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Always go for green; but here are some examples from all snack categories:


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Fruits and vegetables
Clif Organic Z Bar
NutriPals Snack Bars, PediaSure, Peanut Butter Chocolate or Strawberry Yogurt
Oatmeal To Go, Apple Cinnamon for Kids
Pria Complete Nutrition Bar, Chocolate Peanut Butter Crisp
Solo Low Glycemic Nutrition Bar, Chocolate Charger or Mint Mania
Fig Newtons, 100% Whole Grain
Fruit Crisp Bites, Apple Crisp or Strawberry
Instant Quaker Oatmeal Express Cups, Cinnamon Roll, Golden Brown Sugar, Vanilla Cinnamon
Life Cereal, Single Serve Cup
Quaker Breakfast Cookie, Chocolate Chip
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Austin Zoo Animal Crackers (1oz/28g)
California Raisins Snack Box (1.33oz/38g)
Doritos, Reduced Fat Cooler Ranch (1oz/28.3g)
Generation Max Combos Ranch Pretzels (1.06oz/30.1g)
Kellogg's All Bran Snack Bites, Honey Oat & Strawberry (0.99oz/28g)
Kudos Snickers Bar (0.89oz/23.5g)
Nature Valley Granola Bars, Maple Brown Sugar (1.5oz/42g)
Pepperidge Farms Goldfish Vanilla Physedibles 300 ct. (0.9oz)
Rice Krispie Treat (1.3oz/37g)
Stacy's Cinnamon and Sugar (1.5oz/42.5g)
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100 Grand (1.5oz/42.5g)
Chewy Runts (1.85oz/52.4g)
Doritos, Fiery Habanero (1.75oz/49.6g)
Frito-Lay Flamin' Hot Chee-tos, 104 ct. (1.1oz)
Grandma's Chocolate Chip Big Cookies (1.38oz/39g)
Keebler Fudge Stripe Cookies 12-11.5, 3 ea. (0.3oz)
Lays, Cheddar Sour Cream (1.5oz/42.5g)
Mounds (1.75oz/49g)
O'Keely's Bacon Cheddar (1.5oz/42.5g)
Skittles, Original (2.17oz/61.5g)
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Manufacturers: please contact Nationwide Children's Hospital's Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition to have your snack foods evaluated and included in our database.