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Resource List
This resource list is a compilation of
members’ suggestions and is not intended to provide expert advice
on how to live with food allergies. Every child’s allergies are
different. Please read food and product labels each time you
purchase something for your child. As the parent/guardian, you know
your child best. When in doubt, call your allergist, pediatrician, a
medical professional and/or the manufacturer.
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Allen’s Hill Farm - They have a booth at the Fairport Farmer’s
Market and sell mixes for various cookies and breads. They would be
good for food allergic individuals because there is no egg, milk,
etc... in the mix. The mixes are all labeled and the sales man knows
everything about the mix. The directions tell you how much of each
to add and you could add the appropriate substitute when you make
the product. Their website is
www.allenshillfarm.com
Allergic Living Magazine: A quarterly magazine that costs
$24.95, published in Toronto, Canada and is packed full of
information related to food allergies. This magazine may also be
added to the FACTS library for members to read. If you are
interested in finding out more, check out
info@allergicliving.com or
1-888-771-7747.
Allergy Grocer - This is a great site for all those hard to
find products you're running around looking for. Check out
www.allergygrocer.com
Amanda’s Own – Makes dairy-free, egg- free, tree nut-free,
peanut-free, and gluten-free molded chocolates. Check out
www.amanadasown.com
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Back to Nature Cinnamon Graham Sticks
(dairy, egg, soy free)
Boca Meatless Chik’n Nuggets (dairy, egg
free)
Candy Nation offers some allergen free candy. 20 Fairport
Village Landing (585) 377-0030.
Cherrybrook Kitchen
www.cherrybrookkitchen.com
-chocolate chip cookies, free of: peanuts, dairy, egg and nuts,
found at Wegmans Nature’s Market, Tops and Martin’s;
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Fudge brownie mix with chocolate chips (egg, milk, nut free)- sold
at Wegmans, Tops, Martins also online
For this brand, you can collect the box bottoms for rewards such as
t-shirts, water bottles, and free mixes
Chocolate:
www.whey-outchocolate.com milk-free chocolate
Chocolate chips Ghiradella (found at
Wal-Mart)
Chocolate Emporium (milk-free chocolate) 1-888-choclat,
www.choclat.com
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DARE cookies
peanut and nut free cookies Wegmans-Geneva (near Oreos)
Dietary Specialties makes Chocolate Cake Mixes (www.dietspec.com,
1-888-640-2800)
Dinosaur BBQ sauce
Duncan Hines cake mixes (The company listened and they have
removed milk from the ingredients of many of the different mixes.
Be sure to read the labels so you can find the ones that are now
milk-free.)
E
Encore Chocolates-candy store in Rochester that can produce
nut-free and peanut-free chocolate if you call in advance to request
machinery to be cleaned. Call for more information. Note:
Currently, their website is not working
Enjoy Life foods such as pumpkin seeds, chocolate chips,
snicker doodle cookies (Wegmans-Hylan Drive Nature’s Market, Lori’s
Natural Foods); Offers many nut and gluten free options. Can be
purchased at Lori’s Natural foods or on their website.
www.enjoylifefoods.com
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The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) is a
nationally-known non-profit organization. FAAN solicits funds to
help support research in the science of food allergies and they work
with the government to change policies to protect individuals with
food allergies. The most recent laws requiring food manufacturers to
clearly list the top 8 allergens on their food products was enacted
because of the work that FAAN has done. Their website is
www.foodallergy.org. Annual membership to FAAN is $30 and
includes a monthly newsletter loaded with helpful information,
research, and recipes (children’s newsletters are also available).
FAAN’s School Guidelines for managing food
allergy
www.foodallergy.org/school/guidelines.html
Food Allergy Initiative - The Food
Allergy Initiative (FAI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization
that raises funds toward the effective treatment and cure for food
allergies.
www.foodallergyinitiative.org This website has a number of
helpful documents that you can download on your computer.
Fruit Flats (Wegmans brand): healthy
version of fruit snacks, lots of fiber, grape, cherry, raspberry and
strawberry flavors
Fruit Ripples-Made by General Mills found at Wegmans near
granola bars. These are dried apple chips and come in two flavors
(cinnamon apple and strawberry apple). Cinnamon apple flavor
contains only apples, apple juice, and sodium sulfite
G
Gak’s Snacks (cookies and coffee cake free of peanut, tree
nut, egg, dairy, wheat).
www.gakssnacks.com -This company’s name will be changing soon!
