I get asked this question a lot!
Now, I am no expert, but what I have done is find some packaged snacks at the supermarket that I would feel okay about feeding my kids occasionally.
They aren’t all necessarily super-nutritious, but I think they are superior to the majority of packaged snacks out there.
We all know that fresh and homemade snacks are best for kids. If you are in the supermarket, grab a piece of fruit, a punnet of cherry tomatoes, some baby qukes, some plain organic nuts or organic dried fruit without additives. This is your best bet.
The problem with any pre-packaged snacks is that they are processed. The processing can strip food of nutrients and change the way your body uses it as fuel. Processed foods, in my opinion, should be considered as sometimes foods.
I have included the ingredients list for each product and the link to the website so you can determine for yourself if the snack is suitable for your family’s dietary needs.
A couple of things you should be aware of :
*if you choose corn or soy products that are not organic and don’t specifically say no GMO’s, then you run the risk of that product containing GMOs. Check out the True-Food Network for more info.
*there is some controversy about sunflower oil and inulin.
*if a product says vegetable oil, chances are it’s canola – we don’t eat canola oil.
I am not here to judge anyone about what they eat! Everyone is on their own health journey – this just happens to be where we are right now. Hopefully, armed with a bit more information, you can make your own choices about what you feed your cherubs.
five:am organic yoghurt
Wholebar by Artisse Organic 
Carman’s Classic Fruit Muesli Bar
Coles Organic Salted Popcorn
Nudie houston
Macro raw food bar
Emma and Tom’s Life Bars
eatrite brown rice crackers
Pure Harvest brown rice cakes
Superfoods for Kidz Berry Choc Chunk Bars
Ingredients: Organic Rice Malt, Dark Chocolate Cacao, Pea Protein Isolate, Whole Cranberries, Organic Coconut, Sultanas, Water Hulled Tahini, Organic Cocoa, Flaxmeal, Sunflower Seeds, Certified Organic Cacao, Organic Cacao butter, Organic Agave Syrup, Organic Vanilla Beans, Himalayan Crystal Salt, Certified Organic Acai Berries, Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Cranberry, Gojiberry, Mango, Beetroot, Calcium Citrate, Fruit Trim, Chia Seeds, Fructoolgosaccharides (Prebiotic).
So, there you have it – my best picks from the supermarket and online – do you have any to add?
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I’d love to try out the Superfoods for Kidz Vital Veggie Power. It looks like a great way to smuggle the goodness of veggies into my fussy 21mth old! Thanks NNAM for another great giveaway! 🙂
My kids aren’t bad at eating veggies but I think we could all do with some more, so I’d love to try the Vital Veggie Powder from Superfoods for Kidz!
Berry Choc Chunk drink sounds good!
I must say I am very conscious about the amount of sugar that my kids have in their food. Quite surprisingly a lot of the bars, yogurts and juices made for kids are jam packed with sugar which is a huge worry. I really like the idea of the berry choc chunk bars they sound fabulous!
Vital Veggie powder for me too. That looks fantastic. 🙂
Hi,
Thank you for this info, i also start to be cautios with what I put to children as there were so many bad health news around us.
I would love to try the veggie power next time I check into Superfood for kids. Liked you and superfood kids on facebook. Surbscribed to you blog as well. Thanks again and good luck to me ;D
I love the Five:Am Yoghurt and my husband’s a big fan of the Carmen’s bars 🙂 The joy of these snacks are that most of them can be easily enjoyed by adults too!
I would love to try the C Berry Blast for myself as I have health problems preventing me receiving adequate nutrition from foods but also for my soon to be toddler when he starts refusing foods as is bound to happen, at the moment he loves his fruit and veggies though!
Yum! The Berry Choc Chunk (powdered drink) looks yummo, I think I’d replace my Milo with it! (one of a few ‘naughties’ we have).
We are recent converts to Coconut Sugar, and I really love that this powder is a relatively low GI drink that’s packed with good nutrients! My son might even be fighting me for it!
Really like your list of “ok’d” packet foods. Our list looks very similar.
