Louisiana WIC Program WIC Approved Food List (WIC-23) October 1, 2020 Updates

All Vendors must maintain minimum stock of the WIC Approved Food Items below in the listed sizes, quantities, and varieties at all times. Please reference the WIC Shopping Guide for additional restrictions on brands and flavors.

Minimum Stock Requirements At-A-Glance Food Item Size Min Stock Food Item Size Min Stock 15 boxes, 10 - 16oz. Cold Breakfast 12oz. box Whole Grains 3 varieties (1 variety (rice, bread, tortillas, 16oz. package packages, Cereal 18oz. box must be whole grain) pasta) any variety 6 bags, any variety Beans/Lentils/Peas 16oz. bag 6 cans, any Peanut Butter 16 - 18oz. jar 5 jars (dried and canned) 15-16 oz. can authorized variety Canned Fish Infant Cereal 8oz. container 10 containers All eligible sizes 10 cans (Tuna, Salmon, Sardines) 32 containers, 20 units, Infant Fruits 4oz. container Fresh Fruit N/A 2 varieties 3 varieties 32 containers, 20 units, Infant Vegetables 4oz. container Fresh Vegetables N/A 2 varieties 3 varieties 16 containers, 8oz. package 5 - 8oz. packages Infant Meats 2.5oz. container Cheese - LEB 2 varieties 16oz. package 5 - 16oz. packages Infant Formula 12 - 12.6oz. can See page 6 Eggs - LEB Dozen -lg, white 5 dozen Single Strength 6 containers, Gallon 5 gallons 64oz. container Whole Milk - LEB Juice 2 flavors Quart 2 quarts

48oz. container Low Fat Milk: 10 gallons* 6 containers, Gallon Single Strength and/or Low-Fat (1%) Milk 2 quarts* Juice 11.5-12oz. frozen 2 flavors and/or Skim Milk - Quart (*any combination of low- concentrate LEB fat milk and/or skim milk)

Cheese, Eggs, Milk & Soy Beverage

Cheese Eggs Soy Beverage Least Expensive Brand Least Expensive Brand Block or sliced (not individually Dozen large, white eggs Must be on the eWIC shopping list wrapped) 8oz. or 16oz. package 32oz. or 64oz. container Not allowed – Other sizes, low  American, mild cheddar, medium cheddar, cholesterol advertised, low-fat, or Authorized Brands Below mozzarella (part skim), and Swiss th specialty eggs  8 Continent – Original and Vanilla Not allowed – Cheese products, spreads, Milk  Pacific Ultra – Original deli-purchased (sliced or weighed to Least Expensive Brand order), individually wrapped, grated, or  Silk – Original Gallon and Quart shredded  Silk – Original Aseptic  Homogenized (Shelf Stable)  Fat content specified on shopping list  Westsoy Organic –  Lactose-free or reduced must be on the eWIC shopping list Original and Vanilla

Not allowed – Flavored milk or buttermilk

Minimum Stock Requirement: Minimum Stock Requirement: Optional Stock Requirement: 8oz. Cheese – 5 packages Eggs – 5 dozen Soy Beverage – optional 16oz. Cheese – 5 packages Whole Milk – 5 gallons and 2 quarts Lactose-free or Reduced – optional Low Fat Milk – 10 gallons and 2 quarts (any combination of 1% milk and/or skim milk) WIC-23_Version 1