Gardenburger Chik’n Grill Veggie Patties (dairy, egg free)
found at Wegmans or Lori’s
Gimbels-jellybeans: free of many common
allergens, sold at Walmar
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Hofmanns Skinless Wieners (company located in Syracuse)
milk-free hotdogs, no longer in local Wegmans stores but can be
found in the Geneva store. Also, Hofmanns carries regular hotdogs
with skin in most Wegmans Deli Departments-you can purchase large
bags of these if you ask a person in the Deli.
Hunt’s snack pack lemon or lemon meringue flavored pudding
cups (only the lemon flavors appear to be milk-free) (Wegmans)
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Ian’s Sweet Potato Fries (frozen food
spotted at Nature’s Market at Wegmans)
IM Healthy Soy Nut Butter (Wegmans-Nature’s Market)– made in
a peanut and nut free facility, Creamy and Chocolate flavored
varieties; The chocolate variety is dairy free. 2 (4lb tubs) cost
$26 and there is no shipping costs. There is a one year shelf life
after opening without refrigeration.
www.soynutbutter.com
or
1-800-288-1012
IM Healthy Roasted Sweet Corn - made in a peanut and nut free
facility; a new and improved version of an old fashioned pioneer
treat called “parched corn”; gluten free; 6 (8oz.) cans sold for $24
with no shipping costs.
www.soynutbutter.com or 1-800-288-1012
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Joy Brite candy
canes: well marked ingredient listings, found at Christmastime
Just Born jelly beans and peeps: found at Easter
time
K
Kinerat Whipped Topping: Just like Cool Whip but without milk!
Found at Wegmans-Pittsford in the Kosher frozen section (a small
carton with a blue and white checkerboard design on the side)
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Label It Or Lose It -This company creates custom adhesive,
washable, smudge and fade resistant personalized allergy labels.
Postcards advertising their products are available on the tables at
FACTS meetings. The postcard mentions a discount code “FACTS” which
will get you 10% off your order if you enter the promo code at the
checkout. Doing this will give FACTS $3 for every order received!
You can pass these postcards out to family, friends, and schools.
Their website is
www.labelitorloseit.com .
Lee’s Oriental – carries many egg, peanut and wheat free items
Little Debbie Cherry Pies (purchased near cash registers at
Wegmans-free of egg, milk, nuts
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Manichevitz brand cake mixes are Kosher and thus egg and
milk- free. Wegmans carries them for $2.49 but only during
Passover. They are available on-line all year round.
Mother’s margarine-soy free, made with cottonseed oil and
found in Pittsford Wegmans kosher dairy section (may be only
available for Passover).
Mountain Rise Granola-Vegan, made in facility that uses dairy
and egg, found at Wegmans
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Nature Valley Fruit Twists (a kind of fruit snack) made by
General Mills (BJ’s).
New York State Department of Health
New York State Department of Education
Caring for Students with Life-Threatening
Allergies – This is the New York State document which outlines
the voluntary guidelines for caring for students with
life-threatening allergies. The website to find this is
www.emsc.nysed.gov/sss/documents/AnaphylaxisFinal62508.pdf
Nestle Favorites: peanut-free Kit Kat bar
and other goodies
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OCR “Hidden Disabilities” and 504 Plans
www.ed.gov/offices/about/OCR/docs/hq5269.html
Office of Civil Rights
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html
Orgran animal crackers, free of: gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs,
yeast, GMO, soy and nuts as well as a vegan product, available at
Lori’s Natural Foods Note: you may want to consider special
ordering a case because quantities are limited in the store
Orville Redenbacher’s Smart Pop Kettle
Corn (dairy free)
Otis Spunkmeyer: usually you hear about this company for school
fundraisers. Some of their products are free of nuts (cookies such
as: All American, red, white & blue, apple cinnamon, boolericious,
butter/sugar, carnival, choc. chip, cranberry oatmeal, double choc.
chip, milk chocolate chunk, oatmeal raisin, smores, and more
varieties. Many muffins are also nut-free.
www.spunkmeyer.com (1-888-275-6847).
