Organic products are not allowed with any WIC
purchases except when buying
Fruits and Vegetables, Baby Foods, and Tofu.
Fruits and
Vegetables
Milk
When added sugar or syrup is not allowed, this includes: sugar, sucrose, corn syrup,
high-fructose corn syrup, maltose, dextrose, honey, and maple syrup. When added artificial
sweeteners are not allowed, they include: Splenda
®
, NutraSweet
®
, Equal
®
, aspartame,
saccharin, sucralose, and acesulfame-K.
Fresh
n
Any brand, variety, size, or mixture of fresh fruits and
vegetables with no added sugar, syrup, artificial sweeteners, stevia,
fat, or oil.
n
Whole or cut up.
n
Loose or packed in bags or plastic containers.
n
Fresh garlic, onions, scallions, cassava, and yuca are allowed.
Canned (also includes plastic or glass containers)
n
Any brand, variety, size, or mixture of canned fruits and
vegetables with no added sugar, syrup, artificial sweeteners, stevia,
fat, oil, or meat.
n
Canned fruit must be packed in water or fruit juice and may not
have added salt.
n
Canned vegetables may be with or without salt and may have
added seasonings or spices.
n
Applesauce with no sugar added and applesauce/fruit blends with
no sugar added.
n
Tomato sauce, tomato paste, whole tomatoes, crushed tomatoes,
diced tomatoes, and salsa with no added sugar, syrup, artificial
sweeteners, fat, oil, or meat.
n
Canned beans and peas such as green peas, green beans, wax
beans, snap beans, and snap peas are allowed. Note: Canned green
peas and whole kernel corn may have added sugar. Mixed vegetables
may include any type of bean.
Frozen
n
Any brand, variety, size, or mixture of frozen fruits and
vegetables with no added sugar, syrup, artificial sweeteners, stevia,
fat, oil, meat, pasta, rice, or sauce. Frozen vegetables may be with or
without salt.
n
Any frozen beans or peas such as lima beans and blackeye peas
are allowed.
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No items from the salad bar, party trays, or fruit baskets.
No decorative fruits or vegetables, painted pumpkins, or gourds.
No herbs and spices. No minced garlic in jars. No ginger root.
No edible blossoms, flowers, or plants.
No dried or dehydrated fruits or vegetables.
No baby and toddler fruits and vegetables.
No pouches of fruit purees or fruit pulps. No frozen fruit bars.
No beverages such as fruit juice, tomato juice, and vegetable juice.
No nuts, coconuts, or fruit-nut mixtures.
No ketchup, relishes, pickles, olives, sauerkraut, or mustard.
No jelly, jams, fruit preserves, or apple butter.
No dry or canned beans/peas that are allowed in Beans category.
If the total price of the allowed fruits and vegetables selected
by the WIC customer is more than the dollar limit of Fruits and
Vegetables, the customer can choose to pay the difference in cash
or another form of acceptable payment at check-out time. Or, the
WIC customer can remove some of the fruits and vegetables from
the purchase so that the cost is less than or equal to the dollar limit.
If the dollar amount of the purchase is less than the dollar limit, no
change is to be given to the WIC customer.
All types of fresh, frozen, and canned potatoes are allowed as long as
they have no added sugar, syrup, artificial sweeteners, fat, oil or meat.
Any brand
Your shopping list will state the allowed fat level, quantity, size,
and type of milk that you may purchase.
No goat’s milk, nut milk, rice milk, or other grain milks.
No flavored milk, kefir, or buttermilk.
Whole Milk (for children 1 year of age)
1% Lowfat or Fat Free Milk (for women and children
2 years of age and older)
2% Reduced Fat Milk (under special circumstances for
women and children)
Refrigerated Milk
n
Gallon = gal
n
Half gallon = hgl
n
Quart = qt
n
2 pack of gallon size = 2 gal
Soy Milk or Soy Beverage
Allowed refrigerated brands:
n
8th Continent Original - 1/2 gallon
n
8th Continent Vanilla - 1/2 gallon
n
Bettergoods Original - 1/2 gallon
n
Silk Original - 64 fl. oz. or 32 fl. oz.
32 fl. oz. allowed shelf-stable
brands:
n
Silk Original
n
Pacific Foods Ultra Soy Original
n
64 fl. oz. or 2 quarts = 1 hgl
n
2 pack of half gallon size = 2 hgl
n
1 quart (32 fl. oz.) = 0.5 hgl
Tofu Any brand
including organic brands
14-16 oz. package
No added fats, sugars, oils, or
sodium.
Soy Products
Any brand
8 oz. or 16 oz. (1 lb.) package slices, shredded, block, round,
string, or cubes of cheeses listed below. Whole milk, part skim,
reduced fat, lowfat, and any blends of the cheeses listed below
are allowed. Non-smoked and smoked cheeses are allowed.
n
American Deluxe
n
Monterey Jack
n
Muenster
n
Cheddar - mild, medium, sharp, and extra sharp
n
Provolone
n
Colby
n
Mozzarella
n
Swiss
n
Colby Jack
n
Mozzarella Cheddar
n
Cheddar Jack
n
Mozzarella Provolone
No cheese product or cheese food. No individually-wrapped slices.
No other sizes, flavors, or varieties. No cheese with added ingredients
such as Pepper Jack. No imported cheese. No fat free cheese.
Cheese
Lactose Free Milk
n
Half gallon = 0.50 gal
n
96 fl. oz. = 0.75 gal
n
Quart = 0.25 gal
n
Lactose Free Nonfat Dry Milk: 16 oz. pouch makes 7 quarts = 1.75 gal
Nonfat Dry Milk
n
3.2 oz. pouch makes 1 quart = 0.25 gal
n
9.6 oz. container makes 3 quarts = 0.75 gal
n
16 oz. box makes 5 quarts = 1.25 gal
n
25.6 oz. box/pouch makes 8 quarts = 2.00 gal
n
32 oz. box makes 10 quarts = 2.50 gal
n
64 oz. box makes 20 quarts = 5.00 gal
Evaporated Milk
n
12 fl. oz. can evaporated milk (whole)
n
12 fl. oz. can fat free evaporated milk (skim)
No filled milk. No “2% lowfat” evaporated milk.
UHT Milk
n
Quart = qt
The following types of milk may only be
purchased when listed on the shopping list: