List Foods Authorized WIC
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2018 OCTOBER EFFECTIVE
C-06/1018 Larry Hogan, Governor | Boyd Rutherford, Lt. Governor | Robert R. Neall, Secretary, MDH Shopping List Terms BAG – bag CAN – can CTR – container DOZ – dozen GAL – gallon HGL – half gallon OZ – ounces PKG – package QT – quart $$$ – dollars 4PK – 4 pack 6PK – 6 pack 8PK – 8 pack BUY: BUY: BUY: • 8 to 16 ounce • 4 ounce container • 2.5 ounce container container • 2-packs of 4-ounce containers are OK • Plain chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, • Dry • Plain vegetables or mixed vegetables veal, or ham • Store brand if available (example: carrots and sweet potatoes) • With gravy or broth • Plain fruit or mixed fruits Not WIC Approved: is OK (example: apples and bananas) • Organic • Mixed fruit and vegetables • Store brand if available • With DHA, fruit, or formula (example: apples and spinach)
• Store brand if available Not WIC Approved: • Organic Not WIC Approved: A 2-pack • With DHA • Organic equals • With added vegetables, fruit, rice, • With DHA cereal, or pasta 2 containers. • With meat, yogurt, cereal, pasta, • Dinners, meat sticks, stews, or soups or rice • Pouches • Dinners, desserts, soups, or stews 2-pack • Pouches or smoothies Choose to breastfeed. It is natural, healthy, and convenient. BUY: • Any brand • Organic is OK
Fresh Frozen Canned BUY: BUY: BUY: • Loose or pre-packaged • Plain • Water or juice packed • Whole or cut • Bag or box • Metal, glass, or plastic container • Packaged with herbs is OK • Low sodium is OK • Low sodium is OK • Added herbs and spices are OK • Added herbs and spices are OK
Not WIC Approved: Not WIC Approved: Not WIC Approved: • With dips, sauces, or dressings • With sugar or syrup • With sugar or syrup • With cheese, nuts, or croutons • With artificial, reduced-calorie, or no-calorie • With artificial, reduced-calorie, or no-calorie • Salad bar items, party platters, fruit baskets, sweeteners sweeteners or decorative items • With rice, pasta, or breading • Pouches • With sauces, cheese, or milk • With butter, fat, oil, or meat • With rice or pasta • With butter, fat, oil, or meat • With vinegar • Soup • Pickled vegetables, relishes, olives, or catsup • Soup
Juice: BUY with your WIC juice benefit. See JUICE pages for details. Beans: BUY with your WIC beans benefit. See PROTEIN pages for details. Milk Cheese BUY: Not WIC Approved: BUY: Not WIC Approved: • Type and size issued • Organic • 8 or 16 ounce package • Organic • Store brand if available • Buttermilk • Domestic ONLY: American, Cheddar, • Imported • Flavored or sweetened Colby, Monterey Jack, Muenster, BUY if issued: • From the deli • Rice milk Mozzarella, Pro vo l o n e, o r S w i s s • Lactose-reduced • String, individually wrapped, • Almond and other or lactose-free • Block or sliced ONLY shredded, crumbled, cubed, or nut milks • Dry • Lowfat, reduced fat, cracker size slices • Goat milk • Evaporated and low sodium are OK • Cheese food, spread, or product • Ultra-High • Blends of approved • Cream cheese Temperature cheeses are OK (like Colby-Jack) • With flavors, nuts, peppers, (UHT) • Store brand if available or crackers