Outback Steakhouse: Many members had
positive dining out experiences here
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Partyka’s Hull-less Pumpkin Seeds – Partyka farms;
www.partykafarms.com
Peabutter: peanut butter alternative found in Wegmans
Nature’s Market and online at
www.jsfoods.us
P.F. Chang’s-excellent restaurant for food allergy awareness,
has receipt system for detailing out foods that should not contain
common allergens, some members cannot eat there because of airborne
food allergies.
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Quinoa- a type of ancient grain, has been a safe grain for
some FACTS members who have wheat allergies (spotted at Nature’s
Market-Wegmans)
R
Rebecca’s Nut Free: Offers a build-a-cupcake kit where you
receive the cupcakes, frosting and decorations and assemble on your
own.
www.rebeccasnutfree.com
Recipes:
www.cookingallergyfree.com - A resource for finding recipes
free of many
different food allergens
Restaurants
Biaggi’s (Italian)-Eastview Mall
Bill Grays-eastside locations
Leonardo’s Pizza in Victor has gluten free
pizza
Outback Steakhouse: Many members had positive dining out
experiences here
P.F. Chang’s-excellent restaurant for food allergy awareness,
has receipt system for detailing out foods that should not contain
common allergens, some members cannot eat there because of airborne
food allergies.
Red Robin
TGI Fridays-Henrietta, (manager-Bill). This restaurant offers
a binder full of ingredients for reading through when picking
entrees. They are also aware of cross contamination and other
special precautions during food preparation
Uno Chicago Grill (have kiosk with food
allergy info for each dish)
Wambach’s Market on the corner of Qualtrough and Embury in
Penfield has an ice cream stand named “Maxies”. There are milk-free
smoothies and an Italian ice option for milk allergic individuals.
The staff has been trained to not “double dip” the scoop in the ice
cream and then the Italian ice. Scoops are washed after each use
and the blenders are cleaned for the smoothies.
Rich’s Richwhip non-dairy topping, perfect for a dairy-free
version of cool-whip (Littman’s Kosher Market)
Rosecrest Farm - sells all natural, hormone-free beef,
chicken and pork products with no fillers. The chickens are free
range chickens and are only fed cornmeal. This farm is located at
2865 Cooley Road, Canandaigua - right off of 5&20.
rosecrestfarm@aol.com
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Scharffen Berger - chocolate bars that are dairy and nut
free www.scharffenberger.com
Southern Homestyle Corn Crumbs – alternative to bread crumbs
these are corn flake or tortilla crumbs; ingredients are corn
sugar, salt, caramel color (from corn sugar); they are gluten free
www.soynutbutter.com or 1-800-288-1012
Soy Boy Okara Courage Burger (vegan) found
at Wegmans
Spangler’s Winnie the Pooh Marshmallow Treats: Excellent label
found at Easter time in Walgreens
STAT kids is a company that provides customized heath ID to
protect your child. Products available include wristbands, lunch
bags, backpacks, travel packs (fanny packs), posters, safe snack
boxes, emergency cards, allergy alert stickers, and food ID
stickers. Their website is
www.StatKids.com
Stuck on You www.stuckonyou.biz -
This site offers a HUGE variety of different labels that you can
personalize with whatever you need - including information about
your children's allergies.
Sunbutter: another peanut butter alternative, found online;
sunflower seed based product. Sungold Foods, Inc. 800-437-5539,
www.sunbutter.com
Sungold – sunflower seed butter (Wegmans-Hylan Drive Nature’s
Market
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Temptation Soy Ice Cream (dairy free)
found at Wegmans
Tropical Source dairy-free chocolate chips have a may contain
nuts label but also are very good to melt down
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V
Vance’s Potato milk (calcium and vitamin fortified and has a
sweet but neutral taste)
Van’s Wheat Free Frozen Waffles (vegan)
found at Wegmans and BJ’s
Vegan Rice slices, non-dairy and free of soy and gluten. Many
flavors such as American, cheddar, pepper jack. Note: This
product is made with a pea protein, some individuals with soy or nut
allergies may not be allergic to peas. This product was found at
Lori’s Natural Foods.
