Table 3.

Suggestions for healthy snack foods which are dentally friendly (Hunt 2003)

Food groups	Pre‐school and school age
Breads and cereals	Breads preferably whole grain, crackers, rolls, toast, muffins made with minimal amounts of sugar and unsweetened dry cereals
Fruit and vegetables	Raw vegetables and fruit pieces, grated vegetables and salads, vegetable juices fresh or unsweetened, frozen or canned fruit in their own juices
Milk and milk products	Milk, yoghurt without added sugar, cheese, yoghurt or cottage cheese dips, cheese spreads
Meat, seafood, chicken	Hard boiled eggs, cheese, pieces of lean meat and/or chicken, tuna or sardines, peanut butter and other spreads made from pureed nuts, seeds and legumes