Healthier Cereal Choices for use in the North Carolina Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP)

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1 Healthier Cereal Choices for use in the North Carolina Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP) The following list of cereals is approved for use in the North Carolina Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program. NC WIC approved cereals are healthy choices because they: are lower in sugar (not more than 6 grams of sucrose and other sugars per 1 dry ounce) include whole grain as the primary ingredient by weight AND meet labeling requirements for making a FDA health claim as a whole-grain food with moderate fat content are higher in iron (at least 28 mg iron per 100 grams; e.g., iron = 45% U.S. RDA for adults per 1-ounce dry cereal) CACFP institutions/facilities are encouraged (as a best practice) to serve cereals that meet these same lower sugar and whole grain criteria. Purchasing any of the following cereals will: make it easy for you to meet CACFP best practices improve the nutritional quality of your menus be familiar to the children you care for (and their families) since many may also be on WIC and are eating these cereals at home be more readily available through a variety of stores and distributors in NC Please note that you may find other cereals not included on this list that meet the lower sugar criteria and whole grain recommendations. You can use the Nutrition Facts label and Ingredient List to assist you. All-Bran Complete Flakes Alpha-Bits Apple Cinnamon Berry Berry Kix Bite Size Frosted Blueberry Shredded Bite Size Frosted Shredded Bite Size Frosted Strawberry Shredded Bite Size Strawberry Cream Frosted Shredded Bite-Sized Frosted Shredded Bite-Sized Strawberry Frosted Shredded IGA,, HY TOP, IGA, Kiggins, IGA Food Lion, Hannaford, My Essentials Food Lion, My Essentials page 1 of 4

2 Blueberry Mini Spooners Bran Flakes Cheerios Corn Chex Crunchy Nuggets Crunchy Oat Squares Crunchy Squares Dora the Explorer Enriched Bran Flakes Essential Choice Bran Flakes Essential Choice Oat Cereal Essential Choice and Crunchy Malt-O-Meal, Food Lion,, (Walmart), Hannaford, HY TOP, IGA, Kiggins,, Lowes Foods,, Publix, Shurfine, Southern Home Essential Everyday, Essential Everyday Harris Teeter, Piggly Wiggly 4 Corner Crunch Original 4 Corner Crunch Original Multi-Grain Cereal 4 Corner Crunch Original Oat Cereal Frosted Mini0s Little Bites Frosted Mini-s Touch of Fruit in the Middle: Raisin Frosted Mini-s Touch of Fruit in the Middle: Raspberry Frosted Shredded Frosted Shredded Bite Size Frosted Shredded Bite Size Strawberry Frosted Strawberry Shredded Frosted Grape-Nuts Grape-Nuts Flakes Great Grains Banana Nut Crunch Always Save,, Market Pantry, Piggly Wiggly, Southern Home, Lowes Foods, Ralston Market Pantry Publix page 2 of 4

3 Happy O s High Fiber Bran Flakes Honey Bunches of Oats Whole Grain Honey Crunch Honey Bunches of Oats Whole Grain with Vanilla Bunches Honey Kix Honey Nut Kix Little Bit Nutty Live 100% Live Wise Lively Oats Living Well Living Well Multi-Grain Cereal MultiGrain MultiGrain Cheerios MultiGrain Tasteeos Multi-Grain Toasted Cereal Multi-Grain Toasted Oats Nutty Crunchers Nutty Nuggets Oat Crunch Original Oat Squares Oat Wise Oatmeal Squares with Brown Sugar Rice Chex Rollin Oats Shredded Shredded Honey Nut Simple Granola Laura Lynn Harris Teeter Shurfine Fred Meyer Essential Everyday Food Lion, My Essential Shurfine, Essential Everyday, Hannaford, IGA,, Lowes Foods,, Publix Publix Ralston Kiggins Sunbelt Bakery page 3 of 4

4 Simple Living Strawberry Cream Frosted Bite Size Shredded Strawberry Cream Mini Spooners Tasteeos Toasted Multi-Grain Toasted Oats Toasted Oats Multi Grain Toasted Oats Original Toasted Toasted Whole-Grain Oats Total Whole Grain Biscuits Bran Flakes Chex Crisps Flakes Squares ies Whole Grain 2 ½ Minute Food Lion Malt-O-Meal Food Lion, Hannaford, IGA, Lowes Foods, My Essentials, Ralston Foods Always Save, Essential Everyday, Fred Meyer, Frys,, Harris Teeter, HY TOP, IGA,, Laura Lynn, Market Pantry(Target), Our Family, Piggly Wiggly, Publix, Shurfine, Southern Home Laura Lynn, Hannaford Essential Everyday, Laura Lynn, Ralston, Hannaford, Shurfine Cream of North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Nutrition Services Branch This institution is an equal opportunity provider. 06/2016 page 4 of 4

5 . CAPE FEAR TUTORING, INC (910) or Choose Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars As of October 1, 2017, breakfast cereal served in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) must contain no more than 6 grams of sugar per dry ounce. There are many types of cereal that meet this requirement. You can use any cereal that is listed on any State agency s Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)-approved cereal list, found as part of the State s approved food lists at: You can also find cereals that meet the requirement using the Nutrition Facts label and by following the steps below: 1 Use 2 Find 3 Use the Nutrition Facts label to find the Serving Size, in grams (g), of the cereal. the Sugars line. Look at the number of grams (g) next to Sugars. the serving size identified in Step 1 to find the serving size of your cereal in the table below. Serving Size * If the serving size is: Sugars Sugars cannot be more than: grams 3 grams grams 6 grams grams 7 grams grams 10 grams grams 12 grams grams 13 grams grams 16 grams Yummy Brand Cereal Nutrition Facts Serving Size 3 /4 cup (30g) Servings Per Container about 15 with 1% Amount cup skim Per Serving Cereal milk Calories Calories from Fat % Daily Value* Total Fat 0.5g Saturated Fat 0g Trans Fat 0g Polyunsaturated Fat 0g Monounsaturated Fat 0g Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 140mg Potassium 90mg Total Carbohydrate 22g Dietary Fiber 3g Sugars 5g Other Carbohydrate 14g Protein 140mg 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 6% 9% 3% 8% 7% 9% 11% 11% 4 In the table, look at the number to the right of the serving size amount, under the Sugars column. If your cereal has that amount of sugar, or less, your cereal meets the sugar requirement. *Serving sizes here refer to those commonly found for breakfast cereals. For serving size requirements in the CACFP, please visit More training, menu planning, and nutrition education materials for the CACFP can be found at