Grains that may cause choking

• Cookies or granola bars
• Potato/corn chips, pretzels, popcorn and similar snack foods
• Crackers or breads with seeds, nut pieces or whole grain kernels, such as wheat berries
• Whole kernels of cooked rice, barley, wheat or other grains.

Protein-rich foods that may cause choking

• Tough or large chunks of meat
• Hot dogs, meat sticks, or sausages
• Fish with bones
• Large chunks of cheese, especially string cheese
• Peanuts or other nuts and seeds
• Peanut and other nut/seed butters
• Whole beans

Vegetables and fruits that may cause choking

• Raw vegetables (including green peas, string beans, celery, carrot, etc.)
• Cooked or raw whole corn kernels
• Whole, uncut cherry or grape tomatoes
• Hard pieces of raw fruit
• Whole pieces of canned fruit
• Whole, uncut grapes, berries, cherries or melon balls (these fruits should be cut into quarters, with pits removed, before feeding)
• Uncooked dried fruit (including raisins)

Sweetened foods that may cause choking

• Hard candy, jelly beans, caramels or gum drops/gummy candies
• Chewing gum
• Marshmallows