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Grains
  • Medium sized baked items such as some crackers, muffins, cakes, cookies, squares, doughnuts, pastries, danishes, croissants
  • Some instant noodles (not enriched or containing fats)
  • Some sugary cereals
  • Some fried grain and corn snacks (cereal mix, wheat chips, tortilla chips, popcorn, cheeses, etc.)
  • Some seasoned rice mixes
Vegetables and Fruit
  • Some canned vegetables, including regular sauerkraut
  • Some bags of fruit chips
  • Some fruit gummies with pureed fruit as first ingredient
  • Many small bags of potato/vegetable chips, salted (baked or fried)
  • Some nectars or juice blends
  • 100% juice fortified with multivitamin/minerals
  • Slush drinks and frozen treats with concentrated juice
  • Fries - small portions of deep fried potatoes, may be slightly salted
  • Some jarred salsa
  • Seasoned vegetable juice
  • Most fruit smoothies made with any "choose least" ingredients
Milk/Dairy Products
  • Some higher fat cheeses
  • Some processed cheese slices and spreads
  • Most candy flavoured milks
  • Smoothies made with "choose least" ingredients
  • Some puddings/custards, etc.
  • Most candy flavoured or rich ice cream and frozen yogurts
  • Some milk containing tea products (such as chai)
Meat and Alternatives
  • Some breaded and fried chicken/fish/meat
  • Most cold cuts, deli meats, regular wieners/sausages, smokies/bratwurst
  • Fattier pepperoni/chicken sticks
  • Smoe seasoned chicken, tuna salad
Mixed Foods
  • Most sandwiches or short subs made with deli or processed meats
  • Some pizza (such as meat lovers), personal size pan pizzas, pastry-based pizza pockets, meat pot pies, sausage/ vegetable rolls, pasta with a cream based sauce
  • Some nut/seed bars and mixes (such as sesame snaps)
  • Many frozen entrees
Other Foods/Beverages
  • Most very small packages of candies/chocolates
  • Very small portions of frozen novelties not based on milk or fruit ingredients; dessert gelatins
  • Water (flavoured or not) with artificial sweeteners, diet soft drinks and non-carbonated drinks (decaf), most unfortified plain soy or potato drinks
  • Energy bars with sugars as first ingredient, artificially sweetened bars, many "low-carb" bars

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