snacks I can take

Should be fine. Packaged food is allowed. I don’t think you can bring meat or fresh fruit but processed stuff like bars, chocolate etc is fine. The only question is the nuts (is that classed as a raw food or a packaged one?). In practice I’ve never even seen this checked - you just walk out. I bring gluten free breakfast bars and chips sometimes.

But you can buy all that there if you prefer to save room.

As long as the items you mentioned are in individual sealed packages, it will not be an issue.
We pack a bunch of snack bars and little individual snack paks of goldfish, oreos, etc.. when we travel overseas with our daughter ; never an issue to have them in carry-on's or checked luggage.

If you might eat any of these on a plane, I would make sure you have some that are nut free. We were on an Iceland Air flight once and all of our carry on snacks/sandwiches contained some kind of nut. It was announced that because there was someone on the flight that had a nut allergy, NO ONE could open up and eat anything with nuts. We hadn't intended to purchase any of their food and had packed accordingly. I'm not sure it was right for this to be "sprung" on us, after boarding, but I didn't want to risk anyone's health. I mentioned to the flight attendant that we hadn't wanted/planned to eat their food. She ended up comping food for our row after the rest of the plane was served. I feel lucky that no one in my family has a nut or similar allergy so I wouldn't have wanted to make a fuss, but it didn't seem right to force people to buy food that they hadn't intended to.

We take Jjerkey (large bags from Costco) and a big bag of nuts ( I Take baggies to fill for the day) so we don't get to the hangry stage, cause that is when all heck breaks loose.

Snacks, especially chocolate, are abundantly available in Europe and in many cases better than what you can get here. Why would you carry these things?

Snacks, especially chocolate, are abundantly available in Europe and in many cases better than what you can get here. Why would you carry these things?

Couldn't agree more. Personally I'd half starve myself so that I can let rip at the first Italian deli I come across rather than console myself with a couple of bars of the abhorrance that is Hersheys. I've never seen long queues at Italian airports, even the non EU lines so my advice is to hold out, your tastebuds will thank you for it.

to those asking why:

Do you have children who are picky eaters? If so, that is why

To each his own, really. I have had plenty of times in Europe in which we thought, we'll just grab a baguette, cheese, snacks, whatever when we see a place during the day. Well, turns out in France (especially in smaller towns) a lot of the boulangeries are closed midday. Or markets didn't have easily carried snack foods like granola or protein bars. Or I walked around the perimeter of the touilleries looking for cheese to go with the wine and baguette we already had. I like to have a small bag of almonds to tide me over when breakfast was a coffee and pastry. Or just a little something when stuck in a long line waiting to get in somewhere to keep someone from getting cranky. I enjoy shopping in the markets in Europe (my faves are the markets in France or the Coops in Switzerland) to see the types of food they have, but sometimes the conditions are such that a market isn't handy. It's not like anyone is carrying pounds of food on the plane or in a daybag. I went to Europe for a month in the winter in temperatures that ranged from 15 degreesF to 65 degreesF, I had a small backpack and a carry on suitcase. And yes, in each there was a small amount of snacks. The OP asked for opinions on types of food that would be allowed, not whether people thought it was foolish to carry a small amount of food. I think when people are traveling to Europe, they are well aware of the types of food available and the quality of it. Yep, chocolate is excellent in Switzerland, Belgium and most everywhere. Noted. It is almost as if people feel all travelers should travel exactly the way they do.

Although the nut allergy thing is annoying to those of us fortunate not to have to deal with it, it is life threatening. A child in a daycare located at a hospital almost died before they could get him to the emergency room. In bad cases, they will go into anaphylactic shock if they even touch something that had nuts on it. Hopefully the vaccine they are working on will be successful.

We always take several meal bars that have come in handy, especially if we’re starving but don’t want to go into a cafe or trattoria for a sit down mesl/bite. We also travel with a ziplock bag of almonds. We have never had trouble talking these onto flights from Venice or Rome.

cala, I understand the issues with a nut allergy. My point was that we were now on a 10 hour flight with an airline that doesn't serve food, but offers a very limited menu of snacks for a fee.

