Pennsylvania WIC Food List & Shopping Guide October 2017 - September 2018
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Basic Rules & Regulations Index WIC Sales Steps Self-serve lines are not allowed. Checks altered in any way will not be accepted. Shopping Tips .................................................... 2 WIC checks cannot be used before the First Day to 1 Foods being Usepurchased or after thewith LastWIC Daychecks to Use. Cheese ................................................................... 3 must be listed on your WIC check. Only the type and quantity of food printed on the Yogurt ................................................................4-5 WIC check and listed in this WIC Program Food List 2 Give the cashier can yourbe WIC ID and WIC purchased. Soy Products/Milk .......................................6-7 check before the sale is rung up. A WIC sale No returns, rain checks, or substitutions. Identical cannot be rung exchange up without of store damagedtheproduct WIC ID.is allowed. Juice for Children and Women ..............8-9 Fruits/Vegetables ..................................... 10-11 Coupons, 3 The “Familybuy one get one ID Number” on free, extra free ounces, the check(s) discount/club cards are allowed with WIC checks. Cereals ............................................................12-13 must match the “Family ID Number” on the WICDoIDnot sell or exchange WIC checks, food, or card. Whole Grains .............................................. 14-17 formula for cash, credit, or other items on-line, or any other means of selling items. Infant Foods.......................................................18 4 The cashier enters the total of each WIC sale WIC SA LES STEPS in the “Pay Exactly” box of the check. Eggs/Peanut Butter ...................................... 19 Legumes (Beans)/Canned Fish ............... 20 5 Make sure the amount in the “Pay Exactly” box matches the total on the register. 6 If a mistake is made entering the “Pay Exactly” amount, the cashier must draw a single line through the amount and write the correct amount above. The WIC customer must initial to verify the correction. Once the “Pay Exactly” box is correctly filled in, 7 the WIC customer must sign on the “Signature of Endorser or Proxy” line and fill in the date. Fruit & Vegetable Checks C A S H VA L U E V O U C H E R ( C V V ) At the discretion of the store, checks can be combined together. • If you go over the dollar amount of the check, you will have to pay the difference using cash, SNAP (formerly Food Stamps), personal check or credit/debit card. • If you spend less than the dollar amount, you will not receive any money back. • The amount in the pay exactly box cannot exceed the value of the check. If the amount of the sale of fruits and vegetables is less than the value of the check, cashier enters the lesser amount. 1
Cheese 8 OR 16 OZ PACKAGES ONLY ANY BRAND FORMS ALLOWED: • American • Block (Pasteurized Process) • Sliced • Cheddar • Shredded • Cheddarella • Stick Shopping Tips • Colby (Longhorn) • Cojack • String GET THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY • Monterey Jack • Mozzarella • Muenster • Use coupons. Most stores feature • Provolone weekly specials. • Swiss • Buy store brands. These may be regular, • Don’t use all your WIC checks for reduced fat, lowfat or fat one month during the same shopping free, low cholesterol, trip. Some food may spoil. Spread lactose free, low sodium, M I L K /C H E E S E your