If I can stop one goal of the BIG food industry in the way I raise my daughter it would be this:
Refuse to buy junk food designed to be addictive that has no nutritional value.
And refusing to feed my daughter Pepperidge Farm Goldfish fits the bill brilliantly. But why is this snack something almost every child in America eats in the first place? Parents buy them by the gallon carton full at Costco. Preschools and day cares serve them. It’s time for this to stop.
First, let’s talk about what’s not on the label. The majority of wheat in this country is sprayed with glyphosate (Roundup weedkiller) as a drying agent before harvest (1), which is ending up in finished products on the shelf. Tests have specifically found residues of glyphosate in Goldfish Crackers (1). This chemical is known to cause cancer (2).
The cheese in Goldfish Crackers is not organic. That means it comes from factory farmed cows that were raised on an unhealthy diet of food that was not organic and probably sprayed with glyphosate and other pesticides (3). When you buy Goldfish crackers, you are supporting the industrial complex of crap food. And you don’t need to do that. Kids will be just fine without Goldfish Crackers and I will prove it to you.
When you combine the blood sugar spiking ingredient white flour, cheap oils likely produced with hexane with an addictive flavoring like autolyzed yeast which is just MSG disguised as another name – you create the perfect food for hooking your brain to crave it over and over again. Autolyzed yeast is an excitotoxin, purely used to increase food cravings and irresistibility, so you eat more than you should. I personally don’t want my child’s taste buds to be hijacked by foods like this. We need to stop the habit of brainless munching of low quality foods that has led millions of Americans to diseases like obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
But here’s the good news…
I put together a list of over 100 snacks that are a zillion times better than Goldfish Crackers.
This is for all the moms and dads out there who think they need Goldfish Crackers to have snacks on-the-go for their kids. You can stash any of these alternative snacks in your bag or car, or wherever you go and you’ll always have a healthy snack handy for your child that is non-white flour and non-white sugar.
It’s time to stop letting our kids get hooked on nutrition-less dead food! Big food has done of enough damage to our health. Let’s break their control together.
Over 100 Packaged Snacks A Zillion Times Better Than Goldfish Crackers For Your Kids
Choose organic whenever possible. I linked to the products to make shopping easy for you.
Note: this list doesn’t include the myriad of fresh fruits and vegetables and homemade snacks you can make in your kitchen – which are the snacks I offer most to my daughter.
Crunchy Snacks
1. Newman’s Own Spelt Pretzels
2. Unique Organic Sprouted Wheat Pretzels (the ones with sprouted whole wheat & olive oil)
3. Natierra Nature’s Organic Freeze-Dried Peas
4. Edward & Sons Vegetable Brown Rice Snaps
5. Edward & Sons Toasted Onion Brown Rice Snaps
6. Edward & Sons Black Sesame Brown Rice Snaps
7. Edward & Sons Brown Rice Snaps
8. Suzie’s Puffed Rice Thin Cakes
9. Lundberg Organic Brown Rice Cakes
10. Lundberg 5 Grain Thin Stackers
11. Lundberg Red Rice & Quinoa Thin Stackers
12. Lundberg Brown Rice Lightly Salted Thin Stackers
13. LesserEvil Organic Popcorn
15. Mary’s Gone Crackers Super Seed Crackers
16. Mary’s Gone Sea Salt Pretzels
18. Brad’s Sweet Potato Veggie Chips
19. Brad’s Cheddar Veggie Chips
20. Brad’s Red Bell Pepper Veggie Chips
21. Brad’s Broccoli Cheddar Veggie Chips