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32oz. Only – Non-Fat, Low-Fat, and Whole Fat Whole Fat Non-fat and Low-Fat, continued  Dannon – Plain, Strawberry, Vanilla  Kroger – Greek Plain, Greek Vanilla,  Essential Everyday – Greek Plain, Plain Plain, Vanilla  Food Club – Greek Vanilla  Lucerne Dairy Farms – Greek Plain,  Kroger – Plain, Vanilla Greek Vanilla, Peach, Plain,  Lucerne Dairy Farms – Plain Strawberry, Vanilla  Mountain High – Plain, Strawberry, Vanilla  Market Pantry – Plain, Vanilla  O Organics – Plain, Vanilla  Mountain High – Plain, Vanilla  Southeastern Grocers – Greek Plain, Greek Vanilla, Plain  Nostimo – Greek Plain, Greek Strawberry  Simply balanced – Greek Plain  Oikos – Greek Plain, Greek Strawberry, Greek Vanilla  Open Nature – Greek Plain, Greek Strawberry, Greek Non-Fat and Low-Fat Vanilla  Best Choice – Plain, Strawberry, Vanilla  O Organics – Greek Plain  Best Yet – Plain, Vanilla  Southeastern Grocers – Greek Plain, Greek Strawberry,  Coburn Farms – Plain, Vanilla Greek Vanilla, Plain, Vanilla  Dannon – Plain, Strawberry, Vanilla  ShurFine – Plain  Dannon Light and Fit – Greek Plain, Greek Vanilla,  Simple Truth – Greek Plain, Greek Plain (organic), Greek Strawberry, Vanilla Vanilla, Greek Vanilla (organic), Plain (organic)  Essential Everyday – Blueberry, Greek Plain, Greek  Simply Balanced – Greek Plain, Greek Vanilla Strawberry, Greek Vanilla, Peach, Plain, Strawberry, Vanilla  Winn Dixie – Greek Plain, Plain, Vanilla  Food Club – Greek Plain, Peach, Plain, Strawberry, Vanilla  Yoplait – Blueberry, Peach, Strawberry,  Great Value – Peach, Plain, Strawberry, Strawberry-Banana, Strawberry-Banana, Vanilla Vanilla Not allowed Mix-in ingredients such as granola, candy pieces, honey, nuts, and similar ingredients

Optional Stock Requirement

Canned Fish, Canned/Dried Beans, Lentils, Peas & Peanut Butter

Canned Fish Canned Beans/Lentils/Peas Dried Beans/Lentils/Peas

Must be on the eWIC shopping list. Authorized Varieties Below Any Brand

Any Brand  15-16oz. can  16oz. bag of any variety

 Tuna packed in oil or water – 5 or 6oz.  Baby Lima  Kidney Not allowed – Beans with added can or foil pouch Beans Beans seasonings or flavorings; Bean soup  Pink Salmon packed in oil or water –  Black Beans  Lentils mixes 5oz., 6oz., 7.5oz. (as of  Blackeye Peas  Lima Beans Peanut Butter 2/1/20) or 14.75oz (as of  Cannelini  Navy Beans 2/1/20) can or foil pouch Must be on the eWIC shopping list. Beans  Pinto Beans  Sardines packed in oil or  Crowder Peas  Purple Hull Any Brand water – 3.75oz. or 15oz.  Field Peas Peas  16–18oz. jar of creamy, crunchy, or can or pack (as of 4/1/20)  Garbanzo  Red Beans smooth Beans  White Beans Not allowed – Flavored or with other ingredients such as jelly or honey

Minimum Stock Requirement: Not allowed – Green beans, Wax beans, Minimum Stock Requirement: Canned Fish – 10 cans, any variety in any Sweet peas Dried Beans/Lentils/Peas – 6 bags

eligible size Peanut Butter – 5 jars Minimum Stock Requirement: Canned Beans/Lentils/Peas – 6 cans

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48oz. Single Strength Juice 11.5-12oz. Frozen Juice Concentrate 100% Juice

