Allergen Information & FAQs

ALLERGENS

Peanut free?

None of our current Zee Zees products contain peanuts.
The following items are made in peanut free facilities: Applesauce, Diced Fruit, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Hummus, Bean Dipz, Dried Fruit, Crackers, Half-Popped Popcorn, Fava Bean Crisps, Roasted Chickpeas, Graham Crackers, and all but one of our Soft Baked Bars (see more below).
Our Cocoa Soft Baked Bar is produced on a line that processes peanuts. A full cleanup and inspection take place after peanuts are processed on the line.

Tree Nuts free?

None of our current Zee Zees products contain tree nuts or coconut.
The following items are made in tree nut free facilities: Applesauce, Diced Fruit, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Hummus, Bean Dipz, Dried Fruit, Crackers, Half-Popped Popcorn, Fava Bean Crisps, and Roasted Chickpeas.
The following items are made in a facility that processes tree nuts and/or coconut: Our Soft Baked Bars and Graham Crackers.
Our Soft Baked Bars (besides the Cocoa flavor) and Graham Crackers are produced on a line that processes coconut. A full cleanup and inspection take place after coconut is processed on the line.
Our Cocoa Soft Baked Bar is produced on a line the processes tree nuts (including coconut). A full cleanup and inspection are taken place after tree nuts are processed on the line.

Sesame free?

None of our current Zee Zees products contain sesame.
Sesame is not present in most of our manufacturing facilities. Sesame is only present at the facility that produces our Cocoa Soft Baked Bar. A full cleanup and inspection take place after sesame is processed on the line.

Egg free?

None of our current Zee Zees products contain eggs.
he following items are made in egg-free facilities: Applesauce, Diced Fruit, Dried Fruit, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Hummus, Bean Dipz, Crackers, Fava Bean Crisps, Half-Popped Popcorn and Roasted Chickpeas.
Eggs are present at the facility that makes our Soft Baked Bars and Graham Crackers, with a full cleanup and inspection taking place after eggs are processed on the line.

Milk free?

The following snacks contain milk: Strawberry Crisp Snack Bar (all sizes).
Milk products are produced on the same line as our Soft Baked Bars and Graham Crackers. A full cleanup and inspection takes place after milk is processed on the line.
The following items are made in milk-free facilities: Applesauce, Diced Fruit, Dried Fruit, Hummus, Bean Dipz, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Half-Popped Popcorn, Fava Bean Crisps, and Roasted Chickpeas.

Soy free?

The following items do not contain soy: Applesauce, Diced Fruit, Dried Fruit, Crackers, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Half-Popped Popcorn, Fava Bean Crisps, and Roasted Chickpeas.
The following items are made in a soy-free facility: Applesauce, Diced Fruit, Half-Popped Popcorn, Fava Bean Crisps, and Hummus.
The following items are processed in the same facility in a different building than soy items: Dried Fruit, Sunflower Kernels, Roasted Chickpeas, and Trail Mix.
The following item is processed in a facility that also processes soy: Crackers. The facility that processes Crackers has soy segregated, and a full cleanup and inspection takes place when this allergen is processed on the line.
The following items contain soy: Soft Baked Bars and Graham Crackers.

Gluten free?

The following items are naturally gluten free and made in gluten/ free facilities: Applesauce, Diced Fruit, Dried Fruit, Hummus, Roasted Chickpeas, Sunflower Kernels, and Trail Mix.
The following items contain gluten: Snack Bars, Graham Crackers, and Crackers.

Pea & Pea Protein Free?

None of our current snacks contain peas or pea protein.
The following items are made in a pea and pea protein free facilities: all but one of our Soft Baked Bars (see more below), Graham Crackers, Crackers, some Diced Fruit (contact us for more information).
The following items are made in a facility that processes pea and pea protein on a separate line: Roasted Chickpeas, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Dried Fruit, Fava Bean Crisps, Half-Popped Popcorn (not currently, but facility does product testing with pea protein).
The following items are processed on the same line as pea and pea protein: Cocoa Soft Baked Bar, Applesauce, some Diced Fruit, Hummus & Bean Dipz.

Chickpea Free?

The following items contain chickpeas: Roasted Chickpeas, Hummus.
The following items contain no chickpeas as ingredients: Applesauce, Soft Baked Bars, Graham Crackers, Wheat Crackers, Diced Fruit, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Bean Dipz, Dried Fruit, Crackers, Half-Popped Popcorn and Fava Bean Crisps.
The following items are made in a chickpea free facility: Soft Baked Bars, Graham Crackers, and Crackers.
The following items are processed in a facility that processes chickpeas with no clean-up process after chickpeas are processed on the line: Sunflower Kernels, Dried Fruit, Trail Mix, Fava Bean Crisps.
The following items are processed in a facility that processes chickpeas: Applesauce*, some of our Diced Fruit (contact us for more information), Bean Dipz, and Half-Popped Popcorn (not currently, but facility does product testing with chickpeas). *Our Applesauce and Hummus share a facility, and sometimes a production line. A full cleanup takes place when Hummus/Chickpeas are processed on the line before they process Applesauce, but no allergen swab test is done.

Sunflower Oil & Lecithin Free?

