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Brand Name Food List School Food Product Options that Comply with the School Food and Beverage Policy (P/PM 150) This brand name food list was developed to help school community members choose healthy food and beverages to sell or serve in schools. It is not a complete list and if a product is not listed here, it may not have met the nutrition criteria, or it may not have been reviewed. The following food and beverages have been evaluated using the NTS Nutrition Standards (revised Nutrition Tools for 2010). The NTS Nutrition Standards are adapted from the Ministry of Education‟s School Food and Schools is a program Beverage Policy (P/PM 150). The NTS Nutrition Standards include additional criteria to identify consisting of a Toolkit food and beverages that meet or exceed P/PM 150 and provide Maximum Nutritional Value. and public health It is important to note that food and beverage products are always changing and new food and support to help your beverages are developed on an ongoing basis. If the ingredients or composition of a product school create a change, it may no longer meet the nutrition criteria. Therefore, this list should be used as a guide healthy nutrition only, and all food and beverages should be evaluated using the NTS Nutrition Standards before environment. being offered for sale. Remember, by offering food and beverages with Maximum Nutritional Value, schools will be complying with P/PM 150. Disclaimer: This list is created for the purpose of awareness of products available in the community. It is not intended to be an endorsement of specific brands, nor is it a comprehensive list of products. While this list may be updated from time to time, it is recommended that you ALWAYS read food labels as product composition may change without notice. The products listed are not guaranteed to be free of allergens. Together we can make the healthy choice the easy choice! For more information about Nutrition Tools for Schools, P/PM 150, or healthy eating please contact Region of Waterloo Public Health 519-883-2004. For more information on healthy schools go to the Ministry of Education Healthy Schools website www.ontario.ca/healthyschools. Vegetables and Fruit Food Group Nutrition Criteria Brand Name Variety/Flavour Sub- Category Fresh, Vegetable or fruit (or Maximum Nutritional Value Frozen, water) is the first item Canned, on the ingredient list All fresh All varieties – apples, oranges, nectarines, mandarin oranges, bananas, and Dried and Fat: ≤ 3g vegetables grapes, pears, plums, peaches, watermelon, carrots, sweet peppers, Vegetables and Saturated fat: ≤ and fruit celery, cucumbers, etc. and Fruit 2g Mott‟s Fruitsations – unsweetened fruit sauce, all flavours and Sodium: ≤ 240 Del Monte No Sugar Added Packed in Water Portable Fruit Cups, all varieties mg No Sugar Added Packed in Water – all sizes, all varieties plus No added Refrigerated Fruit Cups – Pineapple Chunks (in their own juice) sugar** Fruits – packed in its own juice, all varieties President‟s Mini Chefs Raisins Rule! Choice Appletreet fruit cups – unsweetened, all flavours PC Naturally flavoured Strawberry/Wild Berry/Apple Twists Compliments Junior, Go Go Tubes – Apple, Apple Strawberry Sun-Rype Fruit to Go Crisps 100% Fruit, all varieties Sun Maid Raisins (42 g packs) Raisins Mini Snacks (14 g packs) Amazing Amazin‟ s – all flavours Food Amazin‟ Blueberries Products Ltd. Vegetable or fruit (or water) is the first item Sell Most – all of the above, plus: on the ingredient list Mott‟s Fruitsations – sweetened fruit sauce, all flavours and Fat: ≤ 3g Del Monte Fruit Cups – packed in light syrup, light fruit juice syrup or syrup and Saturated fat: ≤ Plastic Fruit Cups – packed in light syrup, light fruit juice syrup or syrup 2g and Sodium: ≤ 360 President‟s Appletreet fruit cups – sweetened, all flavours mg Choice Blue Menu Fruit Juice Freeze Pops Compliments Junior, Go Go Tubes – Apple Grape, Apple Field berry Food Group Nutrition Criteria Brand Name Variety/Flavour Sub- Category Sell Most – all of the above, plus: Fresh, Frozen, Vegetable or fruit (or Sun-Rype Fruit to Go 100% Fruit Snacks, all flavours Canned, water) is the first item Fruit to Go Squiggles 100% Fruit Snacks, all flavours and Dried on the ingredient list Fruit to Go FunBites 100% Fruit Snacks, all flavours Vegetables and Fat: ≤ 3g FruitSource, bars – all flavours and Fruit and Saturated fat: ≤ FruitSource Mini Bites, all flavours 2g Ocean Spray Sweetened Dried Cranberries Original 100 Calorie Pack and Sodium: ≤ 360 mg Vegetable Fat: ≤ 3g Sell Most and Fruit and Saturated fat: ≤ Chips 2g Bare Fruit Cinnamon Apple Chips, Fuji Apple Chips, Granny Smith Apple Chips and Sodium: ≤ 240mg 100% Organic Frito Lays Baked! Original Potato Crisps Grain Products Food Group Nutrition Criteria Brand Name Variety/Flavour Sub- Category Baked Fat: ≤ 5g Maximum Nutritional Value Goods and Saturated fat: ≤ 2g President‟s Blue Menu – Whole Grain Muffins - Carrot, Banana, Double Chocolate, and Fibre: ≥ 2g Choice Raspberry/Pomegranate plus Whole grain is Blue Menu – Oatmeal Raisin Cookies – 1 cookie the first item on the Blue Menu – Omega-3 Granola Bars, all flavours ingredient list Whole Grain Cereal Bars – Apple, Strawberry, 5-Fruit and Sodium ≤ 240mg Kellogg‟s Fibre Plus Bars – Dark Chocolaty Chip, Chocolaty Peanut Butter Vector Energy Bar – Berry Burst Quaker Oatmeal To Go – Oatmeal Squares (Banana Bread, Brown Sugar & Cinnamon) Granola Crunch‟ers – Chocolate Dare Bear Paws – Mini – Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Mixed Berry Fat: ≤ 5g Sell Most – all of the above, plus: and Saturated fat: ≤ 2g President‟s Blue Menu – Wheat Bran Bites, all flavours and Fibre: ≥ 2g Choice Blue Menu – Fruit and Nut Bars, all flavours Kellogg‟s Nutri-Grain Bar, all flavours All Bran Bars – Honey Nut, Oatmeal Cinnamon Quaker Trail Mix Granola Bars – Cranberry & Almond, Chocolate & Peanut Mr. Christie‟s Fig Newtons, 2 cookie “to-go” convenience pack Snak Paks – Soft Baked Cookies: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Fat: ≤ 10g Sell Less Why product and Saturated fat: ≤ isn’t Sell Most 2g Kellogg‟s Fibre Plus Bars – Dark Chocolaty Almond Fat too high and Fibre: ≥ 2g All Bran Bars – Original, Chocolate Chip Fat too high Quaker Oatmeal To Go – Oatmeal Bars, all flavours Fat too high Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars, all flavours Fat too high
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