purchases throughout the smoked, or calcium fortified. entire month. Stores have more brands and varieties available during the middle of the month. Cheese must be marked with weight, type, and cost. Kosher cheese must be listed on the WIC check. CANNOT BUY: • Cubed • Cheese products • Individually wrapped or spreads slices • Organic cheese • Imported • Cheese with added • Deli service ingredients • Cheese foods • Cheese packed in water • Imitation cheese 1 POUND ½ ½ OF CHEESE POUND POUND (16 oz) (8 oz) (8 oz) N U T R I T I O N FA C T Calcium and vitamin D work together to protect your bones. Calcium helps build and maintain bones, while vitamin D helps your body effectively absorb calcium. 2 3
Yogurt 32 OZ CONTAINERS ONLY TYPE SPECIFIED ON CHECK - W H O L E FA T, L O W FA T, N O N FA T WHOLE FAT NONFAT All Natural Plain Plain, Vanilla Plain, Strawberry, Plain Plain Strawberry Banana LOWFAT Plain, Vanilla Plain Plain YOGURT Plain, Plain, Plain, Peach, Plain, Vanilla Vanilla Vanilla Raspberry, Plain Plain Plain, Vanilla Strawberry, Vanilla, Blended Blueberry Plain, Vanilla Plain, Vanilla Plain Plain Plain, Peach, Strawberry, Vanilla Strawberry, Vanilla Strawberry Banana, Vanilla CANNOT BUY: • Greek • Yogurts with mix-in-ingredients • Organic such as: • Drinkable yogurts - Granola • Yogurts with - Candy pieces Vanilla Plain, Plain, Peach, Plain, non-nutritive - Honey Vanilla Vanilla Strawberry sweeteners - Nuts Harvest Peach, Strawberry Banana, Strawberry, Vanilla 4 5
Soy Products Milk MUST BE LISTED ON WIC CHECK GALLONS OR HALF GALLONS SOY BEVERAGES ANY BRAND 3 2 O R 6 4 O U N C E C O N TA I N E R S • Any brand pasteurized fluid milk. • If your check says “whole milk”, you must buy whole milk. • If your check says “2%”, you must buy 2%. • If your check says “1% or skim”, you can buy 1%, skim, nonfat, fat free, or acidophilus. • If your check says lactose free, kosher, evaporated or dry milk, then you must buy the listed milk. Pacific - Ultra Soy 8th Continent Silk CANNOT BUY: Original or Vanilla Original or Vanilla Original • Flavored milk Shelf Stable Refrigerated Refrigerated • Buttermilk Section Section • Goat’s milk SOY P RODUCTS/MILK • Organic milk CANNOT BUY: Any other brand or flavor of soy beverage • Ultra High Temperature (UHT) processed milk • Milk in glass bottles TOFU • Milk with added: 1 6 O U N C E C O N TA I N E R S O N LY - Calcium - Protein - Plant sterols - Vitamin C - Omega-3s House Nasoya Azumaya Foods Premium Silken Extra Firm, Medium Firm, Firm, Firm, Silken Extra Firm 2 HALF CANNOT BUY: Any other brand or GALLONS ONE GALLON type of tofu N U T R I T I O N FA C T EXCEPTION: You may buy Soy is a nutrient-rich food a single quart of milk only that contains complete if it is listed on your check. protein, carbohydrates, fiber, healthy fats, vitamins and minerals important to good health. N U T R I T I O N FA C T If you choose soy products, Serve fat free or lowfat (1%) milk, cheese and yogurt at you may need other sources of meals and snacks. They’re packed with vitamins, minerals calcium and vitamin D in your diet. and protein for strong bones, teeth, and muscles. 6 7