Just wanted to note that we pop our own corn and it’s an absolute favourite 🙂
I wasn’t aware of the GM factor if it’s not organic though, so might take a look at your links. Thanks 🙂
Yum, those berry choc chunk bars are like crack (addictive) I have to hide them in our house!! Misty LOVES those Pure Harvest rice cakes too, he can munch on them all day long 🙂
Having just embarked on my own healthier living journey, and loving my green smoothies in the morning, I am about to do the same with my 3 & 5 year old. So Vital Vege Powder would be my pick for their green smoothies.
Vital Vegie powder sounds great for my kids who need extra vegies in my opinion!
I like the look of Berry Choc Chunk – 300g to use in baking as I’m always looking for a sugar alternative.
I have only tried the vital veggie powder with my 2 yr old, would love to try the berry choc chunk powder in her smoothies x
Five:am yoghurt is the best!!! Great list Sonia – I will seek our those Emma and toms bars, they sound yummy.
they are very yummy ! 🙂
I’d love to try the c berry blast. We’ve tried the other superfood for kids products and loved them!
Great topical post!
I have LIKED both pages:) I would love to try the Vital Vegie Powder…you can never eat enough vegies in my opinion!
Jo
Hi! I would really love to be the winner of this box of yummy nutritious Superfoods for Kidz Berry Choc Chunk Bars!! The Berry Choc Powder would be another, though they do all look great and I have been wanting to buy up big from them for a long time!
As far as other ingredients go they are pretty good, but they mostly have too much sugar for me. Fortunately for me my daughter loves vegies.
Yes, that was my thought about so many of the snacks in this post too – many are packed full of sugar. And it may be ‘natural’ / no added sugar, but fructose is fructose is fructose unfortunately…
They look great Sonia. Your daughter looks goreous and her skin and eyes just glow good health. Well done to you as a mum 🙂
I love the 5am yoghurts – just bought some more this morning and I freeze the power packs for my sons lunchbox. I will keep my eye out for some of the other products you have shown.
Great suggestions there Sonia and very apt with school about to start. Bookmarked 🙂
thanks Sabeen – I hope you found it useful 🙂
It would be nice to switch out Milo after school with berry Choc chunk….small steps in the right direction !
I would have to say the veggie vital powder. While we eat heaps of veggies during summer we eat alot of salads and with a 1 year old I just want to make sure he is getting enough, if not more veg than he needs as he is very, very active!
I would like to try the vital vege powder. You can never eat enough veg
I’m so glad you wrote how you are not here to judge anyone on what they choose to eat, it does anoy me when some bloggers think they are better then others because they eat what they believe is the “perfect” diet. your an inspiration Natural mum =P
thanks David – I can’t judge because I’m not perfect and because judging isn’t very nice anyway! 😉
I want to try the berry choc chunk bars, because the kid inside of me needs more omega 3’s but I find it difficult to afford fish and other supplyments… they also look super Scrumptious!!
Thanks for doing all the homework for us!! I’ve been wanting to try the Vital vege Powder due to Mr 7 (today) being so fussy. Saying that, he ate all his dinner last night and even tried a grape tomato and said he is willing to try something new every day!
My kids already love the Vital Veggie Powder, and actually ASK me to put it in things because it tastes yummy! I’d love to try the C Berry Blast 😉
Going to try the Vital Veggie Power for my kids. My 4yr old has ASD and super super fussy so doesnt eat veggies at all. Really like the look of this product. And definetly going to try the Berry Choc Chunk as its hard to find healthy snacks that are also gluten free.
I would say the vital veggie powder but more for my partner than for my son!!
The berry choc powder would be my second “awesome” choice after the bars, as my boys love choc but not berries….which drives me nuts as they are full of goodness!!
I’d add it to smoothies but mostly to homemade “power balls”
Yum – I would get the C Berry blast for my kids… Even I would like to try that one… Sounds so full of goodness that would compliment their already ‘improving’ good diets.
We have both the Vital Veggie Powder and Berry Choc Chunk at home, so I would really love to try the Berry Choc Chunk bars for my kids
I’m a big fan of the Nutraorganics guys and their Superfood for Kidz range. The only one i haven’t currently got in my cupboard is the C berry Blast!
berry choc chunk sounds very yummy, not just for kids either!
Berry choc chunks sounds great for our yogurt and smoothies.
