Halloween Parties: Kidney-Friendly Candy & Snack Guide

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What to know about Halloween with CKD

Halloween is the candy holiday: chocolate, hard candy, popcorn balls and punch bowls. For someone with CKD the challenge is less about any single candy and more about the potassium and sugar load of grazing through the bowl. The list on this page rates the common Halloween items so you can choose the ones that fit the day.

How to handle the candy bowl

Chocolate is the potassium and phosphorus heavy item; hard candies and gummies are mostly sugar with low mineral load. Popcorn and pretzels make the better savoury base, and water beats sugary punch for the evening.

Ratings for halloween parties

Kidney-friendlyBeverages, Tropical Punch, ready-to-drinkK 0 · P 0 · Na 13 mgKidney-friendlyShortening cake mix, soybean and cottonseedK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyShortening, special purpose for cakes and frostings, soybeanK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, industrial, coconut, principal uses candy coatings, oil sprays, roasting nutsK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, industrial, soy, principal uses popcorn and flavoring vegetablesK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, fruit punch-flavor drink, powder, without added sodium, prepared with waterK 1 · P 0 · Na 7 mgKidney-friendlyCandies, gumdrops, starch jelly piecesK 5 · P 1 · Na 44 mgKidney-friendlySyrups, table blends, pancake, with butterK 3 · P 10 · Na 287 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, Fruit punch drink, frozen concentrate, prepared with waterK 13 · P 1 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlySyrups, table blends, pancake, with 2% mapleK 6 · P 10 · Na 61 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, cranberry-apple juice drink, bottledK 17 · P 2 · Na 2 mgKidney-friendlySyrups, table blends, pancakeK 15 · P 9 · Na 82 mgKidney-friendlyFrozen novelties, ice type, pineapple-coconutK 17 · P 9 · Na 35 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, fruit punch drink, without added nutrients, cannedK 25 · P 3 · Na 10 mgKidney-friendlySyrups, table blends, pancake, with 2% maple, with added potassiumK 22 · P 10 · Na 61 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, Fruit punch drink, with added nutrients, cannedK 31 · P 3 · Na 38 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, dessert, dutch apple, strainedK 33 · P 3 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, cereal, rice, with applesauce and bananas, strainedK 28 · P 12 · Na 4 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, cranberry-apple juice drink, low calorie, with vitamin C addedK 45 · P 1 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlySyrups, table blends, pancake, reduced-calorieK 3 · P 43 · Na 178 mg

Practical tips

• Chocolate is the potassium-and-phosphorus load — a couple of pieces, not a handful from the bowl.
• Hard candies, gummies and pretzels are lower mineral-load options for the evening.
• Bring your own water or sparkling water to the party and limit the punch.

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