WG for School Vending Machines

If you're restocking your school's vending machines to offer healthier choices, whole grains are the way to go! The members of the Whole Grains Council offer an amazing array of great options.

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Barbara’s Bakery
Barbara's Bakery offers several great kid-friendly snacks including:

• Snackimals Wheat Free Oatmeal cookies, which are made with organic grains, pack 16g of Whole Grains in one serving of these delicious bite sized cookies.

• Original Organic Wild Puffs feature 10g of whole grains in one serving, along with Vitamin C, A, B12, D, B6, Iron, Riboflavin, Thiamin and Zinc, to name a few.

• Multigrain Cereal Bars are fruit juice sweetened and contain 10g of whole grains per serving. Available in Apple Cinnamon, Blueberry, Cherry, Raspberry, Strawberry and Triple Berry flavors.

• Fruit & Yogurt Bars provide 8 grams of whole grains in one bar and 25% of the USDA recommended daily allowance for calcium. Available in Apple, Blueberry, Cherry and Strawberry.

Barrel O’ Fun Snack Foods
Barrel O’ Fun Snack Foods offers a full line of 100% Whole Grain White and Whole Grain Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips and Corn Chips, under the Barrel O' Fun and Uno Grande brands. The chips are available in 16oz bulk, perfect portion and single serve sizes, and offer from 18 to 29 grams of whole grain goodness per serving.

Divinely D’lish
Divinely D'lish hand-makes wholesome energy bars. Kids love the chewy texture, flavor and how their bellies feel after they eat them. At 1.9 oz each, they are big enough for breakfast or as clean burning fuel for after-school activities. Wheat-free, high in fiber, rich in Omega 3’s, with no refined sugars, and a bounty of whole grains, Divinely D’lish bars keep kids fulfilled and their brains sharp. All bars certified organic by CCOF.

Four Yummy Flavors:
• Cheeky Cherry Chocolate – Pecan and Almond Granola with Organic Chocolate, Plump Bing Cherries and Tart Cranberries
• Haute Diggety Date - Pecan and Almond Granola with Organic Dates, and Organic Sultana Raisins
• Funky Figs and Cherries –Hazelnut, Walnut, Ground Flax Granola with Organic Black Mission Figs and Bing Cherries. Each bar contains 410mg Omega 3’s
• Nibble A Sultana - Hazelnut, Walnut, Ground Flax Granola with Organic Apricots and Organic Sultana Raisins. Each bar contains 410mg Omega 3’s

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Dr. Kracker
Dr. Kracker offers its popular line of organic flatbread crackers in 1-ounce packages for quick, ready-to-eat snacks. Five varieties are now available, all made with the same wholesome ingredients (whole grain spelt or whole grain wheat are the first ingredients listed on every pack and all include flax, sunflower and sesame seeds, for example) in a convenient new size. Included in the lineup is a snack pack for kids—Dr. Kracker's Krispy Graham Kracker—available in fun, colorful boxes with handles perfectly sized for little hands. Made with 100% whole grains and natural sweeteners, Krispy Graham Krackers are as nourishing as they are delicious. (The Rev. Sylvester Graham himself would love them!)

Earth's Best
Earth's Best makes natural and organic foods for babies and children, including Sesame Street products like O's cereal and instant oatmeal, as well as organic whole grain bars in four flavors: Apple Blueberry, Pear Raspberry, Carrot Raisin and Peach Banana.

Frito Lay
SunChips brand Multigrain Snacks offer great taste, great crunch and hearty whole grains. Available in Original, French Onion, Garden Salsa, and Harvest Cheddar flavors.

General Mills
General Mills offers a large variety of whole grain products to schools, including our well known brands of kid cereals, snack mixes, granola bars, and cereal bars. On average, children are not meeting the dietary guidelines recommended servings of whole grain, but brands like Cheerios and Nature Valley can help meet their needs. General Mills not only makes it easier to get the whole grain you are looking for, but also provides information on the benefits of whole grain and other educational resources at www.fs.bellinstitute.com

HomeFree
HomeFree offers a unique line of individually wrapped chocolate chip cookies and brownie chip cookies. Both are certified organic, Kosher pareve, and contain no cholesterol or trans fat. Made in a dedicated facility with no peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, dairy, or wheat (not gluten free). Kids with and without food allergies can all enjoy the same treat!

Kashi
Kashi offers crunchy and chewy granola bars, in several flavors. Crunchy: Roasted almond crunch, honey toasted 7 grain, and pumpkin spice flax; Chewy: Honey almond flax, peanut peanut butter, trail mix, and cherry dark chocolate.

Nature’s Path Organic Foods
Nature's Path now packages many of its great tasting organic cereals in kid-size "cereal cups" designed specifically for the school food service market. Choose from:
• Optimum Rebound
• Oaty Bites
• Pumpkin Flax Plus Granola
• Flax Plus Flakes
• Flax Plus Raisin Bran
• Optimum Power

Versatile cereal snack bags can be used as a "chip" alternative, breakfast, or snack. With this kind of nutrient-dense snack that includes high fiber and Omega-3 choices, you can eat whole grain cereal any time of the day! Choose from:
• Oaty Bites
• Optimum Rebound
• Pumpkin Flax Plus Granola (1 oz or 2 oz bags)
• 8 Grain Synergy Flakes
• Flax Plus Raisin Bran
• Optimum Power

Schools can also choose from a variety of organic snack bars in three lines.

Optimum Power Organic Energy Bars are great for Training Table Athletic Feeding Programs, too – in these flavors:
• Pomegran™ Cherry
• Orange Chocolate
• Peanut Butter
• Rebound High Protein / Post Workout
• Cranberry
• Blueberry, Flax & Soy

Nature’s Path Organic Granola Bars
• Peanut Butter
• Cranberry Ginger
• Flax Plus Pumpkin
• Apricot & Nut
• Hemp Plus (for colleges and universities)

EnviroKids Crispy Rice Bars
• Berry
• Peanut Butter
• Chocolate

NRG BARS
NRG BARS are an all natural energy bar made from nothing but real foods that taste delicious. They are great to eat as a snack or to fuel a workout. Made with all whole grains and organic ingredients. NRG BARS come in 4 delicious flavors: Chocolate Chip Coconut, Cranberry Almond, Lemon Flax and Pumpkin Ginger.

Quaker Oats
Quaker Crunchy Granola Bars provide 12g of whole grain in every bar! Quaker now also offers a variety of its healthy oat-based snack bars with 25% less sugar.

Roman Meal
Roman Meal is known for its bread – but now it makes snack bars, too! Roman Meal Snack Bars are 100% whole grain (no refined grain!) and come in three flavors: Apple Cinnamon, Cranberry Walnut and Oatmeal Raisin.