I would love to try the Vital Veggie Powder!!! I currently use Spirulina in our morning smoothie – but it turns it black :/
Already been a liker and subscriber to both for a while now, love all the great products, recipes, and inspiration 🙂
I like the sounds of the vital veggie powder. It would be great to add to my cooking just giving them the boost their little growing bodies need!
the vital veggie power looks great!!! thanks for all the snack suggestions!!
Vital veggie powder for us too, your list looks like my emergency snack stash, usually eaten by me!
I would really like to try the Lunchbox Bars, they sound great and sometimes struggle to find quick and healthy morning tea option.
Thank you for this post! I have three hungry kids and I would love to say I make every single thing that enters their mouths from scratch but that would be a LIE! We usually have Carmens fruit free muesli bars in the pantry for those emergencies…and the choc coated ones, but oh my, I don’t know how they got in there 😉
I would lov to try the berry choc chunk bars – a treat that’s good for you – yay!!!!
The berry choc powder would be great to use in baking – would love to try it 🙂
I would like to try Berry Choc Chunk mixture next. I have the Vital Veggie power and already add that to heaps of foods and drink.
I’d love to try the vital veggie powder. Love sneaky veggies ; )
I would love to try the Vital Veggie Power – we have to hide veggies in my 7 year olds food – it totally goes against my feelings about being honest with food – but it is the only thing that works for him at the moment 🙁
I’d like to try the Berry Choc Chunk powder. This would be a heathy way to get calcium into kids who won’t drink plain milk.
BERRY CHOC CHUNK drink for me to replace my hot choclate addiction and the VITAL VEGGIE powder for my daughter who refuses to eat greens except for cucumber and i as so over cucmber everyday. Loved it but everyday.
The Vital Veggie Power looks great, I could add it to lots of dishes for an extra dietary boost each day!
Oh these BERRY CHOC CUNK bars look like the pefect addition to my miss 5 first school lunchbox! As a stay at home mum im SUPER nervous about sending my eldest off to school next week but im trying to redirect all my anxiety into researching all the best options to add to her lunchbox(thanks for the help!!!!) We use the vital veggie powder at home in our meals-even daddy cant spot it! but id also like to try the berry blast so i could whip up a yummy smoothie to start the kids off each day!
I would love to try the Berry Choc Powder – replace the milo the kids ask for…
Thanks for the opportunity. Love reading your take on ways to keep us all healthy.
The Vital Veggie Power looks like a great way to get kids to still get enough veggies in their diet until they get through the whole “vegetables suck” stage.
I’d never heard of the ‘superfoods for kidz’ brand before your post so thanks for that! The Vital Veggies powder looks interesting. I have a terrible time getting my girls to take vitamins, but I can imagine this would be easy to hide in a sauce or a muffin. I know fresh veggies are the best thing for them but when they hit one of those fussy eating stages this would be a great back up.
I’d like to try the berry choc chunk, it sounds awesome
I like thall 3 of the kids (and big kids) powders! And I have them all in my pantry as well 😉 But I have not purchased a box of the bars yet – so maybe this will be my lucky chance to get some.
I think the Vital Vege Powder would benefit this household, nothing better than a sneaky sprinkle of powder that the kids will never detect, then veges done and dusted (evil laugh) hehe
What a great blog..kids REAL nutrition so important! BERRY C blast ( really they are all great, aren’t they?)is what I would love to use..for my active toddlers girls and my pre teen ASD son, who’s nutritional needs are SO important for both is incredible growth spurt and his amazing, but often challenging, complex life. Lets not forget parents too!!
I think the berry choc chunk powder sounds awesome and I have seen some of their recipes using it & want to try it 🙂
ive tryed the berry choc chunk bars didnt make it to mr 5s lips better luck next time son lol the coles popcorn,rice cakes and carmels bars are a stable though thanks great post
Extra conscious of what we are eating now with a toddler in the house again, I’m also noticing how we’ve “slipped” into bad habits with the older kids (12 and 13). I think they’d like the berry choc chunk bars (even the fussy one) and I’d also like to try the VITAL VEGGIE POWER as Miss 12 is shocking with veggie consumption and trying new foods.
I would like to try the C Berry Blast to help support my kids’ immune systems. I already use the Vital Veggie Powder and know it’s fantastic, so I’m sure the others would be just as brilliant.
I would love to try the Vital Veggie Power, an easy way to get extra veges into the kids! 🙂
we love the c berry blast in our smoothies… delicious.