Juice Juice FOR CHILDREN FOR WOMEN 64 OZ BOTTLES OR CARTONS ONLY 11.5-12 OZ FROZEN CONCENTRATE 1 0 0 % PA S T E U R I Z E D J U I C E 1 0 0 % PA S T E U R I Z E D J U I C E GRAPE APPLE STORE BRANDS 100% Juices and Tomato, Low All flavors Best Yet Sesame Street Sodium Tomato, All flavors with green pull tabs Essential Everyday Flavors, Natural Style Low Sodium V8, Food Club Apple Juice V8 Giant Not allowed: “Cranberry Juice and Great Value More” items Apple Hannaford and “Fruitables” Pineapple Apple Hy-Top IGA Market Pantry WHITE GRAPE CRANBERRY JUICE FOR WOMEN VEGETABLE My Essentials PINEAPPLE All flavors with yellow pull tabs TOMATO Apple Parade GRAPE APPLE STORE ShopRite BRANDS ANY BRAND ORANGE JUICE Shurfine Best Yet Vitamin D & Calcium are okay Signature Kitchens Apple Diane’s Garden Tipton Grove Essential Everyday Weis Food Club Giant 48 OZ BOTTLES Giant Eagle 1 0 0 % PA S T E U R I Z E D J U I C E All flavors except Great Value GRAPE GRAPE premium flavors WHITE APPLE Hy-Top STORE IGA BRANDS Market Pantry Apple, Naturally All flavors Food Club Parade Cranberry, Cranberry Apple, Giant Eagle Apple Red and White or Cranberry Red and White Shoprite Raspberry Shurfine Shurfine Signature Kitchens Purple, Red or White Tipton Grove Traditional Cranberry Apple Grape Juice, Super Weis Berry, Tropical Trio SHELF STABLE CONCENTRATE 1 0 0 % PA S T E U R I Z E D J U I C E ANY BRAND ORANGE JUICE Vitamin D & Calcium are okay All flavors with yellow trim CALCIUM AND VITAMINS C AND D ARE OKAY No other added vitamins or minerals allowed. CANNOT BUY: APPLIES TO ALL JUICE • Ciders • Juices with: - Beta-carotene - Carbonation - Vitamin E - DHA • Cocktails - Non-nutritive - Food colorings - Omega-3s - Alcohol - ARA • Organic juice sweeteners - Added sugars - Vitamin A - Fiber 8 9
Fruits Vegetables FRESH FRESH Whole or cut with no added sugars. For example: Whole or cut with no added sugars, fats or oils. For example: Apples Honeydew Melon Pineapple Asparagus Cucumbers Kale String Beans Bananas Mangos Plantains Avocado Eggplant Lettuce Sugar Snap Blackberries Nectarines Plums Beets Escarole Malanga Root Peas Blueberries Oranges Raspberries Broccoli Fennel Mushrooms Tomatoes Cantaloupe Pana Strawberries Cabbage Garlic Mustard Turnips Cherries Peaches Watermelon Carrots Ginger Root Greens Winter Squash Grapes Pears Cauliflower Green Beans Onions Yams Celery Green Lima Peppers Yautia Chayote Beans Potatoes Yellow Beans FROZEN Collard Greens Green Peas Pumpkin Yellow Squash Any brand, with no added sugars. For example: Corn Green Squash Spinach Yuca Blueberries Raspberries FROZEN Cherries Strawberries Any brand with no added sugars, fats, or oils. Steam in FRU IT/V EG ETAB LES Mangos bag allowed. For example: Peaches Asparagus Edamame Pearl Onions Pineapple Avocado soybeans Peas Black-Eyed Peas Garbanzo Beans Peppers Broccoli Green Beans Spinach Carrots Kidney Beans String Beans CANNED Cauliflower Lima Beans Succotash Any brand canned, jarred Corn Mixed Sugar Snap or multi-pack with no added whole kernel Vegetables Peas sugars, fats, oils or sodium (salt). For example: CANNED Any brand with no added sugars, fats, or oils. Mandarin Oranges Whole kernel corn and green peas that contain Peaches and Pears in 100% juice sugar are allowed. For example: Pineapple in its own juice Asparagus Green Beans Tomatoes Unsweetened Apple Sauce Beets Green Peas Yams Carrots Mushrooms unsweetened Corn Pumpkin Wax Beans Organic fruits can be purchased but tend to be more expensive. You will get more food with non-organic items. whole kernel Spinach Organic vegetables can be purchased but tend to be more CANNOT BUY: expensive. You will get more food with non-organic items. • Ingredients other than fruit - • Fruit leathers, sugar, honey, high fructose corn fruit snacks, fruit roll-ups CANNOT BUY: syrup, heavy or light syrup, • Fruit and nut mixtures • Party trays, salad bar items • Sauerkraut, pickled vegetables, dextrose, sucrose, maple syrup, • Fruit cocktails, cranberry sauce, • Items that contain dips or and olives non-nutritive sweeteners, fats, pie filling sauces • Infant or toddler vegetables oils, or sodium (salt) • Baked goods containing fruit • Ingredients other than • Fresh herbs and spices, • Party trays, fruit baskets, salad • Maraschino cherries or vegetables - sugar, honey, edible blossoms bar items products that contain high fructose corn syrup, • Dried vegetables • Items that contain dips or maraschino cherries cheese sauce, noodles, rice, • Baked goods containing sauces • Squeezable pouches nuts, spices, fats, or oils vegetables • Dried fruit, trail mix • Infant or toddler fruits • Jarred salsa, pasta sauce • Squeezable pouches 10 11
Cereals 12 OZ PACKAGES OR LARGER CANNOT BUY: Any other brand or type of cereal, organic cereals – Exception – for children, you may buy infant cereal in an 8 oz box or larger. Original Original Cinnamon, Brown Instant-Original, 1, Simple Banana Nut and Butter Sugar, Honey Nut, 2.5 or 10 min, Whole Granola Crunch Golden Maple Grain, Healthy Grain CEREALS Original or Almonds, Regular or Corn, Rice, Regular, Honey, Whole Flakes Honey Roasted, Multigrain Wheat Berry Berry Grain Cinnamon, Vanilla WHOLE GRAIN CEREALS Make Half Your Grains Honey Wheat Flakes Regular Original and Whole Clusters Strawberry STORE BRANDS Corn Flakes, Corn Squares (or biscuits), Rice Squares (or biscuits), Toasted Oats, or Tasteeos • Essential Everyday • Great Value • Shurfine • Food Club • IGA • Weis Quality • Giant • Ralston Foods Original Original, Little Maple • Giant Eagle • ShopRite Bites, Touch of Oatmeal Fruit Raspberry WAY S T O B U Y 3 6 OUNCES OF CEREAL 15 12 21 18 18 12 12 12 24 You can buy any combination of oz oz oz oz oz oz oz oz oz WIC approved hot or cold cereals that add up to 36 ounces or less. 12 13
Whole Grains 16 OZ PACKAGES WHOLE WHEAT OR WHOLE GRAIN BREAD & ROLLS WHOLE WHEAT PASTA 100% Stoneground Whole 100% Whole 100% Whole Wheat Bread, 100% Whole Whole Wheat Spaghetti, Whole Whole Wheat Spaghetti, Wheat Bread Wheat Bread Wheat Sandwich Rolls Wheat Thin Spaghetti, Whole Whole Wheat Elbow Wheat Macaroni, Whole Wheat Macaroni, Whole Wheat Penne, Whole Wheat Rotini, and Penne Rigate, and Whole Whole Wheat Vermicelli Wheat Rotini 100% Whole 100% Whole Wheat 100% Whole Wheat Bread Bread, Multi-grain Bread Wheat Bread ® Whole Wheat Elbows, Whole Whole Grain Penne Rigate, BREAD Wheat Linguine, Whole Wheat Whole Grain Spaghetti, Whole Penne, Whole Wheat Rotini, Grain Thin Spaghetti, Whole 100% Stoneground 100% Whole Wheat Country Style Whole Wheat Spaghetti and Grain Rotini and Whole Grain W H O L E GRA I N S Whole Wheat Bread with Honey 100% Whole Whole Wheat Thin Spaghetti Linguini Wheat Bread SunGrain 100% Stoneground 100% Whole Classic 100% Whole Wheat Wheat Bread, Very Thin Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Rotini, 100% Whole Whole Wheat Penne Bread Soft 100% Whole Wheat Bread Whole Wheat Wheat Spaghetti Rigate, Whole Wheat Bread, and Light Style Spaghetti, Whole and 100% Whole Spaghetti, Whole 100% Whole Wheat Bread Wheat Thin Spaghetti, Wheat Penne Wheat Angel Hair, and and Whole Wheat Rigate Whole Wheat Rotini Penne Rigate 100% Whole 100% Whole 100% Stoneground Whole CANNOT BUY: Organic. Pasta with added sugars, fats, Wheat Bread Wheat Bread Wheat Bread Hamotzie, oils, or salt 100% Stoneground Whole Wheat Bread Mezonot, or 6 pack Whole