Veggie Kaas (cheddar flavor)-natural
cheese alternative found at Lori’s.
Vegan Rella-Wegmans carries this product which is a cheese
alternative (mozzarella style). Made with rice oat beverage,
tapioca. Always check product ingredient labels, this product may
now contain casein/milk according to FAAN’s latest newsletter
Vermont Nut-Free Chocolate
www.vermontnutfree.com
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Wambach’s Market on the corner of Qualtrough and Embury in
Penfield has an ice cream stand named “Maxies”. There are milk-free
smoothies and an Italian ice option for milk allergic individuals.
The staff has been trained to not “double dip” the scoop in the ice
cream and then the Italian ice. Scoops are washed after each use
and the blenders are cleaned for the smoothies.
Wegmans Granola: contains wheat, soy, no
nuts or peanuts
Wegmans Light Microwave Popcorn (dairy
free) found at Wegmans
Wegmans Soft Baked Pretzels in freezer section, lactose free
Wellshire Kids-chicken nuggets spotted at
Nature’s Market-Wegmans
Wylde pretzels made by Ener-G (1.800.331.5222) wheat and
gluten-free pretzels.
Websites:
info@allergicliving.com - Allergic Living Magazine: A
quarterly magazine that costs $24.95, published in Toronto, Canada
and is packed full of information related to food allergies. This
magazine may also be added to the FACTS library for members to
read. 1-888-771-7747.
www.allergictoit.com - AllergicToIt.com is dedicated to
providing a community of food allergy sufferers the opportunity to
share vital food allergy information with each other. Everything you
find on AllergicToIt.com is provided by its users, for its users.
www.allergygrocer.com - This is a great site for all those hard
to find products you're running around looking for.
www.allenshillfarm.com - They have a booth at the Fairport
Farmer’s Market and sell mixes for various cookies and breads. They
would be good for food allergic individuals because there is no egg,
milk, etc... in the mix. The mixes are all labeled and the sales man
knows everything about the mix. The directions tell you how much of
each to add and you could add the appropriate substitute when you
make the product.
www.allergykids.com Allergy Kids is an organization that sells
lunch containers, medicine kit bags, allergy stickers, etc…;
provides links and resources concerning food allergies. One member
mentioned this website would be good for teachers and has activities
related to food allergy awareness
www.allergymom.com
www.amanadasown.com – Company makes dairy-free, egg- free, tree
nut-free, peanut-free, and gluten-free molded chocolates.
www.bluebearaware.com Blue Bear Aware is a Canadian-based
company that designs and sells clothing and accessories that raise
awareness of your child’s food allergies. Products include t-shirts,
iron or sew-on badges, food carriers, allergy alert vinyl labels,
bibs and even birthday party invites with a note about food
allergies.
www.campcory.org YMCA’s Camp Cory offers 1 week long summer camp
programs as well as extended camps for children between the ages of
7-17 on Keuka Lake. Children with food allergies have attended the
camp. The kitchen staff is trained on food allergy precautions and
the staff also has two EMTs as well as a nurse or paramedic always
on duty. Camp Cory also has a family camp (camping in cabins for
families) during Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. Check
their website for more details.
www.cherrybrookkitchen.com – many different types of mixes
www.choclat.com Chocolate Emporium (milk-free chocolate)
www.cookingallergyfree.com -
A resource for finding recipes free of many
different food allergens
www.cupacake.com Cup-A-Cake ($2.99) is an innovative way to
transport your child’s cupcake to birthday parties or school.
www.dietspec.com makes chocolate cake mixes
www.divvies.com
www.eggless.com This site offers eggless cakes, cookies, and
vegan recipes.
www.emsc.nysed.gov/sss/documents/AnaphylaxisFinal62508.pdf
This is the New York State document which outlines the voluntary
guidelines for caring for students with life-threatening allergies.
www.enjoylifefoods.com Offers many nut and gluten free options.
