GEORGIA WIC PROGRAM Your Recipe for Choosig Healthy Foods WIC Approved Foods List EFFECTIVE DECEMBER, 20 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 206
Fruits & Vegetables WIC APPROVED FOODS LIST Milk No orgaic or flavored milk No buttermilk, rice milk, or almod milk No raw milk (o-pasteurized) No dried whole milk (Nido) No filled evaporated No variety of fresh, caed, or froze vegetable or mixture cotaiig seasoigs, fats, or oils No creamed, sauced, or breaded vegetables No juice No herbs or spices No edible blossoms/flowers No dried fruit or vegetable, fruit leathers or roll-ups No catsup, or other codimets No soups No pickled vegetables or olives No vegetable-grai mixtures such as rice, oodles, or pasta No fruit baskets, party trays, or purchases from salad bars No fruits with added sugar, packed i syrups, or with artificial sweeteers FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES (Icludig orgaic) Ay brad/variety of fruit or vegetable, whole or cut, without added sugars, fats, ad oils. See WIC voucher for dollar amouts CANNED FRUITS (Icludig orgaic) Ay variety (icludig low-sodium) without added fats, or oils FROZEN FRUITS (Icludig orgaic) Ay brad/variety of fruits without added sugar (Icludig orgaic) Ay variety (icludig usweeteed applesauce) juice or water packed, without added sugars, artificial sweeteers, fats, oils, or salt CANNED VEGETABLES FROZEN VEGETABLES (Icludig orgaic) Ay brad/variety of vegetables (ad plai froze beas/peas/legumes) with o added sugars, meats, fats, or oils See WIC voucher for dollar amouts See WIC voucher for dollar amouts Cheese (size ad type as listed o voucher) Fat free/skim Reduced fat 2% Low fat % Whole milk gallo, / 2 gallo (size ad type as listed o voucher) [fat free/skim, low fat %, reduced fat 2%, whole milk] Lactose free Acidophilus Acidophilus ad bifidum gallo, / 2 gallo, 96 ouce (3 quart) (size ad type as listed o voucher) Dry powdered milk Evaporated milk Ultra high temperature milk (UHT) Makes 3 quarts 2 ouces 8 ouce or / 2 pit box SOY MILK No light or other flavors / 2 gallo 8TH CONTINENT SILK Origial Origial Vailla Soy Products GREAT VALUE Origial MEYENBERG GOAT MILK (size ad type as listed o voucher) No other brad No other size or quatity Low fat Whole Evaporated quart 2 ouces TOFU No o-calcium set No other size, type, or quatity NASOYA Silke Firm Extra Firm 4-6 ouces No orgaic, flavored, or added igrediets No cheese food, products, or spreads No imported, waxed, or delicatesse cheese No shredded, cubed, shaped, strips, or crumbles No other size or quatity LEAST EXPENSIVE SLICES (regular, low-fat, reduced-fat, fat-free, wrapped or uwrapped) America Swiss Cheddar 6 ouce LEAST EXPENSIVE STRING (whole milk or skim milk) Mozzarella 6 ouce LEAST EXPENSIVE Block (regular, low-fat, reduced-fat, fat-free) America Cheddar Colby Moterey Jack Mozzarella Swiss Combiatio (such as Colby/Jack) 6 ouce Eggs No orgaic, low cholesterol, or brow No added Omega 3, DHA, or ARA LEAST EXPENSIVE GRADE A LARGE doze 0-206 Georgia WIC Program Effective Jauary 206 Page 2
