Allergy free snacks and care packages

Preparing a care package or gift basket for someone that has food allergies is easier that you might think. Here are is a list of easy to find products that  we have personally tried and recommend for anyone that has food allergies.

The following products have no nuts, no peanuts, no milk, and no eggs. Please make sure to read labels since many manufacturers might change ingredients from time to time.

Snacks and cookies you can include inside an Allergy Free Care Package:Send a little love  with assorted snacks and a modern  #Epipen or # Auvi-Q pouch.

1. Cookies are always welcome. We love the products made by Divvies one of the first companies created by a mom  to help others find delicious cookies, chocolates, and cupcakes. Sold on their online store at www.divvies.com.

2. Off the shelve supermarket cookies; Some brands that have been around for years clearly list food allergens on their label. Our two favorites that can be found even in the corner convenience store are: Oreo cookies made by Keebler  (the ones in the blue box), Back to Nature chocolate chip and crispy oatmeal.

3. Dehydrated Meats: Quite tasty and a great snack to always carry since they don't get easily spoiled even when exposed to extreme  temperatures are dehydrated meats more commonly known as beef jurkeys.  Look for those that clearly state on  their packaging that they are natural  with no preservatives. Whole foods and fresh market always have them 
available or you can  dry meat/snacks: beef, turkey or salmon jerky's sold at Whole Foods and Fresh Markets come in a variety of flavors (please note most dry meats contain soy so read labels).

4. Chocolate bars; Enjoy life chocolate bars  are available in various flavors including chocolate with rice. These are not as easy to  find in all supermarkets but they are sold at  Whole Foods, Fresh Market and online at their corporate webstore EnjoyLife website and also at Amazon. 

5. #Epipen cases and bags: When you need to carry emergency medications on you at all times, the more carriers you have the better. OmaxCare only sells carriers after eveyone in their family has used it for at least a year and likes it. 

6. Sporty Epipen bags: The first choice among kids, teens and males adults with an active lifestyle.   Why?  A discreet and comfortable Epipen carrier with medical alert symbol helps reduce the stress of having to figure out where to put your Epipen's or Insulin Pens every time 
you are getting ready to go out.  For kids and teens the WaistPal and LegBuddy are the winners.. Larger built kids 
and adults favorite ones are the LegBuddy and WaistBuddy leather case.

LegBuddy by OmaxCare

Epipen Cases and Carriers Research shows Kids ages eight to seventeen are more willing to selfcarry the Epipen's if they can hide them under their clothing.

In a survey conducted among 300 students ages 8 to 17 with food allergies over ninety percent selected the WaistPal as their favorite epipen carrier followed by the LegBuddy.  When asked why,  "easy to hide and comfort" were the two main reasons for choosing an undergarment. Epipen and/or Auvi-Q carrier vs any other waist bag, pouch with hook, or epipen carrier.

If your son or daughter refuse to carry their epinephrine, make it a rule that can't be broken, but help them find various #epipen carriers.

Why not just one? Because when you have #anaphylaxis food allergies and need to self carry epineprhine 24/7 you need to have carriers that can be comfortably used depending on the clothing you are wearing and the kind of activities you participate on a regular basis.

WaistPal is available at Amazon www.allergyneeds.com  and www.OmaxCare.com