Can be purchased at Lori’s Natural foods or on their website.
www.foodallergy.org. The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN)
is a nationally-known non-profit organization. FAAN solicits funds
to help support research in the science of food allergies and they
work with the government to change policies to protect individuals
with food allergies. The most recent laws requiring food
manufacturers to clearly list the top 8 allergens on their food
products was enacted because of the work that FAAN has done. Annual
membership to FAAN is $30 and includes a monthly newsletter loaded
with helpful information, research, and recipes (children’s
newsletters are also available).
www.foodallergy.org/school/guidelines.html - FAAN’s School
Guidelines for managing food allergies
www.FoodAllergyBooks.com – Linda Coss has written a few books
and cookbooks to assist those with food allergies. This site sells
these books.
www.foodallergyinitiative.org -
The Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit
organization that raises funds toward the effective treatment and
cure for food allergies. This website has a number of helpful
documents that you can download on your computer.
www.foodfacts.com - This is a website for food ingredients. It
also has a glossary of those food ingredients that we can not
pronounce.
www.gakssnacks.com (cookies and coffee cake free of peanut,
tree nut, egg, dairy, wheat).
www.goodsearch.com, a search engine powered by Yahoo. Each time
that search engine is used a donation is made to FAAN.
www.jeeto.com: a company that specializes in patches, clothing,
stickers and accessories for making food allergies known to others,
especially helpful for younger children.
www.jsfoods.us
www.kidsallergystop.com - grocery store detailing out safe foods
for those with common food allergies.
www.labelitorloseit.com Label It Or Lose It is a company that
creates custom adhesive, washable, smudge and fade resistant
personalized allergy labels. Postcards advertising their products
are available on the tables at FACTS meetings. The postcard
mentions a discount code “FACTS” which will get you 10% off your
order if you enter the promo code at the checkout. Doing this will
give FACTS $3 for every order received! You can pass these
postcards out to family, friends, and schools.
www.rebeccasnutfree.com - Offers a build-a-cupcake kit where you
receive the cupcakes, frosting and decorations and assemble on your
own.
rosecrestfarm@aol.com
Rosecrest Farm sells all natural, hormone-free beef, chicken and
pork products with no fillers. The chickens are free range chickens
and are only fed cornmeal. This farm is located at 2865 Cooley Road,
Canandaigua - right off of 5&20.
www.quackwatch.org – website which informs consumers of doctors
to avoid
www.safetysack.com - Safety-Sack is a clear, vinyl pouch with a
secure closing to keep medicines safe from small children. It is
designed to hold EpiPen’s, Benadryl and inhalers and even includes a
place to write in emergency instructions
www.scharffenberger.com - Chocolate bars that are dairy
and nut free
www.soynutbutter.com - 1-800-288-1012 This company
offers several products:
- IM Healthy soy nut butter; made in a peanut and nut free
facility; Creamy and Chocolate flavored varieties; The chocolate
variety is dairy free. 2 (4lb tubs) cost $26 and there is no
shipping costs. There is a one year shelf life after opening
without refrigeration
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Southern Homestyle Corn Crumbs – alternative to bread crumbs
these are corn flake or tortilla crumbs; ingredients are corn
sugar, salt, caramel color (from corn sugar); they are gluten free
-
IM Healthy Roasted Sweet Corn - made in a peanut and nut free
facility; a new and improved version of an old fashioned pioneer
treat called “parched corn”; gluten free; 6 (8oz.) cans sold for $24
with no shipping costs.
www.StatKids.com STAT kids is a company that provides
customized heath ID to protect your child. Products available
include wristbands, lunch bags, backpacks, travel packs (fanny
packs), posters, safe snack boxes, emergency cards, allergy alert
stickers, and food ID stickers.
www.stuckonyou.biz - This site offers a HUGE variety of
different labels that you can personalize with whatever you need -
including information about your children's allergies.
www.sunbutter.com - sunflower seed based product
www.twinject.com – another company which sells epinephrine
www.vermontnutfree.com - Vermont Nut-Free Chocolate
www.whey-outchocolate`.com
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Yummi Bears multi-vitamin and Yummi Bears calcium + vitamin D
vitamins are free of yeast, wheat, milk, eggs, soy, gluten,
peanuts, shellfish, artificial colors, artificial flavors,
salicylates and preservatives (www.amazon.com, Vitamin Shoppe in
Pittsford Plaza)
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Zen pudding with panda bear on package (chocolate, vanilla)
(Lori’s Natural Foods, Martin’s)
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