Nasoya Soy Beverage Tofu • Organic: Silken, Firm, Extra BUY: Shelf-stable quarts: BUY: Firm, Extra Firm Twin Pack, • Shelf-stable quarts and Pacific Natural Foods • 12 to 16 ounce container Extra Firm Vac Pack refrigerated half gallons • Ultra Soy Original • Brands and types • Plus: Extra Firm • Brands and shown here ONLY Nature’s Promise types shown Refrigerated half gallons: Azumaya • Organic: Firm, Extra Firm here ONLY 8th Continent • Soy Original • Silken, Firm, Extra Firm O Organics House Foods • Organic: Firm, Sprouted Great Value Super Firm • Original Soy • Organic: Soft, Firm, Medium Firm, Extra Firm Wegmans Silk • Premium: Soft, Firm, • Organic, Drained: Firm, • Soy Original Medium Firm, Extra Firm Extra Firm
DAIRY • Milk • Cheese • Soy Beverage • Tofu • Yogurt • 1 of 2 Yogurt BUY: Giant ShopRite • 32 ounce, single container • Low Fat: Plain • Low Fat: Plain, Vanilla Traditional • Type issued • Non Fat: Plain, Vanilla • Fat Free: Plain, Vanilla • Brands shown here ONLY Giant Eagle Wegmans • Low Fat: Plain, Vanilla • Low Fat: Plain Low Fat, Fat Free & Non Fat • Non Fat: Plain • Non Fat: Plain Great Value Weis Axelrod • Low Fat: Plain, Peach, Strawberry • Low Fat: Peach, Strawberry • Low Fat: Vanilla • Non Fat: Plain, Vanilla • Fat Free: Plain, Vanilla • Non Fat: Plain Yoplait Harris Teeter Best Yet • Low Fat Original: Vanilla, • Non Fat: Plain • Low Fat: Plain Harvest Peach, Strawberry, • Non Fat: Plain, Vanilla Strawberry Banana
KOSHER Coburn Farms DAIRY J&J Whole Milk • Low Fat: Plain, Vanilla • Non Fat: Plain, Strawberry Axelrod Dannon Lucerne • Plain • Low Fat: Plain, Vanilla, • Low Fat: Strawberry, Vanilla Strawberry, Strawberry Banana • Fat Free: Plain Dannon • Non Fat: Plain • Plain, Vanilla, Strawberry Market Pantry Essential Everyday • Low Fat: Vanilla Essential Everyday • Low Fat Blended: Plain, Vanilla, • Non Fat: Plain • Blended Plain Blueberry, Peach, Strawberry Lucerne • Fat Free Blended: Plain Mehadrin • Low Fat: Plain, Coffee, Vanilla • Plain Food Lion 32 oz. • Low Fat: Vanilla PriceRite ShopRite • Non Fat: Plain • Low Fat: Plain, Vanilla • Plain
DAIRY • Milk • Cheese • Soy Beverage • Tofu • Yogurt • 2 of 2 Eggs Peanut Butter Canned Fish BUY: BUY: BUY: • One dozen carton • 16 to 18 ounce container • Chunk light tuna, i n w a t e r , 5 t o 6 o u n c e c a n • White, medium or large • Plain, smooth, crunchy, • Pink salmon, in water, 5 to 7.5 ounce can • Store brand if available extra crunchy, or creamy • Sardines, in water, 3.75 ounce can Not WIC Approved: • Low sodium and low sugar are OK • Store brand if available • Store brand if available • Organic, brown, fertile, or cage free Not WIC Approved: • Lowfat or cholesterol free, omega-3, Not WIC Approved: • Organic pasteurized, or other • Organic, natural, or fresh ground • Albacore or white tuna specialty eggs • Reduced fat • Red salmon • Honey roasted, mixed with marshmallow, • With added flavor or sauce jelly, jam, honey, or chocolate • Gourmet • Peanut butter spreads • Pouch, bowl, or kit