Whole Grais Whole grais iclude 00% whole wheat bread ad sadwich bus/rolls, whole grai tortillas, ad brow rice. package of sadwich rolls/bus WHOLE GRAIN CHOICES loaf of bread tortillas WIC APPROVED FOODS LIST brow rice CHI-CHI S Cor Whole Grai Tortillas No other types No other size or quatity 6 ouce GUERRERO Whole wheat Cor HERDEZ Cor KROGER Whole wheat Whole wheat Bread No hot dog rolls/bus No other size, type, or quatity LA BANDERITA Cor MI CASA Whole wheat ORTEGA Whole wheat MISSION Whole wheat Cor 00% WHOLE WHEAT LOAVES 6 ouce BEST CHOICE BIMBO FOOD LION Peaut Butter HEALTHY LIFE Whole Grai HEALTHY LIFE Whole Grai Flaxseed KROGER No orgaic or reduced fat No peaut butter spreads No added hoey, marshmallow, chocolate, jelly, vitami/mierals, or omega 3 No other size or quatity ANY BRAND Creamy Cruchy 6-8 ouces Extra cruchy Natural Low-salt Beas/Peas/Letils DRIED No flavored beas or peas No other size or quatity ANY BRAND Ay variety NATURE S OWN 00% Whole Wheat With Hoey ROMAN MEAL Su Grai SARA LEE Plai, mature beas, peas, or letils poud WONDER 00% WHOLE WHEAT SANDWICH BUNS 6 ouce HEALTHY LIFE Soft Style CANNED No orgaic No added sugar, fat, oil, or meat No soups or baked beas No immature varieties of legumes such as gree peas or sap beas/gree beas Brow Rice No white or flavored rice No other size or quatity ANY BRAND 6 ouce ANY BRAND Ay variety Plai, mature beas, peas, or letils (icludig refried beas, ad low sodium) 5 6 ouces PACKAGE OPTIONS Choose poud of dried beas or 4 cas poud dried ca ca ca ca Georgia WIC Program Effective Jauary 206 Page 3 0-206
WIC APPROVED FOODS LIST Ready Serve Juice 00% Juice 48 ouce cotaiers OR juice cocetrates 64 ouce cotaiers (Calcium fortified allowed) No orgaic or sugar added No V-8 Splash, vegetable juice, or pieapple juice No ifat juice, juice driks, or sports drik No cartos of juice other tha orage 48 ad 64 ouce Orage Grapefruit LEAST JUICE 48 ouce ad 64 ouce EXPENSIVE Juice Cocetrates NESTLE JUICY JUICE All flavors icludig Apple, Grape, ad White Grape NON-FROZEN POURABLE WELCH S Apple Grape APPLE JUICE (oly these brads) 64 ouce Always Save Apple ad Eve Apple ad Eve Sesame Street Best Choice Food Lio Great Value 48 ouce.5 ouces Apple ad Eve Juicy Juice Lucky Leaf Seeca FROZEN CONCENTRATES (Calcium fortified allowed ) Orage Grapefruit WHITE GRAPE JUICE IGA Juicy Juice Kroger Lucky Leaf Mott s Seeca Publix GRAPE JUICE (oly these brads) 2 ouces (oly these brads) 64 ouce 00% APPLE (oly these brads) Always Save My Essetials Best Choice Old Orchard Great Value Seeca 2 ouces Kroger 48 ouce A pple ad Eve Sesame Street Best Choice Juicy Juice Food Lio Great Value Kroger Publix IGA 00% GRAPE (oly these brads) Great Value Kroger Old Orchard Welch s TOMATO JUICE (oly these brads).5 to 2 ouces 00% WHITE GRAPE (oly these brads) Old Orchard Welch s Always Save Best Choice Food Lio Great Value IGA Juicy Juice Kroger Publix REFRIGERATED CARTONS 64 ouce Juicy Juice 64 ouce (Calcium fortified allowed) Best Choice Campbells Regular Low Sodium Food Lio Great Value LEAST EXPENSIVE BRAND 64 ouce refrigerated carto.5 to 2 ouces Orage juice oly LEAST EXPENSIVE ORANGE JUICE Fish No orgaic No albacore No oil packed No added flavors No Pouches or idividual servig cotaiers No other size or quatity Tua packed i water 5, 6, ad 7.5 ouce cas Pik salmo 5, 6, 7.5, ad 4.75 ouce cas No fresh or froze WAYS TO COMBINE FISH Choose a combiatio that does ot go over 30 ouces six cas five cas four 7. cas 7. 7. 7. 7. two 4.7 cas 4.7 4.7 0-206 Georgia WIC Program Effective Jauary 206 Page 4