The following items are made in a sunflower oil & lecithin free facility: some of our Diced Fruit (contact us for more information), Applesauce, Hummus, Bean Dipz.
The following items do not contain sunflower oil/lecithin, but are made in a facility that processes sunflower oil/lecithin on the same production line, with no special cleanup process: Roasted Chickpeas, Dried Fruit, Graham Crackers, and most of our Soft Baked Bars (see more below).
Our Cocoa Soft Baked Bar is produced at a separate facility, on a line the processes sunflower oil & lecithin. A full cleanup and inspection take place after this allergen is processed on the line.
The following items are made in a facility that processes high oleic sunflower oil on a separate production line from our snack: Crackers.
The following items contain sunflower oil and lecithin: Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Fava Bean Crisps, Half-Popped Popcorn, and Roasted Chickpeas.

Mustard Free?

None of our current Zee Zees products contain mustard.
The following items are made in a mustard free facility: Soft Baked Bars, Graham Crackers, Hummus, Bean Dipz, Diced Fruit, Applesauce, Crackers and Half-Popped Popcorn.
The following items are made at a facility that processes mustard: Roasted Chickpeas, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Dried Fruit, Fava Bean Crisps. A full cleanup and inspection takes place after mustard is on the line.

Fish, Shellfish, Crustaceans Free?

None of our current Zee Zees products contain fish, shellfish, or crustaceans.
Fish, shellfish, and crustaceans are not present at any of our facilities.

Flaxseed & Linseed Free?

None of our current Zee Zees products contain flaxseed or linseed.
Flaxseed and linseed are not present in any of our manufacturing facilities.

Poppyseed Free?

The following items are made in a poppyseed free facility: Graham Crackers, Crackers, all but one of our Soft Baked Bars (see last bullet), some Diced Fruit (contact us for more information, some Diced Fruit may be processed in a facility that contains poppyseed), Half-Popped Popcorn.
The following items are processed in a facility that processes poppyseed on a separate line: Roasted Chickpeas, Sunflower Kernels, Fava Bean Crisps, Dried Fruit, Trail Mix.
We are not currently able to report on if poppyseed is present at the facility that processes: Hummus & Bean Dipz, Applesauce, Cocoa Soft Baked Bar, and some Diced Fruit (contact us for more information).

View our Zee Zees Allergen Index to see a breakdown off allergens by individual product.

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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Vegan or vegetarian?

Most of our snacks are naturally vegan, and all our products are considered vegetarian.
The following item contains milk: Strawberry Crisp Snack Bar.
The following items contain honey: Honey Roasted Sunflower Kernels and Honey Cranberry Trail Mix.
Our Birthday Cake Grahams are not vegan.

Fat free?

Our Applesauce, Diced Fruit, and Dried Fruit are all naturally fat free.

Sugar Free?

While none of our products are completely sugar-free, our lowest sugar items are our Roasted and Spicy Sunflower Kernels, which contain 1 gram of sugar in each serving.

Additionally, many of our products have no added sugar, and only contain the sugar naturally found in fruit. In 2024/25 all of our Applesauce will transition to sugar free.

Please check the nutritional on individual product pages for more information.

Kosher?

The following items are kosher pareve: Applesauce, Hummus and Bean Dipz, Dried Fruit, Sunflower Kernels, Trail Mix, Crackers, Roasted Chickpeas, Half-Popped Popcorn and Fava Bean Crisps.
The following items are kosher dairy: Snack Bars and Graham Crackers. (Note that some of our Snack Bars and all our Graham Crackers do not contain milk, but kosher dairy is present at processing facility. See our "Milk Free?" section for more information.)
The following items are not kosher: Diced Fruit.

Artificial colors and flavors?

The majority of our snacks are colored and flavored naturally.
The following Applesauce contain the artificial food color Red #40: Cherry Extraordinary, Mixed Fruit, Strawberry Banana, Very Strawberry, Wild Watermelon.
Rock’n Blue Raspberry Applesauce contains Blue #1.
Super Sour Applesauce contains Blue #1 and Yellow #5.
Our team is always working on ways that we can improve our snack recipes for the future. Each product's ingredient list can be found on its product page.

SHELF LIFE AND DATING

Applesauce Cups: 18 months in DRY storage from Julian Production Date. Production code date on case and I/W packages.

Diced Fruit: 12 months in DRY storage from Julian Production Date. Production code date on case and I/W packages.

Dried Fruit: 55-75°F: 12 months from Julian Production Date. Production code date on case and I/W packages.

Soft Baked Bars: Received and stored DRY – 12 months shelf life from Julian Production Date. After THAWING from FROZEN – 30 days shelf life. Production code date on case and I/W packages.

Graham Crackers: 6 months in DRY storage from Julian Production Date. Production code date on case and I/W packages.

Roasted Chickpeas: 12 months in DRY storage from Julian Production Date. Production code date on case and I/W packages.

Sunflower Kernels: From Julian Production Date, 12 months at 40-60°F, 4 months at 61-80°F, 2 months at 81-100°F. Production code date on case and I/W packages.

Hummus & Dipz: 12 months in DRY storage from Julian Production Date. Production code date on case and I/W packages.

WHERE TO BUY

Where can I purchase your products?

Zee Zees is part of the National Food Group family. To learn more about getting Zee Zees into your school or facility cafeterias, contact National Food Group.