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Frequently Asked Questions
All our snacks are baked in a completely nut-free facility. Peanuts, tree nuts and sesame are not used in any of our ingredients, nor are they present in our manufacturing facility so there is no risk of cross contamination.
All of our ingredient statements and nutritional information are available on our Snacks pages.
All products that are designed for school meals are considered “whole grain rich” and have a minimum of 16g of whole grains, meeting or exceeding the USDA nutritional requirements for a one (1) ounce grain equivalent. Our snacks are certified by the Whole Grain Council, assuring that at least half of the grains used in the recipe are whole grain.
Where Darlington® and Appleways® products may be frozen to extend shelf life, Darlington Snacks does not advise freezing our snacks due to the unknown process our customers may take to complete freezing. When freezing a product, the best method is flash freezing, and storing products at or below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Thawing should be done at room temperature at least 24 hours before consumption, and promptly served and consumed. This will allow the moisture in snacks to balance throughout the bars or cookies. We do not recommend freezing any of our Crispy Bites, Mini Wafers, Crispy Crackers, Animal Crackers and Spikerz™.
Our snacks are all labeled with the “BEST BY” date identifying the date for enjoying the best eating experience. Our cookies or bars will grow stale eventually and become dry. This is a natural process that is simply the gaining or the loss of moisture in the product. During this process, the product does not spoil.
It is okay. However, it will shorten shelf life of the product. It will cause the moistures to become more active and will dry or absorb more than it started with.
NO. Darlington Snacks offers several products in our crispy line that come in what we call “Bulk” packaging. The bulk cases weigh 5.0 Lbs. (pounds), containing four (4) 20.0 oz (ounce) packed bags of snacks per case.
All our snacks are classified as RTE (ready to eat) shelf stable.
An ounce equivalency is a term that was developed by the USDA. This term means that the product contains at least 16g of “creditable grain” in each serving. Some serving sizes that Darlington Snacks offers include 2-ounce equivalencies. Some other terms used in the past are bread equivalent, grain equivalent, and “a bread”.
A creditable grain item is made from grains that are whole-grain flour, whole-grain meal, corn masa, masa harina, hominy, enriched flour, enriched meal, bran, germ, or be an enriched product, such as enriched bread, or a fortified cereal. (Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs – USDA)
The FDA mandates that any of the main 8 allergens (Milk, Eggs, Fish, Crustacean shellfish, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Wheat, Soybeans) contained in a product are listed on the original outer packaging. If you receive a generic packaging that does not list an ingredient statement, you can reference our website, or ask your foodservice provider for more information about the product in question.
At Darlington Snacks sesame seeds are NOT used anywhere in our manufacturing bakery, so there is no risk of cross contamination.
Oh my, YES! The sky is not the limit is what we like to say. You can utilize our snacks as add-ons to yogurts, dips, salads, and soups. They can also be used as crusts, sandwich topping, or part of other mixes.
We do not have any offerings yet that are gluten free. However, keep checking back as we are always developing new cookies, crackers, bars, and many other types of snacks.
Not all snacks are code dated. When you review a product specification, it will tell you if an item contains a code on each wrapper or not.
We strive to keep our product line-up current with new flavors and snack types, and we do say goodbye to snacks that have had their day. With that, the all-time favorite and most popular snack across all markets we serve are our Appleways Whole Grain Soft Oatmeal Bars.
All our products contain some type of dairy ingredient.
Our Darlington, Appleways and Crave-N-Rave brands are not available in grocery stores since they are primarily developed for our foodservice markets. However, some of our products are currently available for purchase on our online store.
All of our snacks are baked in a completely nut-free facility. Peanuts, tree nuts and sesame are not used in any of ingredients, and not present in our manufacturing facility so there is no chance of cross contamination.
All of our ingredient statements and nutritional information are available on our Snacks pages.
All products that are designed for school meals are considered “whole grain rich”. This is a stamp certifying that at least half of the grains used in the recipe are whole grain.
An ounce equivalency is a term that was developed by the USDA. This term means that the product contains at least 16g of “creditable grain” in each serving. Some serving sizes that Darlington offers include 2-ounce equivalencies. Some other terms used in the past are: bread equivalent, grain equivalent, and “a bread”.
Questions though, are we going to print 1k per location, equaling 2k? Or are the locations separate projects for them?
FDA mandates that all the main 8 allergens that are contained in the product are listed on the original outer packaging. If you receive a generic packaging that does not have an ingredient statement, you will need to reference our website, or ask your foodservice provider for more information about the product in question.
Darlington Manufacturing does NOT use sesame seeds anywhere in the plant.