23. Barnana Plantain Chips Himalayan Pink Sea Salt
24. Barnana Plantain Chips Acapulco Lime
25. Barnana Plantain Chips Sea Salt & Vinegar
26. Doctor In The Kitchen Sea Salt Flackers
27. Doctor In The Kitchen Cinnamon & Currant Flackers
28. Doctor In The Kitchen Rosemary Flackers
29. Doctor In The Kitchen Savory Flackers
30. Hu Everything Grain-Free Crackers
31. Hu Sea Salt Grain-Free Crackers
32. Hu Pizza Grain-Free Crackers
37. Simple Mills Farmhouse Cheddar Crackers
38. Simple Mills Sprouted Seed Crackers
39. Simple Mills Sea Salt Crackers
40. Simple Mills Rosemary & Sea Salt Crackers
41. Simple Mills Garlic & Herb Sprouted Seed Crackers
42. Simple Mills Everything Sprouted Seed Crackers
43. Simple Mills Sundried Tomato & Basil Crackers
Savory Snacks
47. Artisana Organics Raw Cashew Butter
48. Artisana Raw Almond Butter Packets
49. Artisana Raw Walnut Butter Packets
50. Go Raw Sunflower & Pumpkin Fiesta Seed Mix
51. Go Raw Pumpkin, Sunflower & Watermelon Seeds Mix
52. Go Raw Pumpkin Seeds with Sea Salt
53. Go Raw Sprouted Organic Sunflower Seeds
56. Terrasoul Superfoods Raw Cashews
59. Food to Live Raw Macadamia Nuts
60. Elan Organic Raw Pistachios
62. Organic Wild Jungle Peanuts
64. The Good Bean Crispy Crunchy Chickpeas
65. Made In Nature Veggie Pops
66. Divine Organics Golden Princess Mix
67. Trail Mix (make your own with raw nuts, seeds, and dried fruit)
68. Nick’s Sticks 100% Grass-Fed Beef Snack Sticks
Sweet Snacks
69. Natierra Nature’s Freeze-Dried Bananas
70. Natierra Nature’s Freeze-Dried Beets
71. Thousand Lakes Freeze-Dried Bananas & Strawberries
72. Natierra Nature’s Freeze-Dried Mangoes
73. Natierra Nature’s Freeze-Dried Raspberries
74. Natierra Nature’s Freeze-Dried Strawberries
75. Natierra Nature’s Freeze-Dried Apples
76. Natierra Nature’s Freeze-Dried Tropical Fruits
77. Nova Scotia Organics Freeze-Dried Wild Blueberries
78. Nova Scotia Organics Freeze-Dried Pineapple Chunks
79. Next Organics Coconut Chips
80. Made in Nature Vietnamese Cinnamon Toasted Coconut Chips
81. Made In Nature Organic Maple Vanilla Coconut Chips
83. Purely Elizabeth Ancient Grain Granola Bars
84. Go Raw Choco Crunch Cookie Crisps
85. Go Raw Ginger Snap Cookie Crisps
86. Go Raw Organic Carrot Cake Cookie Crisps
87. Go Raw Organic Lemon Pie Cookie Crisps
88. North Coast Organic Apple Sauce
89. North Coast Organic Apple Sauce with Cinnamon
90. Peaceful Fruits Organic Fruit Strips
91. Blueberry Lemon Raw Crunch Bars
92. Evo Hemp Bars
93. Health Warrior Pumpkin Seed Bars
94. Barnana Coconut Chewy Banana Bites
97. Nud Fud Goji Chia Banana Crisps
98. Rhythm Crunchy Mango Bites
99. Rhythm Crunchy Pineapple Bites
100. Mavuno Harvest Dried Bananas
101. Made In Nature Apple Rings
102. Little Duck Organics Tiny Fruits
Chewy Snacks
103. Nature’s Wild Fruit & Snacking Nut Bites
104. Looney Pruney Organic Pitted Prunes
105. Newman’s Own Raisins Mini-Boxes
106. Navitas Naturals Goji Berries
107. Food To Live Dried Bing Cherries
108. Peeled Snacks Dried Mango
109. Made in Nature Dried Pineapples
110. Eden Organic Dried Cranberries
111. Navitas Organics Goldenberries
112. Made In Nature Dried Smyrna Figs
113. Made In Nature Dried Apricots
114. Navitas Organics Mulberries
115. Mavuno Harvest Dried Jackfruit
117. Pan’s Mushroom Jerky
Now there’s no excuse to ever buy Goldfish Crackers ever, ever again. Am I right?
Which of these snacks are you going to try? Tell me in the comments below!
And, please share this post to inform parents everywhere that it’s okay to stop buying Goldfish Crackers. There are over 100 better options now BOOM!
Xo,
Vani
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