We always bring a box of granola bars and small snacks with us. Just yesterday I picked up three pre-packaged snacks for under $10 at Aldi for our Scotland trip Sunday. I have been stuck at LAX TWICE after midnight and all the shops were buttoned up tight. Since the second time, I will will never not have something on me.

Those snacks will get eaten on lines, on the plane, in the rental car or in our B&Bs or wherever. Once they are gone we have space in our luggage. We also have gourmet dinners and shop at local markets for our meals. See how it's possible to do more than one thing and not hurt anyone?

Yes, you can bring them in your luggage as long as they are packaged. And it's not really anyone's business why you would want to.

jules m, I definitely see the problem with the airline. Be warned, sometimes BA doesn't even have water available for sale in coach if they sell out their limited supply before they get to you.

You shouldn’t have any problems taking snacks into the airport as long as they are pre-packaged. I typically take snacks and water on a plane (never know when you are going to get delayed or hungry). Also, I like to have them with me if I am on the run and just want a quick bite. Not to say that I won’t buy them when I travel also. You may want to reconsider the candy bar. If it is hot, they can melt.

Wow, Cala, that's crazy. I usually fill a water bottle before I get on a plane and then in the end feel it wasn't necessary. Hard to believe an airline would run out of beverages/water. I also have spent a lot of unplanned time in airports. Was wishing I had some almonds or granola bars when I was delayed in New Orleans for 8 hours on a concourse with expensive, junky food offerings. And sometimes travel, like life, has trade offs. I realized on my last day on one of my trips to Paris, if I was going to get into Sainte Chapelle, I better get there very early in the day before it even opens. I ate a granola bar in line and grabbed a coffee and pastry after the beautiful Sainte Chapelle.

Thank you all for your comments. We are back from our trip and this is what we learned. We had no problem with almonds at the airport. At the security check you just have to put them in the tray and pass it thru x-ray with your shoes and bags. No fruits either way. Dried goods are fine. On our way back we shopped at the duty free shop and they pack & tape & bag what you bye there, so we were good with that at the airport security.
We were happy to take the food. We had planned a busy sight seeing day for each day of our trip and we found the food in the busy touristy area was very poor quality and often overpriced for what it was (we tried them ONCE). At the restaurants, the servers were often rude, over worked and seemed not caring much about their customers (us) ! After all they will NEVER see you there again, so who cares type of attitude (Venice along the Canal) . So basically, we started with a good breakfast (provided by the hotel), munched a little on the goodies we had throughout the day, then a good dinner on our way back to the hotel, away from the touristy area. We hope this helps the next person ….

Thanks for following up and sharing your experience.

There is a comment above about servers being rude because they think they will never see you again, and I think there is some validity to that. My first morning here, jet lagged, strolled around the Piazza in Venice at 6:00 AM. Headed back to the Frari via Rialto, desperate for caffein, found an open bar near home.
The fool charged me 3.00 euro for a cappuccino, al banco, and that’s about twice the standard cost. The coffee was OK, the brioche was OK, that guy made 1.50 extra. He maybe thoiught he would never see me again, and he got that right.

But he has lost a customer forever, and I am here for another two weeks. And I have a cappucino and brioche every morning. But not in his bar.

Dumb.

Similar thing happened to a friend who lives in Venice. Wanted a cafe machiato at the Rialto, went to the Bar Stellina near the Pescheria. Got slugged a tourist price, and Phil’s lived here for five years, probably more fluent in Italian than the person behind the bar. Nope, no deal, the price is the price.

Phil is a published author (The Venetian Game, Vengeance in Venice, The Venetian Masquerade comes out next April - Philip Jones finds him on Amazon) and of course he has a blog.

So Phil blogged about this little event, his post seen by maybe 10,000 people, all of whom might visit Venice.
All of whom will avoid the Bar Stellina like the plague.
Nope, slugging tourists is stupid.