Frozen Concentrate Authorized Brands and Flavors Frozen Concentrate Authorized Brands and Flavors,  Always Save - Apple, Orange continued  Best Choice - Apple, Orange  Signature Select - Apple, Orange  Best Yet - Apple, Orange, Purple or Red Grape  Tipton Grove - Apple, Orange  Clear Value - Orange  Welch’s - Apple, Purple or Red Grape, White Grape  Essential Everyday - Apple, Orange, Purple or Red Grape  Food Club- Apple, Orange, Purple or Red Grape 48 oz. Authorized Brands and Flavors  Great Value- Apple, Orange, Purple or Red Grape  Apple & Eve - Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry-Apple,  IGA - Apple, Orange Cranberry-Raspberry  Kroger- Apple, Grapefruit, Orange, Pineapple, Pineapple-  Brookshire’s - Apple, Orange, Pineapple, Pineapple- Orange Orange, Purple or Red Grape  Food Club - Apple, Orange, Pineapple, Pineapple-Orange  Market Pantry - Apple, Orange, Purple or Red Grape  Freedom’s Choice - Apple, Purple or Red Grape  Old Orchard - Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry-Apple,  Juicy Juice - Apple, Purple or Red Grape Cranberry-Raspberry, Orange, Pineapple, Pineapple-  Ruby Kist - Apple, Purple or Red Grape Orange, Purple or Red Grape, White Grape  SE Grocers - Apple, Orange, Pineapple, Purple or Red  SE Grocers - Apple, Orange Grape  Seneca - Apple  ShurFine - Apple  ShurFine - Orange  Welch’s - Purple or Red Grape, White Grape Not allowed: Added Sugar

Minimum Stock Requirement: Combination of Frozen Concentrate and/or 48oz. Juice – 6 containers, 2 flavors

64oz. Single Strength Juice 100% Juice

64 oz. Authorized Brands and Flavors 64 oz. Authorized Brands and Flavors, Continued  Always Save - Apple, Purple or Red Grape  Market Pantry - Apple, White Grape  Apple & Eve - Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry-Apple, Cranberry-  Mott’s - Apple, Cranberry-Apple Grape, Cranberry-Raspberry  Northland - Cranberry-Grape, Cranberry-Raspberry  Best Choice - Apple, Grapefruit, Pineapple, Purple or Red Grape,  Old Orchard - Apple, Cranberry-Apple, Orange, Purple or Tomato, Vegetable, White Grape Red Grape  Best Yet - Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry-Grape, Grapefruit, Orange,  Ruby Kist - Apple, Grapefruit, Orange, Pineapple, Purple Pineapple, Purple or Red Grape, Vegetable, White Grape or Red Grape, Vegetable, White Grape  Brookshire’s - Apple, Orange, Pineapple, Purple or Red Grape,  SE Grocers - Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry-Grape, Tomato, Vegetable, White Grape Grapefruit, Orange, Purple or Red Grape, Vegetable,  Campbell’s - Tomato (Low Sodium), Tomato (Regular) White Grape  Essential Everyday - Apple, Cranberry, Grapefruit, Orange,  Seneca - Apple Pineapple, Purple or Red Grape, Tomato (Low Sodium), Tomato  Sesame Street - Apple, White Grape (Regular), Vegetable (Low Sodium), Vegetable (Regular), White  ShurFine - Apple, Orange, Purple or Red Grape, White Grape Grape  Food Club - Apple, Orange, Pineapple, Purple or Red Grape,  Signature Select - Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry-Grape, Tomato, Vegetable, White Grape Cranberry-Raspberry, Orange, Pineapple, Purple or Red  Great Value - Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry-Grape, Grapefruit, Grape, Tomato, Vegetable, White Grape Orange, Pineapple, Purple or Red Grape, Tomato, Vegetable (Low  Tipton Grove - Apple, Orange, Pineapple, Purple or Red Sodium), Vegetable (Regular), White Grape Grape, Vegetable, White Grape  IGA - Apple, Grapefruit, Orange, Pineapple, Purple or Red Grape,  Valutime - Purple or Red Grape Vegetable, White Grape  V8 – Vegetable (Low Sodium), Vegetable (Regular)  Juicy Juice - Apple, Orange-Tangerine, Purple or Red Grape, White  Welch’s – Purple or Red Grape, Purple or Red Grape Grape (with calcium), White Grape  Kroger - Apple, Cranberry, Cranberry-Apple, Grapefruit, Pineapple, Purple or Red Grape, Vegetable (Low Sodium), Vegetable (Regular), White Grape

Not allowed: Added Sugar

Minimum Stock Requirement: 64oz. Juice – 6 containers, 2 flavors

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Whole Grains 100% Whole Wheat Bread Brown Rice

Authorized Brands Below Authorized Brands Below 16oz. or 24oz. package 16oz. bag/box