I have already liked there page. I would like to try the Vital Veggie power anything to get abit of extra veg in for everyone. The C Berry Blast sounds great too
I would definitely like to try the vital veggie powder!
would love to try berry choc chunk bars. they look yum!
I would try the berry choc chunk powder! My kids beg me for Milo smoothies and I often give in because I can sneak a bananna and some chia seeds in but I’d love them to be even healthier and this looks like a great alternative!
I have all 3 kids powders & my boys enjoy them. I use vital vegie powder the most. I would love to try the bars 🙂
I would love to try the vital veggie powder
As well as the Berry Choc Chunk bars I would love to try the Vital Vegie Powder as it would be great to be able to add an extra vegie burst to all of the meals that I make.
I would say I would like to try the vital veggie power if I’ve remembered the name right. My boys are pretty good but my middle child us rather difficult to get any good nutrients into !!! Cheers fleur 🙂 hope I’ve entered properly
I would love to give my kids C berry blaster:)
I think Vital Vege Powder is something that would be really beneficial to “smuggle” into my kids 🙂
I will definitely be trying the Vital Veggie Power. Any alkaline greens I’ve tried before have tasted awful and been in a course powder form (so they do not blend into food well or easily), hence I have been unable to incorporate them into my 2 little girls’ meals. They are so important though, so I would love to try the Vital Veggie Power and see if that does the trick!
Oh these look awesome. I would like to try the vital veggie powder and the berry choc chunk drink sounds good.. It would be great to add extra nutrients into various recipes. It is hard to find nutrient rich prepackaged food. Be good to be able to source some new brands.
Like both pages, would like to try the vital veggie powder. Good Luck everyone 🙂
Ive just purchased the Berry Choc Chunk powder to try 🙂
Done, done & done.
I already use the C Berry Blast in baking. I made pancakes with it yesterday. I would love to try the berry chock chunk in smoothies for my children.
I would like too try the Vital Veggie Power, knowing that my kids have had a good boost of vitamins and minerals before the go too school gives me comfort that if they dont eat all their lunch or if there are a few germs hanging around, that their bodys have got the nutrients in them not only too help them concentrate at school but fight for them 🙂
Berry Choc chunk powder
I want to introduce “Vital Vege Powder” for smoothies.
Definitely the Vital Veggie Powder! Perfect in a banana smoothie or just in water.
I would love to try VITAL VEGGIE POWER, thanks for the great giveaway!
C Berry Blast would be great keeping colds and flu at bay with 3 small kids here xxx
I would love to try the VITAL VEGGIE POWER on my little one. She’s 3 and thinks she can make up her own mind on what to eat and what not to eat. I ask her to try her veggies and she tells me in a stern, angry voice ‘no mummy, I told you.’
I’m not entering the competition but these are all great and healthy tips for snacks! Thanks for sharing!
Great give away i subscribe by email and follow both pages on facebook as mellie jane.
I might like to try BERRY CHOC CHUNK.
I would love to try the vital veggie powder too, you can never have enough veggies!!!
berry choc chunk for sure! my kids love their vegies but something to make “milo” or toppings instead of sugar / etc for cereal or to add to baking would be awesome!
I would love to try the C BERRY BLAST the kids i think would love them..
Some kids can be such picky others, while others just can’t tolerate certain foods… great round up!
The C Berry Blast would be the go in our house!
I have ordered all three of the powders to try with the kids. My son loves smoothies for breakfast and “chocolate” milk and I cant wait to sprinkle some on my daughters yogurt.
The C Berry Blast for sure!
Love the Vital Vegie Power. Would love to try C Berry Blast on the kids too. 🙂
I’d love to try the Vital Veggie Powder!
I would love to try the vegie power, the only catch is finding one that doesn’t have tomatoes, berries or citrus in it as one of our daughters can’t have any of those ingredients 🙂
Difficult to choose between Berry Choc Chunk & C Berry Blast. I think my kids would love them mixed with milk or yoghurt.
I have ‘liked’ the Superfood for Kids FB page for a while but I’m yet to try out any products. I’d love to try the vital veggie powder for my toddler but mostly for my veggie-avoiding husband!
I’m a newsletter subscriber and like your FB page.
