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Vending Machine Sample List
Examples of Items that Meet CCHS Vending Machine Standards
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and inclusion on this list does not serve as an endorsement by CCHS.
This list does not contain every product that meets the standards, but it offers a sense of what types of products could be placed in healthier vending machines. As new foods meet the nutrition standards and/or food standards change, this list will be revised to reflect the changes.
Beverages
Bottled Water
- Any bottled water with no added caloric sweeteners
Seltzer and Flavored Water
- Any Seltzer and flavored water with no added caloric sweeteners
100% Fruit and Vegetable Juice
- Any 12 oz 100% juice (look at % juice on food label)
- Tropicana (all 100% juice)
- Ocean Spray (all 100% juice)
- Minute Maid (all 100% juice)
- Veryfine (all 100% juice)
- Welch's (all 100% juice)
- Juicy Juice (all 100% juice)
- Motts Apple Juice
- V-8 Fusion
- V-8 Low-Sodium 100% Vegetable Juice
- Campbell's Low-Sodium Tomato Juice
Fat-Free & 1% Low-Fat Milk and Plant-Derived Milks
- Any unflavored or flavored fat-free or 1% lowfat milk with no added caloric sweetener
Fruit Juice Drinks
- Any Fruit-based and vegetable-based drinks that are at least 50% fruit or vegetable juice without added caloric sweeteners and do not exceed 12 fluid oz.
- Fruit 66 Sparkling Fruit Juice
- Fruit 2O
- Izze Sparkling fruit drinks (Check Labels)
Low Calorie Drinks
- Drinks that contain 40 calorie or less per container
- Country Time Light
- Lemonade
- Sunkist Diet Sparkling Lemonade
- Tropicana (Light Lemonade, Light Fruit Punch, and Light Berry Blend)
- Hawaiian Punch Fruit Juicy Red
- Light V8 Splash (Diet Berry Blend and Diet Tropical Blend)
- Minute Maid Light Lemonade Snapple (Diet Noni Berry and Diet Cranberry Raspberry)
- SoBe (B-Energy Strawberry Apricot, Lean Fuji Apple Cranberry, Lean Raspberry Lemonade, and B-Energy Black Cherry Dragonfruit)
- Ocean Spray (Diet Sparkling Cranberry, Diet Blueberry, and Diet Cran-Pomegranate)
- Rockstar Zero Carb
- Rockstar Pink
Teas
- Drinks that contain 40 calorie or less per container
- Snapple (Diet Peach Tea, Diet Plum-a-Granate Tea, and Trop-A-Rocka Tea)
- Nestea (Diet Sweetened Lemon Ice Tea and Diet Green Tea)
- Brisk No Calorie Lemon Iced Tea
- Lipton (White Tea with Raspberry, Diet Green Tea with Watermelon, and Green Tea with Mixed Berry)
Hot Coffee and Tea, Vending
- Unsweetened coffee and tea, if condiments are provided milk/creamer must contain less fat than cream, like whole or 2% milk
Sports Drinks
- Drinks that contain 40 calorie or less per container
- Propel Zero (all flavors)
- Gatorade G2 Low Calorie (all flavors)
- Powerade Zero (all flavors)
Low-Calorie Soda
- Drinks that contain 40 calorie or less per container
- Diet Coke (also Lime and Vanilla)
- Coke Zero
- Sprite Zero
- Fresca
- Diet Mellow Yellow
- Diet Dr. Pepper (also Cherry Vanilla)
- Dr. Pepper 10
- Diet Sunkist
- Diet Sun Drop
- Diet 7-Up
- Diet Pepsi (also Lime, Vanilla, and Wild Cherry)
- Pepsi Max
- Diet Sierra Mist (also Cranberry Splash and Ruby Splash)
- Diet Mug Root Beer
- Diet Mug Cream Soda
- Diet Mountain Dew (also Code Red)
- Diet A&W Rootbeer
- Diet Stewarts Rootbeer
- Diet Stewarts Orange and Cream
- Schweppes Diet Ginger Ale
Snacks
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Many varieties of fresh fruit and vegetables work well in refrigerated vending machines.