16oz. package 24oz. package  Best Choice  Great Value  Sarita  Best Choice  Essential Everyday  Best Yet  Gulf Pacific  SE Grocers  Best Yet  Market Pantry  Brookshire’s  IGA  Shurfine  IGA  Orowheat  Essential  Kroger  Signature  Kroger  Pepperidge Farm Everyday  Mahatma Select  Nature’s Own Life Whole  Private Selection 100%  Food Club  Market Pantry  Uncle Ben’s Grain Wheat Sugar Free Whole Wheat Wide Pan  Freedom’s  Parade  Winn Dixie  Nature’s Own 100% Whole Bread Choice  Rouses Wheat with Honey  Private Selection 100%  Ozark Hearth Whole Wheat Sugar Free  Pepperidge Farm Bread  Sara Lee  Rouses  Shoppers Value  Signature Select  Wonder Not allowed - White, wheat blends, buns, rolls, bagels, frozen Not allowed – Instant, white, flavored, wild rice mixes, or dough, organic varieties organic varieties

Tortillas – 100% Corn or Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Pasta

Authorized Brands Below Authorized Brands Below 16oz. package 16oz. package, any variety  Best Choice  Food Club  MiCasa  Barilla  Food Club  Racconto  Brookshire’s  Great Value  Mission  Best Choice  Great Value  Ronzoni  Celia’s  Guerrero  Ortega  Essential  Kroger  Signature  Chi-Chi’s  IGA  Shurfine Everyday  O Organics Select  Essential Everyday  Kroger  Tio Santi  Full Circle  Simple Truth

Not allowed - White flour tortillas or tostadas Minimum Stock Requirement: Whole Grains – Ten (10) 16oz. packages, any variety lkjlkj Full Line Grocery Requirement: 3 varieties of Bread or Tortillas with 5 or more units of each variety; 2 varieties of Rice with 6 or more units of each variety

Fruits and Vegetables Any Brand Not allowed  Fresh, Frozen, Canned (Most Brands)  Bagged greens that contain other ingredients such as  Pre-cut packaged in bags or croutons or dressing containers  Party Trays or Fruit baskets  If the amount purchased is  Decorative and ornamental fruits and vegetables greater than the participant’s  Salad bar items balance, the participant may  Dried fruit and nut mixtures pay the difference using a different form of payment  Nuts, including peanuts  Herbs and spices

Minimum Stock Requirement: Fresh Fruit – 20 units, 3 varieties Fresh Vegetables – 20 units, 3 varieties

Full Line Grocery Requirement: 4 varieties of Fresh Fruit and 4 varieties of Fresh Vegetables with at least 5 units of each variety WIC-23_Version 1

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Cold Cereal Hot Cereal

12oz., 18oz., 24oz., or 36oz. box 11.8-12oz. or 12oz. package

Authorized Brands, Sizes and Types Below Authorized Brands Below (by size)  *Indicates a whole grain cereal

Corn Flakes – 18oz. Crisp Rice Con’t – 12oz. Post Instant Oatmeal, Plain,  Best Yet  Market Pantry  Grape-Nuts Flakes* Individual Packets –  Brookshire’s  SE Grocers (18oz.) 11.8-12oz. only  Essential Everyday  Shurfine  Honey Bunches of Oats  Brookshire’s  Food Club (and 12oz.)  Signature Select Whole Grain Honey  Essential Everyday  IGA  Valutime Crunch* (18o.z)  Food Club  Kellogg’s (and 12, 24,  Honey Bunches of Oats  Kroger 36oz.) Crispy Hexagons – 12oz. Whole Grain with  Market Basket  Kiggins  Best Choice Vanilla Bunches*  Piggly Wiggly  Kroger  Essential Everyday (18oz.)  Quaker