WIC APPROVED FOODS LIST Cereal No other package sizes No other type, brad, flavor, or variety other tha the oes listed GENERAL MILLS Cheerios Regular* Multi Grai* Cor Chex Rice Chex Kix* Regular* Berry Berry* Hoey* Dora the Explorer Go Diego Go! 36 ouces KELLOGG S Frosted Mii- Wheats Origial* Crispix Cor Flakes Rice Krispies Regular Glute Free* Special K Origial All Bra Complete Wheat Flakes* 36 ouces MALT-O-MEAL Mii Spooers Frosted* Strawberry Cream* Blueberry* Crispy Rice Oat Bleders with Hoey ad Almods 36 ouces POST Grape-uts Flakes* Great Grais Baaa Nut Cruch* Alpha Bits* Hoey Buches of Oats Almod Hoey Roasted Vailla Buches* 36 ouces QUAKER Istat Origial* Istat Grits Origial 36 ouces B & G Cream of Wheat Istat, Origial Flavor Oly Whole Grai* 36 ouces 3 WAYS TO COMBINE 36 OUNCES OF CEREAL Choose a combiatio that does ot go over 36 ouces 24 oz 4 oz to 22 oz 2 oz 2 oz 2 oz 2 oz to 2 oz to 20 oz 8 oz to 8 oz 2 oz to *whole grai cereals Georgia WIC Program Effective Jauary 206 Page 5 0-206
WIC APPROVED FOODS LIST Ifat Foods INFANT MEATS for exclusively breast fed ifats No orgaic No meat ad vegetable, or meat ad pasta mixtures No other size or quatity BEECH NUT STAGE Meat with broth 2.5 ouces INFANT FORMULA No orgaic Oly formula listed o the voucher WIC voucher lists the brad, size, ad form (powder, cocetrate, or ready to use) to purchase GERBER 2ND FOODS Meat with gravy 2.5 ouces BEECH NUT Rice Multigrai 8 ouces GERBER Rice MultiGrai Whole Wheat 8 ouces DRY CEREAL No orgaic No added fruit, formula, or DHA/ARA No baby cereal i jars No other size or quatity PARENTS CHOICE 8 ouces KROGER COMFORTS Rice 8 ouces FRUITS & VEGETABLES No orgaic No diced or pouches No dessert No sweet potato casserole No other combiatios, size or quatity BEECH NUT NATURALS STAGE Just Hoeycrisp Apple Just Butterut Squash Baaas Just Sugar Sap Peas Just Sweet Potatoes Just Gree Beas Just Carrots 4 ouce jars Just Bartlett Pears BEECH NUT NATURALS STAGE 2 Just Sweet Cor & Gree Beas Just Pear & Blueberry Baaa, Orage & Pieapple Just Raspberry, Apple & Beets Just Apple & Blackberry Beets, Pear & Pomegraate Just Apple & Kiwi Just Pear, Raspberry & Asparagus Baaa, Blueberry & Gree Beas Just Pieapple, Pear & Avocado Just Pear & Black Cherry Just Peas, Gree Beas & Asparagus Apple & Pumpki Just Guava, Pear & Strawberry Just Mago, Apple & Avocado Just Cor, Squash & Apple Just Raspberry & Carrots Just Carrot, Cor & Pumpki Just Spiach, Zucchii & Peas Just Apple & Kale BEECH NUT NATURALS STAGE 3 Just Sweet Potato, Squash & Peas Carrot, Broccoli & Strawberry Just Apple & Aroia Berry Just Apple & Zucchii Just Carrot, Sweet Cor & Garbazo Bea Just Apple, Berry & Black Bea Just Apple & Red Bea 4 ouce jars Just Pieapple, Kale, Apple & Carrot Just Sweet Cor, Kale & Spiach Just Mago, Kiwi & Papaya Apple, Squash & Zucchii Just Apple & Strawberry Cor, Pear & Pieapple Sweet Potato, Orage & Pieapple 4 ouce jars BEECH NUT CLASSICS STAGE 2 Apricot Pear & Apple Pear & Raspberry Apple & Cherry Chiquita Baaa & Strawberry Pear & Pieapple Baaa & Mixed Berry Apple & Blueberry Apple & Baaa Apple, Mago & Kiwi Apple, Pear & Baaa Cor ad Sweet Potato Garde Vegetables Mixed Vegetables 4 ouce jars GERBER 2ND FOODS Apple Cherry Apple Blueberry Apple Strawberry Baaa Pear Pieapple Prues with Apples Apricot with Mixed Fruits Baaa with Mixed Berries Baaas with Apples & Pears Baaa Orage Medley Baaa Plum Grapes Apple Peach Squash Baaa Carrot Mago Pear Zucchii Cor Sweet Potatoes & Cor Mixed Vegetable Garde Vegetable 8 ouce twi packs Georgia WIC Program Effective Jauary 206 Page 6 0-206