Beans, Peas & Lentils BUY: Not WIC Approved: • Dry, 16 ounce bag • Organic • Canned, packed in water, 15 to 16 ounce can • Pork and beans, baked beans, or refried beans • Beans like kidney, pinto (any color), black, navy, garbanzo, • Soup, soup mixes, or with flavor packets lima, or cannellini • Beans with sauce, seasonings, vegetables, meat, fat, • Peas like split peas, black-eyed peas, or chick peas or oil • Lentils • Low sodium and no salt added are OK • Store brand if available
Green or wax beans, or sweet peas: BUY with your WIC Fruit & Vegetable benefit
PROTEIN • Eggs • Peanut Butter • Canned Fish • Beans • Peas • Lentils Brown Rice Whole Wheat & Whole Grain Pasta BUY: BUY: • 1 pound (16 ounce) package • 1 pound (16 ounce) package Harris Teeter • Dry, plain • Brands and types shown here ONLY • Whole Wheat Capellini • Store brand if available • Whole Wheat Fusilli Barilla Not WIC Approved: • Whole Wheat Penne Rigate • Whole Grain Angel Hair • Organic • Whole Wheat Rigatoni • Whole Grain Elbows • Ready-to-serve, precooked, • Whole Wheat Spaghetti • Whole Grain Linguine or boil-in-bag • Whole Grain Medium Shells Hodgson Mill • With added flavor, sauce, spice • Whole Grain Penne • Whole Wheat Angel Hair packets, or vegetables • Whole Grain Rotini • Whole Wheat Elbows • Whole Grain Spaghetti • Whole Wheat Spaghetti • Whole Grain Thin Spaghetti • Whole Wheat Thin Spaghetti Essential Everyday • Whole Wheat Spirals • Whole Wheat Elbow
• Whole Wheat Penne Rigate Ronzoni Healthy Harvest • Whole Wheat Rotini • 100% Whole Grain Linguine • Whole Wheat Spaghetti • 100% Whole Grain Penne Rigate • Whole Wheat Thin Spaghetti • 100% Whole Grain Rotini Giant Eagle • 100% Whole Grain Spaghetti • 100% Whole Wheat Elbow • 100% Whole Grain Thin Spaghetti • 100% Whole Wheat Penne Rigate ShopRite • 100% Whole Wheat Rotini • Whole Wheat Penne Rigate • 100% Whole Wheat Spaghetti • Whole Wheat Spaghetti Great Value • Whole Wheat Rotini • Whole Wheat Elbow • Whole Wheat Thin Spaghetti • Whole Wheat Linguine Weis • Whole Wheat Penne • Whole Wheat Angel Hair • Whole Wheat Rotini • Whole Wheat Penne Rigate • Whole Wheat Spaghetti • Whole Wheat Rotini • Whole Wheat Thin Spaghetti • Whole Wheat Spaghetti
GRAINS • Rice • Pasta • Tortillas • Bread • 1 of 3 Soft Corn & Whole Wheat Tortillas BUY: • 1 pound (16 ounce) package • Brands and types shown here ONLY
Celia’s Hy-Top Signature Select • White Corn • Yellow Corn • Whole Wheat Flour Soft Taco Style • Yellow Corn • Whole Wheat Flour IGA Tio Santi • White Corn • 100% Whole Wheat Medium Chi-Chi’s Soft Taco • White Corn Soft Taco Style La Banderita • Corn Wegmans Don Pancho • Gluten Free Grande Corn • Whole Wheat • White Corn • Yellow Corn • Whole Wheat Soft Taco Style • 100% Whole Wheat Soft Taco • 100% Whole Wheat Fajita
Essential Everyday Market Pantry • White Corn Soft Taco Style • 100% Whole Wheat • 100% Whole Wheat MiCasa Giant • 100% Whole Wheat • White Corn • Yellow Corn World Menu Mission • Whole Wheat • Yellow Corn Extra Thin • Whole Wheat Soft Taco Giant Eagle • Whole Wheat Medium Soft • White Corn Fajita Style Taco Restaurant Style • Whole Wheat Soft Taco Size Ortega Great Value • Whole Wheat • Whole Wheat
