Apple Sauce & Peaches on JetBlue - OK?

[pooh2001]

We like a lite snack in our room and semi-healthy.
Most meals in the parks.

So if we bring Ritz crackers, Motz applesauce and Doles peaches (in own juice) both packed in snack pack size plastic containers..... will it be OK in our suitcase ?

Will TSA send a red-flag for out suitcase with applesauce and peaches?

Thanks!
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[Jestocost]

We like a lite snack in our room and semi-healthy.
Most meals in the parks.

So if we bring Ritz crackers, Motz applesauce and Doles peaches (in own juice) both packed in snack pack size plastic containers..... will it be OK in our suitcase ?

Will TSA send a red-flag for out suitcase with applesauce and peaches?

Thanks!
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That should be OK in checked luggage, although anything in a glass jar would be more likely to break and foul up your luggage and other bags in the luggage compartment. Make sure to bag or double bag anything like that in your checked bags. Also note that you are talking about some fairly heavy items so be careful about your bags' weight.

Applesause and peaches in juice would not be OK going through security in your carry-on bags as they would violate the limitations on liquids and gels.

 

[wiigirl]

I think the worst thing that would happen is that they check it....but it will get through.

 

[Missyrose]

We like a lite snack in our room and semi-healthy.
Most meals in the parks.

So if we bring Ritz crackers, Motz applesauce and Doles peaches (in own juice) both packed in snack pack size plastic containers..... will it be OK in our suitcase ?

Will TSA send a red-flag for out suitcase with applesauce and peaches?

Thanks!
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Personally, I wouldn't risk something that sticky leaking and getting all over my clothes. Have you looked into a grocery order?

 

[Freesia123]

The applesauce in the squeeze pouches are great! They don't leak as easily and you don't need a spoon. Trail mix is also great for a snack

 

[grimley1968]

Personally, I wouldn't risk something that sticky leaking and getting all over my clothes. Have you looked into a grocery order?

Agreed. Gooey stuff in plastic containers in the middle of a suitcase in a cargo hold going from sea level to 35k feet above sea level and back down to sea level sounds risky to me. Sealed consumer containers don't handle massive pressure changes well. I'd buy it onsite, go to a grocery store, or do a grocery delivery thing.

 

[gmeh1]

Agreed. Gooey stuff in plastic containers in the middle of a suitcase in a cargo hold going from sea level to 35k feet above sea level and back down to sea level sounds risky to me. Sealed consumer containers don't handle massive pressure changes well. I'd buy it onsite, go to a grocery store, or do a grocery delivery thing.

The cargo holds on most planes these days are pressurized the same way the cabins are.

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

Agreed. Gooey stuff in plastic containers in the middle of a suitcase in a cargo hold going from sea level to 35k feet above sea level and back down to sea level sounds risky to me. Sealed consumer containers don't handle massive pressure changes well. I'd buy it onsite, go to a grocery store, or do a grocery delivery thing.

My lotions etc never leak in spite of this "terror" I think you will be fine. Just stick it in a baggie just in case.

 

[rwdavis2]

Those items will be fine in checked bags. Just double bag them.

 

[pooh2001]

I put all the food items in a plastic box - the size of a small shoe box, which has an attachable cover. So if something leaks - it should stay in the plastic box.

The box is mostly clear - has a green leaf pattern on it and I wrote what is inside the box on an attached index card. I hope that helps.

 

[grimley1968]

I put all the food items in a plastic box - the size of a small shoe box, which has an attachable cover. So if something leaks - it should stay in the plastic box.

The box is mostly clear - has a green leaf pattern on it and I wrote what is inside the box on an attached index card. I hope that helps.

Yep, that should contain any leaks.

And there is no TSA problem with having these things in checked luggage.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Agreed. Gooey stuff in plastic containers in the middle of a suitcase in a cargo hold going from sea level to 35k feet above sea level and back down to sea level sounds risky to me. Sealed consumer containers don't handle massive pressure changes well. I'd buy it onsite, go to a grocery store, or do a grocery delivery thing.

It's not risky at all. Pack in ziploc bags and you'll be fine. There are not "massive" pressure changes in the luggage hold.

 

[grimley1968]

It's not risky at all. Pack in ziploc bags and you'll be fine. There are not "massive" pressure changes in the luggage hold.

Cabin altitude is kept between about 6,500 feet MSL to 8,000 feet MSL at cruising altitudes in commercial airlines. Between 0-1,000 feet MSL to 8,000 feet MSL and back is what I would call a massive pressure change. It's not feasible to pressurize a commercial plane to anything close to altitudes most of us live in. Humans can handle it as long as it's below 12,000 feet MSL, but I still think it's risky to subject plastic seals to this.

I've had cans of soda explode in the trunk of my car going over the Smoky Mountains, and there's not one area of the Smokies that's anywhere close to cabin altitudes in commercial airlines.

Putting it all inside a large plastic container of some type is good to protect clothes inside the suitcase, but I still think these things could leak.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Cabin altitude is kept between about 6,500 feet MSL to 8,000 feet MSL at cruising altitudes in commercial airlines. Between 0-1,000 feet MSL to 8,000 feet MSL and back is what I would call a massive pressure change. It's not feasible to pressurize a commercial plane to anything close to altitudes most of us live in. Humans can handle it as long as it's below 12,000 feet MSL, but I still think it's risky to subject plastic seals to this.

I've had cans of soda explode in the trunk of my car going over the Smoky Mountains, and there's not one area of the Smokies that's anywhere close to cabin altitudes in commercial airlines.

Putting it all inside a large plastic container of some type is good to protect clothes inside the suitcase, but I still think these things could leak.

The baggage hold is pressurized the same as the cabin. Many people, myself included, have checked cases of wine, sodas, liquids, etc. with no explosions!

 

[rwdavis2]

The baggage hold is pressurized the same as the cabin. Many people, myself included, have checked cases of wine, sodas, liquids, etc. with no explosions!

Yep. I've brought back beer from Scotland and Belgium and wine from California. Never a leak.

 

[grimley1968]

The baggage hold is pressurized the same as the cabin. Many people, myself included, have checked cases of wine, sodas, liquids, etc. with no explosions!

I never said it wasn't. The entire plane, including cargo hold, is pressurized to somewhere between 6,500 feet MSL and 8,000 feet MSL cabin altitude, depending on cruising altitude. That is a major pressure change. It's good that you've been able to haul liquids around in such cases, but to say there's no risk of leakage involved in such cases simply isn't true. I would personally never carry anything like that in my suitcases on a plane, because I just don't trust my luck that it wouldn't leak, because of pressure changes and, frankly, the often not-so-gentle treatment I often see baggage handlers give to luggage.

As I mentioned earlier, the risk of damage to other items would be mitigated by OP putting all this inside some larger container within the suitcase.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

I never said it wasn't. The entire plane, including cargo hold, is pressurized to somewhere between 6,500 feet MSL and 8,000 feet MSL cabin altitude, depending on cruising altitude. That is a major pressure change. It's good that you've been able to haul liquids around in such cases, but to say there's no risk of leakage involved in such cases simply isn't true. I would personally never carry anything like that in my suitcases on a plane, because I just don't trust my luck that it wouldn't leak, because of pressure changes and, frankly, the often not-so-gentle treatment I often see baggage handlers give to luggage.

As I mentioned earlier, the risk of damage to other items would be mitigated by OP putting all this inside some larger container within the suitcase.

I never said it wouldn't leak; in fact, in my first post in this thread, I said to use ziploc bags. Liquids in checked bags are perfectly safe. You just have to know how to pack!