We would love to try the berry choc chunk powder as I reckon it would go great in the raw nut and dried fruit bars we make 🙂
Vital Veggie powder – great way to sneak the veges in
I look forward to reading your blogs, thank you!!!! Would live to try Berry Choc Chunk not only will my kids love this but I know I will too hehe!!!
Berry Choc Chunk sounds Devine!!! Look forward to reading your blogs…
I would like to (and will) try the Vital Veggie Powder. My 3 yr old son used to eat everything I gave him but has been so picky for a while now & hardly eats any fruit and veges. I just keep offering them and have faith that he will come back to them but it would make me feel better to know that he is getting something good into him in the meantime.
i used to love ‘happy baby’ brand for a quick snack , but i can always smell a strong plastic like smell which turns me off
I have never heard of that one Keryn – where do you get it from?
When I play golf I take a Carman bar along with a couple of apples. I eat it at about hole 12 when I need a bit of a pick me up. I love them.
We don’t take packaged food to school but have it available for sometimes food. Thanks for the heads up and making it a bit easy to find some better choices. Will be checking out the popcorn.
great snack Annaleis. I must get into some golf!
Berry Choc chunk bars would definetly be a hit here. So many healthy ingredients included in the recipe. I always feel guilty when I buy bar type products from the supermarket for my 2 girls. 1 is just starting to feed herself, and isn’t liking the texture of non cooked fruits and vegetables at the moment. It makes taking out snacks a hassle, as packaged bars are a very convenient go to for us at the moment. Particularly when we’re out and about in places where I’m not able to use a high chair!
I spent $150 on all three powders and have to say the kids have a problem with all of them. The veggie powder changes foods colour which they didn’t like and also changes it’s taste and won’t dissolve in water.
The berry choc chunk won’t dissolve and they don’t like the chunky bits!!
The berry blast I’ve used once and it doesn’t dissolve in drinks either. My kids don’t like the floaties!!! Soo picky! The veggie powder is ok ( they haven’t discovered it) in spag bog which is good. Is there an ideas page on how to use these products snd have them hidden for my seriously picky eaters!!
HI Holly! The powders won’t dissolve in water but they can be added to any foods. So you can bake with them as well. My kids don’t notice when I mix Vital Vege into meals. Maybe use less and work up as they get used to the taste. Use the berry choc chunk and the berry blast in smoothies – just a teaspoon. There are loads of ideas on the Superfoods for Kidz facebook page and website for ideas on how to use. 🙂
The Munchkin regularly enjoys Whole Kids fruit bars – a quick addition to the lunchbox on creative days! He also has organic popcorn and corn chips, although I tend to buy the bigger packets and pop a serve into his snack container, rather than buying the smaller packs.
Some Great snack ideas!! I will be checking out a few of these in the shops thats for sure!!
I love the Five:AM Vanilla Bean yoghurt drink for mysself 🙂
Can you tell me if the ‘Superfoods for kids’ one is a smooth bar texture?? Or are any others smooth textured??
My fussy child who wont eat quite a lot of snack foods (but will DEMOLISH a bowl of mummies home made pumpkin soup – with 300 hidden veg LOL), will only eat ‘snack’ food bars that seem to have a chocolate content, and wont eat anything with visible nuts.
The other bad thing is that we cant give them anything containing nuts for school!
As for other snack foods – I know they’re not exactly packaged, but I make my own sultanas that Mr Fussy will eat, and dried apple rings that his brother will eat.
Well, even though they cant take the Macro Raw Food Bar to school, because of the nut content, I bought one of each last night, and tried them on the kids – unfortunately, as soon as Connor found that they had nuts in them, he didnt like them (this is the boy who can tell one brand of butter or cheese from another – he has a future as a food taster if he wasnt so fussy!)
His brother also didnt like them unfortunately, so not even a home snack :-(((
Ah well – maybe I can find something LOL
Great list ta!
I would add Vita Wheat 100% natural rice crackers.
Even though the brand suggests it these don’t contain wheat!
Great tip thanks Sonia xx
Thanks a lot for this info. I thought I was feeding my kids very healthy, until someone pointed out the amount of sugar certain snacks have.
Out of curiosity, why don’t you eat canola oil?What is bad about it?
Thanks in advance
Hi Karen, it is usually a genetically modified food and I don’t like eating vege oils that are heated 🙂 🙂