What kinds of foods are best for snacks?
The best snacks are foods from one of the four food groups in Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide – Vegetables and Fruit, Grain Products, Milk and Alternatives and Meat and Alternatives. These foods provide essential nutrients for healthy growth and development. • Offer healthy choices such as vegetables and fruit, whole grain bread, buns or bagels, low sugar cereals, whole grain crackers, milk, yogurt, cheese, milk puddings, hard boiled eggs, or cooked lean deli meats such as turkey, chicken, beef or ham. • Avoid foods that are low in nutrients and high in calories, fat, sugar or salt. Look at the label to help you decide. • Avoid sugary beverages which provide calories and few nutrients. Offer water to satisfy thirst.