Wheat Rolls STORE BRANDS WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE 100% Whole Wheat Bread • Best Yet • Giant • ShopRite STORE BRANDS • Essential • Giant Eagle • Signature Kitchens • Best Yet Everyday • IGA • Weis Quality • Essential Everyday • IGA CANNOT BUY: • Market Pantry • Any other package size, brand, or type of whole grain products • Shurfine • Organic whole grains Natural Whole Grain • Signature Kitchens • Whole grains with: Brown Rice • Weis Quality - Added omega-3s - Seeds - Extra calcium - Dried fruits - Nuts - Vitamin D 14 15
Whole Grains Whole Grains 16 OZ PACKAGES FOR WOMEN FULLY BREASTFEEDING MULTIPLE INFANTS ONLY TORTILLAS SOFT CORN OR WHOLE WHEAT BREAD - 24 OZ PACKAGES WHOLE WHEAT OR WHOLE GRAIN Soft Whole Yellow or White Corn or Whole Wheat Tortillas White Corn Wheat Fajita Style Natural or Premium Country Style 100% 100% Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Yellow, White Soft White Corn Yellow, White Corn, or Tortilla, Whole Corn, Whole Whole Wheat Wheat Tortillas Wheat Farmhouse Soft 100% Whole 100% Stone Ground Wheat Bread, Soft Honey Wheat Bread, Natural Whole Wheat Bread, Whole 100% Whole Wheat Grain 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Premium 100% W HOL E GRAI NS Bread, Oatmeal Bread Whole Wheat Bread Fajita Style White Whole Wheat Corn Tortillas, Corn, Soft Taco Style Tortillas Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Tortillas 100% Whole Dutch Country 100% Whole Wheat Bread 100% Whole Wheat Wheat Bread Corn, Whole Wheat Yellow Corn Whole Wheat Soft Taco, Whole Wheat with Honey CANNOT BUY: Fajita and Yellow Corn • Any other package size, brand, or type of whole grain products • Organic whole grains • Whole grains with: - Added omega-3s Whole Wheat Yellow Corn Extra Whole Wheat Thin or Whole Wheat - Dried fruits - Seeds - Nuts - Extra calcium - Vitamin D Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Whole Wheat Fajita Style OATS - 24 OZ PACKAGE OATS Natural Quick Oats and Old Fashioned Quick Oats Oatmeal Cut Quick Cook 16 17
Infant Foods Chicken Eggs CARTONS OF 1 DOZEN INFANT FORMULA Any brand grades A or AA BRAND SPECIFIED ON CHECK Regular: large, medium or CANNOT BUY: Organic or Non-GMO small raw shell brown or white chicken eggs I N FANT CE R E AL CANNOT BUY: I N FAN T FO O D/C A N N E D F I S H / P E A N UT B UT T E R / E GGS 8 OR 16 OUNCE CONTAINERS | BRAND SPECIFIED ON CHECK • Specialty eggs such as: Barley, rice, oatmeal, whole wheat, or multigrain - Vegetarian fed CANNOT BUY: - Organic • Organic varieties - Low cholesterol - Fat modified • Cereal with added: - High in omega-3s - DHA - Fruit - Yogurt - ARA - Formula INFANT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 4 O U N C E C O N TA I N E R S | Multipacks allowed Any brand 100% vegetable or fruits. Mixed varieties are okay for example: peas and carrots or sweet potatoes & apples. CANNOT BUY: • Added DHA, ARA, salt • Squeezable pouches or sugar • Mixed with cereal, noodles, rice, • Desserts meats, yogurt, flour, starches or • Organic varieties any other ingredients INFANT MEATS 2 . 5 O U N C E C O N TA I N E R S Fully breastfed babies only Any brand single ingredient meats. With or without gravy or broth • Added DHA, ARA, salt or sugar • Organic varieties • Mixed with cereal, rice, noodles, vegetables, fruit, or any other ingredients Peanut Butter 16 TO 18 OZ CONTAINERS TIP: When buying infant vegetables and fruit, a 2-pack is counted as 2 containers. Any brand labeled “Peanut Butter” only CANNOT BUY: Reduced fat peanut butter, N U T R I T I O N FA C T peanut butter spread, those mixed with jelly, marshmallow, chocolate or honey, organic Breastfeeding is a priority of the WIC Program. It provides peanut butter, added omega-3s, DHA, ARA, or many health, nutritional, economical, and emotional benefits to mother and baby. non-nutritive sweeteners 18 19