 Market Pantry  Food Club Toasted Oats* - 12oz.  SE Grocers  SE Grocers  IGA  Best Yet  ShurFine  Signature Select  Kellogg’s (and 18 oz.)  Essential Everyday  Signature Select  Winn Dixie  Shoppers Value Frosted Mini Wheats* -  Essentials  Shurfine 18oz.  Food Club  Valutime  Best Choice  General Mills - Instant Grits, Plain, Individual Packets -  Winn Dixie  Best Yet Cheerios (and 18oz.) 12oz. only  Brookshire’s  General Mills – Corn Squares – 12oz.  Brookshire’s  Essential Everyday MultiGrain Cheerios  Best Choice  Essential Everyday  Food Club (and 18oz)  Essential Everyday  Food Club  IGA  IGA  Food Club  Quaker  General Mills (and 18oz.)  Kellogg’s (and 24,  Kroger 36oz.)  Shurfine  SE Grocers  Great Value  ShurFine  Malt O Meal (and 36oz.)  Signature Select  IGA  Signature Select  SE Grocers Rice Squares – 12oz. Optional Stock  Shurfine  Essential Everyday Requirement: Crisp Rice – 12oz.  Best Choice General Mills  Food Club Hot Breakfast Cereal -  Berry Berry Kix*  General Mills (and Optional  Best Yet (and 18oz.) (18oz.) 18oz.)  Brookshire’s  Honey Kix* (18oz.)  IGA  Essential Everyday  Kix* (12 or 18oz.)  Kroger  Food Club  Blueberry Chex (12oz.)  SE Grocers  IGA Kellogg’s Strawberry Frosted Mini  Kellogg’s (and 18, 24oz.)  All-Bran Complete Wheats – 18oz.  Kiggins Wheat Bran Flakes*  Food Club  Kroger (18oz)  Malt O Meal (and 36oz.)  Malt O Meal (and 18, 36oz.)  Special K (12 or 18oz.)  Market Basket (18oz. only)

Minimum Stock Requirement: Cold Breakfast Cereal – 15 boxes, 3 varieties (combination of 12oz. and 18oz. boxes, at least 1 variety must be whole grain)

Full Line Grocery Requirement: 5 varieties of Cold Breakfast Cereal with 5 or more units of each variety

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Rev. 10/2020 Page 5 of 6 Infant Formula Must be on the eWIC shopping list. No Substitutions Minimum Stock Requirements are Based on Vendor Peer Group Assignment (see below) Peer Group 1 Peer Group 2 Peer Group 3 Peer Group 4 Peer Group 5 Infant Formula 1-3 Registers 4-7 Registers 8-11 Registers 12-15 Registers 16+ Registers

Similac Advance Powder – 12.4oz. can

12 12 24 24 24

Similac Soy Isomil Powder – 12.4oz. can

12 12 12 12 24

Similac Total Comfort Powder – 12.0oz. / 12.6oz. can 12 12 24 24 24

Similac For Spit-Up Powder – 12.0oz. / 12.5oz. can 12 12 12 12 24

Similac Sensitive Powder – 12.0oz. / 12.5oz. can 12 12 24 24 24

A50 Vendors: Peer Group 6 Minimum stock will be based on corresponding non-A50 peer group requirement

Infant Foods

Authorized Brands Below Not allowed  Organic allowed in the brands below  No mixtures of fruits/vegetables with cereals, added  Single or mixed combinations are allowed sugars, starches, salt, artificial sweetener  Texture may range from strained through diced Infant Cereal Infant Fruits and Vegetables Infant Meats  8oz. container:  4oz. container or 2-pack 4oz.  2.5oz. container containers Rice, Oatmeal, Multigrain Brands: Brands: Brands:  Beech-Nut Stage 1 and  Gerber 1st and 2nd  Beech-Nut Stage 1  Beech-Nut Stage 2, Organic Stage Foods  Earth’s Best  Earth’s Best 1 and Stage 2  Happy Baby Organics Organic  Gerber  Earth’s Best Organic  Parent’s Choice  Gerber 2nd  Gerber 1st Foods  Tippy Toes Foods Organic  Wild Harvest  Tippy Toes Stage 2

Minimum Stock Requirement: Minimum Stock Requirement: Minimum Stock Requirement: Infant Fruit – 32 containers, 2 varieties Infant Meat – 16 containers, 2 Infant Cereal – 10 containers Infant Vegetables – 32 containers, 2 varieties varieties

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