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We travel from Europe to the US at least once a year with our two food allergic children, who cannot have the airline food. So we have to bring all with us! Normal food that we pack: grapes and apples (must have all that eaten before we get off the plane, or the Ag people confiscate it and we get a fine), sushi rice made into cakes or smoked salmon and cucumber sushi, simple pasta with tomato sauce, their favorite dip with peppers and cucumbers for dipping (again, with the Ag dept). Yogurts. We always over pack, because we have no other food we can offer them, and we normally have a 4 hour drive once we get in. Everyone gets their own bento box (we did bring our own forks with no problems).

Highly flavored foods are the way to go...anything that has strong flavor since either the altitude or the air in the cabin dulls the tastebuds. Treats are helpful, but you don't want kids bouncing off the walls on an airplane :-).