Legumes (Beans) Basic Rules 15.5-16 OZ CONTAINERS & Regulations Types of Beans to Purchase: • 15.5 to 16 oz cans Sugar in canned Index Self-serve lines are not allowed. kidney beans is allowed Checks altered in any way will not be accepted. • 1 pound of dried beans WIC checks cannot be used before the First Day to Shopping Tips .................................................... 2 Use or after the Last Day to Use. Can only Cheese be purchased with a WIC check ................................................................... 3 Only the type and quantity of food printed on the that specifies the highlighted item below WIC check and listed in this WIC Program Food List Yogurt ................................................................4-5 can be purchased. Soy Products/Milk .......................................6-7 No returns, rain checks, or substitutions. Identical Juice for Children and Women ..............8-9 exchange of store damaged product is allowed. Fruits/Vegetables ..................................... 10-11 Coupons, buy one get one free, extra free ounces, discount/club cards are allowed with WIC checks. Cereals ............................................................12-13 Do not sell or exchange WIC checks, food, or Whole Grains .............................................. 14-17 formula for cash, credit, or other items on-line, or Examples, but not limited to the following: any other means of selling items. Infant Foods.......................................................18 • Black Beans • Great Northern Beans • Navy Beans • BlackeyeEggs/Peanut Peas Butter ...................................... • Kidney Beans • 19 Pink Beans • Butter Beans • Lentils Legumes (Beans)/Canned Fish ............... 20 • Pinto Beans • Garbanzo Beans • Lima Beans • Split Peas CANNOT BUY: Canned green or yellow beans, green lima beans, wax beans, any canned bean item containing organic beans, added seasonings (spices), sugars, oils, fats, sauces, or meats N U T R I T I O N FA C T Canned fish, peanut butter, beans, and eggs are good sources of protein and cost much Fruit & Vegetable Checks less than meat. C A S H VA L U E V O U C H E R ( C V V ) Canned Fish At the discretion of the store, checks can be combined together. 3.75, 5, OR 6 OZ CANS ONLY • If you go over the dollar amount of the check, you will Any brand chunk Light Tuna, have to pay the difference using cash, SNAP (formerly Pink Salmon, Food or Sardines Stamps), personal check or credit/debit card. CANNOT BUY: • If you spend less than the dollar amount, you will not • Products packed receive any moneyin oil back. • Albacore Tuna • •Brisling Sardines The amount in the pay exactly box cannot exceed the • Redvalue of the check. If the amount of the sale of fruits Salmon and vegetables • Organic fish is less than the value of the check, cashier enters the lesser amount. 20
YOU R W IC AG E N C Y In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. W W W. PAWI C .CO M W W W. H E A LTH . PA .G OV 1 - 8 0 0 - W I C- W I N S | 1 - 8 0 0 - 9 4 2 - 9 4 6 7 PA WIC is funded by the USDA.
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