WIC APPROVED FOODS LIST WIC Tips Separate WIC foods from the other foods you are buyig. Before the cashier begis to rig up your purchase, tell them that you are usig WIC vouchers. You ca ot retur ay WIC foods for cash, credit, exchage, or for a rai check. You may use coupos ad participate i buy oe get oe free specials. If a grocery store does ot have all the foods listed o your voucher, keep your voucher ad go to aother WIC approved store, or retur to your store at a later date. Talk to the store maager if you have a complait about the store or a store employee. Call the State WIC Office if you are still ot satisfied. Commets about the Georgia WIC program ca be made at wic.ga.gov. Go to the public commet survey page. First day to use: The WIC voucher caot be used before this date. Last day to use: The WIC voucher caot be used after this date. Amouts ad types of foods to be purchased: The WIC customer or store employee may ot substitute ay other food or formula for the items listed o the frot of the voucher. If you have a problem with your voucher, cotact your local WIC cliic. Pay exactly: The cashier writes i the exact price for the WIC foods, before the WIC participat sigs the voucher. If you go over the dollar amout listed o your fruit ad vegetable voucher: You may pay the differece. Participat/Guardia/Proxy sigature: Sigature must match oe of the sigatures o the frot of the WIC ID Card. I accordace with Federal civil rights law ad U.S. Departmet of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulatios ad policies, the USDA, its Agecies, offices, ad employees, ad istitutios participatig i or admiisterig USDA programs are prohibited from discrimiatig based o race, color, atioal origi, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliatio for prior civil rights activity i ay program or activity coducted or fuded by USDA. Persos with disabilities who require alterative meas of commuicatio for program iformatio (e.g. Braille, large prit, audiotape, America Sig Laguage, etc.), should cotact the Agecy (State or local) where they applied for beefits. Idividuals who are deaf, hard of hearig or have speech disabilities may cotact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additioally, program iformatio may be made available i laguages other tha Eglish. To file a program complait of discrimiatio, complete the USDA Program Discrimiatio Complait Form, (AD-3027) foud olie at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complait_filig_cust.html, ad at ay USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA ad provide i the letter all of the iformatio requested i the form. To request a copy of the complait form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: () mail: U.S. Departmet of Agriculture, Office of the Assistat Secretary for Civil Rights,400 Idepedece Aveue, SW, Washigto, D.C. 20250-940; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.itake@usda.gov. This istitutio is a equal opportuity provider. Special Supplemetal Nutritio Program for Wome, Ifats, ad Childre (WIC) -800-228-973 wic.ga.gov Georgia WIC Program Effective Jauary 206 Page 7 0-206