Taking food abroad for fussy eating children!

[Shinyandnew1]

Am I right in thinking that now we’ve left the EU, we can’t take animal/dairy products into EU countries?

Am I still ok with things like Marmite (vegetarian)? Biscuits (bourbons?!), microwave rice?!

What animal dairy products would you like to take that you don't think you can get in a big supermarket over there?

(Not minimising any necessity for SEN kids etc just genuinely curious)

Then they will be forever fussy.

It’s fresh dairy and meat products. But you can buy pretty much everything in supermarkets abroad

What animal/dairy products would you even want to take in a suitcase?

They have supermarkets over there.

oh do bog off

Oh I'd not even thought of this. Can tinned fish, salad cream and ketchup be taken into the eu from UK? And can cheddar cheese be bought easily in France? Asd child will reject all delicious French cheeses...

What dairy can you not get abroad? Is it a specific brand of yoghurt or something?

If your children don't have SN then I wouldn't bother taking all that food.

I’m not sure because I’m a random on the t’internet, but I think things like the microwave rice would be okay.

How sever is the fussiness? Would the DC accept slightly different options of ham/cheese/pizza?

It’s just particular spreads, biscuits, breakfast cereals etc that I know will make our lives easier. I didn’t know if they were dDoes but still contained dairy/chocolate, then they wouldn’t be allowed?

There’s no need to reply if you’re just going to tell me to to to a supermarket when there. Thank you so much for anyone able to advise :)

Amazing. Who does that? go to a supermarket when you are on holiday - buy the food and offer it to your kids. If they are hungry they will eat something.

Post the specific brands and maybe we can help. A lot of big name brands are readily available.

I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how well my autistic teenager got on with the milk.

Absolutely. I was pretty fussy as a child but ate all sorts of things on holiday. If there isn't anything else...

Also - Is there an option for declaring it and paying the duty or is it a blanket ban?

Everything you’ve mentioned is processed or pre-packaged. You shouldn’t have any issues.

What they don’t want is people turning up with a fresh litre of milk off their farm which can’t be guaranteed to have had all the necessary treatments for consumption in the EU. Or with kgs of steak from your local butcher’s.

A biscuit containing milk is of course allowed.

I was one of those smug types who said "if they're hungry they'll eat" .....then I got DS2.

He's not that fussy but he won't do cheese or tomato and would have to be really starving to do fruit. He lived off dry bread for 2 weeks when we went to Italy and was horribly unwell as a result.

I know Bovril isn’t allowed, for example.m, but that’s prepacked?

Something like Ketchup which is £1 here could be €4 or more on holiday shop if your not close enough to a supermarket. So I understand why some people want to take certain items, whether it's a dietary or budget.

Be interesting to see what can be taken now. My elderly neighbours years used to take, butter, cheese, ham & bacon to the Canaries every year in a small cool box because they said it didn't taste the same 😆

Yes that's all fine. I took loads of snacks for my little boy - we had a fridge in our room which helped. Biscuits, rice cakes etc. Tbh he barely ate much at meal times on holiday despite there being plenty for him. He was absolutely fine.

Just have a look at the local supermarket website to see what is available.

Some EU countries have special rules. It would ve better to check with the country's embassy or similar.

Like what?

Was that this year since the rules changed?

You can’t take corned beef, either, for example.

Or a tin of condensed milk.

Or Dairylea Dunkers.

Though Infant Formula is allowed, up to a certain amount.

I mean I get the whole making your life easier totally, as a parent myself I do

However if you pander to their every whim they'll always be picky and it's good to go to the supermarket on holiday and choose and try new things

I wouldn't be doing this unless day my kids had a severe nut allergy

My friend has girls who are 18 and 14 and they are the pickiest people I know and she was one of these that took "things they'd eat" everywhere

Now they eat what a fussy 3 year old has it's ridiculous and both the girls have bad acne and b12 deficiency issues as they eat rubbish and a barely any fruit, salad of vegetable so just be careful as what might seem like a good idea now could set you up for years of fussy eating and health issues.

Yes, that’s what I’d read. But would eg a particular breakfast cereal or biscuit containing milk/chocolate be ok?

Another silly question-are you allowed to take sandwiches/rolls containing dairy into the airport/onto the plane to eat? As long as you don’t take them into the EU country at the other end?