GRAINS • Rice • Pasta • Tortillas • Bread • 2 of 3 Bread & Rolls BUY: • 15 or 16 ounce package Nature’s Own Shoppers Value • Brands and types shown here ONLY • 100% Whole Grain Sugar Free Bread • Shoppers Value 100% Whole • 100% Whole Wheat with Wheat Bread Arnold Honey Bread ShopRite • 100% Whole Wheat • 100% Whole Wheat Hamburger Buns • 100% Whole Wheat Bread Sandwich Rolls Nickles Bakery • 100% Whole Wheat Hot Dog Best Yet • Country Style 100% Whole Rolls • 100% Whole Wheat Bread Wheat Bread • 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Rolls Bimbo Pepperidge Farm • 100% Whole Wheat Bread • Stone Ground 100% Whole Stern’s Wheat Bread • 100% Whole Wheat Bread Food Lion • Very Thin 100% Whole Wheat Bread • 100% Whole Wheat Rolls • 100% Whole Wheat Bread
Giant Redner’s Weis Quality • 100% Whole Wheat Bread • 100% Whole Wheat Bread • 100% Whole Wheat Bread • Stone Ground 100% Whole Wheat Bread Signature Select Wonder • 100% Whole Wheat Bread • 100% Whole Wheat Bread Gourmet • 100% Whole Wheat Bread Sara Lee • 100% Whole Wheat Bread Great Value • 100% Whole Wheat Hamburger Schmidt Old Tyme Buns • 100% Whole Wheat Bread • 100% Whole Wheat Hot Dog Buns • 100% Whole Wheat Hamburger Rolls • 100% Whole Wheat Hot Dog Rolls Hauswald’s • 100% Whole Wheat Bread Shoppers IGA • Shoppers 100% Whole • 100% Whole Wheat Bread Wheat Bread
GRAINS • Rice • Pasta • Tortillas • Bread • 3 of 3 Juice for Women
Apple, Grape, or Pineapple Orange or Grapefruit
BUY: Best Yet Market Pantry BUY: • 11.5 to 12 ounce frozen • Apple • Apple • 11.5 to 12 ounce frozen concentrate container • Grape concentrate container Dole • Apple, Grape (purple, red, or • Orange or Grapefruit juice: • Pineapple white), or Pineapple juice: Old Orchard ANY brand is OK • Apple Brands shown here ONLY Essential Everyday • 100% juice, unsweetened • Grape • 100% juice, unsweetened • Apple • With added calcium, vitamin D, • Pineapple • With added calcium, vitamin D, • Grape and/or vitamin C is OK and/or vitamin C is OK • Store brand if available Food Lion Seneca Not WIC Approved: • Apple • Apple Not WIC Approved: • Organic or fresh-squeezed • Organic or fresh-squeezed • Juice blends (like Apple-Grape Giant ShopRite • Juice blends (like Orange- or Pineapple-Orange) • Apple • Apple • Cocktails, punch, drink, or light • Grape Grapefruit or Pineapple-Orange)
Great Value Signature Select • Cocktails, punch, drink, or light • Apple • Apple • Grape Tipton Grove Harris Teeter • Apple • Apple Tree Top Hy-Top • Apple • Apple Wegmans IGA • Apple • Apple Weis Quality Langers • Apple • Apple • Grape Welch’s • Pineapple • Grape
JUICEJUICE •• 1 of 2 Juice for Children Apple, Grape, Pineapple, Tomato, or Vegetable Orange or Grapefruit BUY: Everfresh Juice Langers Sam’s Choice • 64 ounce container • Apple • Apple • Apple BUY: • Grape • Apple, Grape (purple, red, or Food Lion Seneca • 64 ounce container white), Pineapple, Tomato, or • Apple • Pineapple • Apple • Orange or grapefruit Vegetable juice: • Grape • Tomato juice: ANY brand is OK • Vegetable ShopRite Brands shown here ONLY • 100% juice, unsweetened Giant • Vegetable, • Apple • 100% juice, unsweetened • Apple Low Sodium • Grape • With added calcium, • Grape • With added calcium, vitamin • Vegetable, vitamin D, and/or • Tomato Signature Select D, and/or vitamin C is OK Spicy vitamin C is OK • Vegetable • Apple • Grape • Store brand if available Not WIC Approved: Libby’s Giant Eagle • Pineapple • Organic or fresh-squeezed • Pineapple • Apple • Tomato Not WIC Approved: • Juice blends (like Apple-Grape • Grape Market Pantry • Vegetable • Organic or fresh or Pineapple-Orange) • Apple squeezed Great Value Tipton Grove • Cocktails, punch, drink, or light • Grape • Juice blends (like • Apple • Apple • Tomato • Grape • Grape Orange-Grapefruit or