Examples include:
- Apples (whole or sliced in packages)
- Oranges (whole or sliced in packages)
- Cut up fruit (melon, pineapple)
- Berries Grapes
- Baby Carrots
- Celery Sticks
- Grape or Cherry Tomatoes
Fruit Cups
Fruit cups in single-serve cups with less than 250 calories
Del Monte
- Diced Peaches, no sugar added
- Diced Pears, no sugar added
- Mixed Fruit, no sugar added
- Mandarin Oranges, no sugar added
- Pineapple Tidbits in 100% Juice
Dole
- Cherry Mixed Fruit in 100% Juice
- Diced Peaches in 100% Juice
- Mixed Fruit in Sugar Free Cherry Gel
- Mandarin Oranges in 100% Juice
- Mixed Fruit in 100% Juice
- Peaches in 100% Juice
- Tropical Fruit in 100% Juice
- Red Grapefruit Sunrise
- Frozen Fruit Cups (Blueberry, Pineapple, and Sliced Strawberry)
Schwann's
- Fruit to Go Cup
Applesauce
Applesauce in single-serve pack with less than 200 calories
Matern
- Go-Go Squeeze Applesauce on the Go (Apple Banana, Apple Cinnamon, Apple Peach, Apple Strawberry, Apple)
Musselman's
- Natural Totally Fruit Applesauce (Peach and Strawberry)
Motts
- Natural
Fruit Snacks
Fruit snacks in single-serve packs with less than 200 calories and made from 100% fruit
Kettle Valley Fruit Snacks
Sensible Foods Snacks
- Stretch Island
- Fruit Leather (Orchard Cherry, Abundant Apricot, Harvest Grape, Autumn Apple, Ripened Raspberry, Mango Sunrise, and Summer Strawberry)
Dried Fruit
Dried fruit in single-serve packs with less than 200 calories and no added sugars
Brothers-All-Natural
- Fruit Crisps (Strawberry Banana, Fuji Apple, Asian Pear, Strawberry, Banana, Peach, Pineapple, Apple Cinnamon, Mixed Berry, and Mandarin Orange)
Sun-Maid
- Raisins
- Apricots
- Pitted Plums
- Fruit Bits
- Apples
- Mixed Fruit
- Tropical Trio
- Goldens (raisins) and Cherries
Azar Nut Co.
- Raisins
Crispy Green
- Crispy Fruit (Apple, Asian Pear, Banana, Mango, and Pineapple)
Crunchies Food Company
- Freeze Dried Fruit (Cinnamon Apple, Mango, Mixed Fruit, Pear, and Pineapple)
Funky Monkey Fruit That Crunches
- Freeze Dried Fruit (Applemon, Bananamon, Carnaval Mix, Jivealime, MangOJ, Pink Pineapple, and Purple Funk)
Bare Fruit
- Apple Chips (Cinnamon Apple, Fuji Red, and Granny Smith)
Yogurt
Yogurts listed are 6 oz. servings or less (no more than 22g total sugar for 6 oz. serving)
Dannon
- Light N' Fit (all flavors)
- Oikos 0% Greek (all flavors)
- Light & Fit 60 Calorie Packs (all flavors)
- Activia Light (all flavors)
Yoplait
- Light (all flavors)
- Light with Fiber (all flavors)
- Light Thick & Creamy (all flavors)
- Greek 100 (all flavors)
Breyers
- Light (all flavors)
Stonyfield
- 0% Fat, Smooth and Creamy (all flavors)
- 0% Fat, Fruit on the Bottom (all flavors)
- Oikos 0% Greek (all flavors)
- Low-fat, Smooth and Creamy (expect Peach)
- Low-fat, Smooth and Creamy (except Mango Honey)
Wallaby
- Non-fat (all flavors)
- Low-fat (only Key Lime and Vanilla Bean)
- Low-fat Down Under (only Passion Peach)
Fage
- Total 0% (except Honey)
Siggi's
- Non-fat (all flavors)
Chobani
- 0% (all flavors)
Nuts/Seeds/Nut Products
Nuts and seeds are 1 oz., unless otherwise noted
Blue Diamond
- Almonds 100 Calorie Pack (Lightly Salted, Whole Natural, Cinnamon Brown Sugar, Dark Chocolate, Sea Salt, and Wasabi and Soy Sauce)
Emerald Nuts
- Almond 100 Calorie Packs (Dry Roasted, Cocoa Roasted, and Natural)
Planters Peanuts
- Dry Roasted Honey Roasted Salted
David
- David in Shell Original Sunflower Seeds (Original, Bar-B-Q, and Ranch, 1.75 oz.)
Azar Nut Co.
- Peanuts (Roasted, Salted)
- Pumpkin Seeds (Ranch)
- Sunflower Kernels (Honey Roasted or Roasted and Salted)
Sunrich Natural
- Chili Limon Pepitas Pumpkin Seeds
- Blaze-In' Hot Sunflower Kernels
- Lightly Salted Pepitas Pumpkin Seeds
- Lightly Salted Sunflower Kernels
Kar's Nuts
- Roasted, Salted Cashews
- Salted Almonds
- Salted Peanuts
- Sunflower Kernels
- Original Trail Mix
Mr. Nature
- Salted Almonds
- Salted Cashews
- Salted Peanuts
- Unsalted Trail Mix
- Fat Free Oriental Mix
- Aloha Mix
Granola & Cereal Bars
Quaker Chewy
- Chocolate Chip
- Chocolate Swirl
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
Kashi TLC Chewy Granola Bars
- Honey Almond Flax
- Chewy Trail Mix
- Cherry Dark Chocolate
- Dark Mocha Almond
- Peanut Butter
Kashi TLC Crunchy Granola Bars
- Honey Toasted 7-Grain
- Pumpkin Spice Flax
- Roasted Almond Crunch
General Mills Cereal Pouches
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch On-The-Go Pouch
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch Crisps
- Cocoa Puffs Cereal On-The-Go Pouch - Reduced Sugar
Corazonas Foods
- Corazonas All Natural Oatmeal Squares (Banana Walnut, Blueberry, Chocolate Brownie Almonds, Chocolate Chip, Cranberry Flax, and Peanut Butter)
Luna
- Vanilla Almond
- Blueberry
- Toasted Nuts and Cranberry
- Chocolate Raspberry
- Dulce de Leche
Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars
Pop Tarts (single packet only)
- Strawberry
- Blueberry
- Brown Sugar Cinnamon
- Hot Fudge Sundae
Nabisco 100 Calorie Snacks (check labels)
Gum
- Any sugar-free gum
- Trident (sugar-free)
- Stride (sugar-free)
- Orbit (sugar-free)
- Eclipse (sugar-free)
- Extra (sugar-free)
Cookies
Otis Spunkmeyer
- Delicious Essential Reduced Fat 51% Whole Grain Cookies, 1.5 oz. or less (Carnival, Chocolate Brownie, Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, and Sugar)
Readi-Bake
- 1.2 oz. or less
- 51% Whole Grain ABC Graham Crackers
- 51% Whole Grain Dots Graham Crackers
- 51% Whole Grain Sports Graham Crackers
Barbara's Snackimals
- Vanilla
Chips
1 oz., unless otherwise noted
- Baked! Lays Potato Crisps (Original, BBQ, Sour Cream and Onion, and Southwestern Ranch)
- Baked! Doritos Nacho Cheese
- Baked! Tostitos Scoops!
- Frito Lay Baked Chips
- Doritos Reduced Fat (Cool Ranch, Spicy Sweet Chili, and Nacho Cheese)
- Genisoy Soy Crisps
- Michael Season's Baked Potato Crisps (Sweet Barbeque)
- Popchips 0.8 oz bags (Barbeque, Cheddar, Jalapeno, Original, Parmesan Garlic, Salt & Pepper, Sea Salt & Vinegar, and Sour Cream & Onion)
- Baked Wise Original
- Dr Sears Whole Grain Popumz (BBQ, Ranch, and Cheddar)
- Glenny's Whole Wheat Popped Crispy Chips (Sea Salt)
- Stacy's Pita & Bagel Chips
- Snikiddy Baked Fries
- Flat Earth Chips
- Quaker Tortillaz
Crackers
1 oz. unless otherwise noted
- Wheat Thins Multigrain
- Wheat Thins Hint of Salt
- Wheat Thins 100-Calorie Pack
- Cheez-It Reduced Fat Crackers
- Keebler Graham Crackers
Popcorn & Pretzels
1 oz. or less
- Jonny Rapp's (Lite White Cheddar Popcorn and Lite White Popcorn)
- Mini Pops Air Popped Sorghum Grain (Baby White Cheddar, Itty Bitty Butter, Subatomic Sea Salt)
- Herr's Light Popcorn
- Wise Reduced Fat Butter
- Pirates Booty Popcorn (except Veggie & Pizza)
- Newman's Own 94% Fat Free Popcorn
- Snyder's (Old Tyme, Mini Pretzels, Pretzel Stix)
Entrees
Healthy Choice
- Some, but check labels
Lean Cuisine
- Some, but check labels
This list was modified from the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) vending machine standards.