sure to get organic.
☆ Joolie's dates: Pit free and organic.
☆ Feel Sunnie: They currently offer local delivery within the Los Angeles area and ship to all 48 states in the contiguous US. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Masa chips: Even better if you can pair with cottage cheese or guacamole. Use code DRORGANICMOMMY
☆ Wise Bars Use code DRORGANICMOMMY Each bar has 3000mg of functional mushroom blends, packed with adaptogenic properties that serve a health purpose.
☆ Happy Wolf Bars sweetened with honey and dates and tastes amazing.
☆ Big Picture Foods is regeneratively farmed and has minimal ingredients.
☆ Seedly organic dark chocolate seed bark
☆ Pan’s mushroom jerky mushroom jerky made with coconut sugar. It is such a delicious snack. I love that I can have it in my bag and it won’t go bad.
☆ Good Sam Foods regenerative farm with amazing snacks.
May not count as packaged food but I like to include:
Organic pickles
Organic hearts of palm
Homemade fruit leathers: I have a reel on how I make these. You can use left over fruit to make these fruit leathers, chia jam, or cobblers. * When eating these make sure your kids floss their teeth. I tape a floss stick to the package so my kids can floss their teeth after eating this.