Apple & Eve • Tomato Mott’s V8 Pineapple-Orange) • Apple • Vegetable • Apple • Vegetable • Cocktails, punch, drink, Best Yet Harris Teeter Nature’s • Vegetable, or light • Apple • Apple Nectar Low Sodium • Grape • Grape • Apple • Vegetable, • Pineapple • Pineapple • Grape Spicy Hot • Tomato Campbell’s Old Orchard Wegmans • Tomato Hy-Top • Apple • Apple • Tomato, Low Sodium • Apple • Grape • Grape • Grape Diane’s Garden PriceRite Weis Quality • Tomato • Vegetable • Apple • Apple • Vegetable • Grape Essential Everyday • Grape IGA • Apple Red & White • Tomato • Apple • Grape • Apple • Vegetable • Grape • Pineapple • Grape • Pineapple Welch’s • Tomato Redner’s • Grape Juicy Juice • Tomato, Low Sodium • Apple • Vegetable • Apple
JUICE • 2 of 2 Cereal BUY: • 12 ounce size or larger (cold cereal) Gluten Free Cereal Whole Grain Rice Krispies Total Kellogg’s • 11.8 ounce size or larger (hot cereal) Whole Grain Cereal • Brands and types shown here ONLY General Mills
Cold Cereal
Cheerios Rice Chex All Bran Special K General Mills General Mills Complete Original Wheat Flakes Kellogg’s OLD Kellogg’s
Multigrain Vanilla Chex Corn Flakes Bran Flakes Cheerios General Mills Kellogg’s Post General Mills
Blueberry Chex Wheat Chex Crispix Grape-Nuts General Mills General Mills Kellogg’s Original Post
Corn Chex Kix Frosted Grape-Nuts General Mills General Mills Mini Wheats Flakes Original Post Kellogg’s
Cinnamon Chex Wheaties Frosted Mini Great Grains General Mills General Mills Wheats Little Banana Nut Bites Original Crunch Kellogg’s Post
See chart on next page for how to buy up to 36 ounces of cereal.
CEREAL • 1 of 2 Cereal – continued Hot Cereal BUY: Cream of Wheat • 12 ounce size or larger Honey Bunches Oatmeal Squares • 1 Minute (cold cereal) of Oats • Cinnamon • 2½ Minute • 11.8 ounce size or larger OLD • Whole Grain with Quaker • Instant (hot cereal) Vanilla Bunches Cream of Wheat Post • Brands and types shown Whole Grain here ONLY Cream of Wheat • Regular Honey Bunches Oatmeal Squares • Instant Gluten Free Cereal of Oats • Hint of Brown Cream of Wheat Whole Grain Cereal • Pecan & Maple Sugar Brown Sugar Quaker Cream of Rice Post • Regular Cold Cereal • Instant Cream of Wheat Honey Bunches Honey Bunches Simple Granola of Oats of Oats Sunbelt Bakery • Whole Grain • Honey Roasted Malt O Meal Farina Almond Crunch Post Post
Honey Bunches Honey Bunches Instant Grits of Oats of Oats • Original OLD • Whole Grain • with Almonds Quaker Honey Crunch Post Post OLD
Instant Oatmeal Honey Bunches Life • Original of Oats • Original Quaker • with Cinnamon Quaker Bunches Post
Possible ways to buy up to 18 oz. 18 oz. 12 oz. 12 oz. 12 oz. 24 oz. 11.8 oz. + = 36 + + = 36 + Hot = 35.8 36 ounces (oz.) Cereal Cereal ounces Cereal Cereal Cereal ounces Cereal Cereal ounces of cereal
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