fresh
fruits &
vegetables
Any Variety
n Whole fruits & vegetables
n Cut fruits & vegetables
n Organic OK
n Plain bagged salad
n Plain bagged vegetables
WIC
2017-2018
ALLOWED FOOD GUIDE
This WIC Allowed Food
Guide provides a quick
look at the foods that
are authorized for the
Minnesota WIC Program.
This Guide should be
used together with the
WIC Shopping Guide that
all WIC customers receive.
Questions?
Items in
ARE
ALLOWED
Items in
RED
ARE NOT
ALLOWED
If you have any questions
about the WIC allowed foods, please call
us at: 1-800- 657-3942, or visit our website
at: www.health.state.mn.us/wic
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
01/2017 ID# 53274
milk
cheese
yogurt
eggs
Gallons or Half-Gallons*
Any Brand
8 to 16 oz
Any Brand
Large Size Only
Any Brand
n Fat-free skim
n Blocks
32 oz Containers Only
WIC Allowed Brands
Regular or Greek
Any Flavor
skim & low fat 1%
n Low fat 1%
n Shredded or
NOT ALLOWED
Some vouchers may list:
n Fresh salsa
n Salad bar items
n Party trays
n Fruit baskets
n Decorative fruits or vegetables
n Pumpkins
n Dried fruits or vegetables
n Nuts including peanuts
n Fruit/nut mixtures
n Spices or herbs
n Whole milk
finely shredded
n Low sodium
n Low or reduced fat
n Fat-free OK
n Reduced fat 2% milk
n Lactose-free 1/2 gallon size
OK to buy these cheeses
or mixtures of them:
frozen
fruits &
vegetables
Any Size
Any Brand
n Any plain variety
n Any plain mixture
n Any package type
n Any package size
n Regular or low sodium
n Organic OK
NOT ALLOWED
n Sugar or artificial sweeteners
n No potato product shapes like
French fries, hash browns
or tater tots containing oils,
fats or sugars (like dextrose)
n Added butter, fats, oils
n Sauces or cheese
n Mixtures with pasta, rice
or other items
n BGH/BST - free milk
(unless quarts are listed
on voucher)
n Powdered nonfat dry only
n Evaporated fat-free,
low fat or whole
n G
oat whole or low fat quarts,
pasteurized with vitamin D
Poplar Hill
Meyenberg
Meyenberg evaporated
n Quart-size containers
buy twin packs when
* Can
2 gallons are listed on voucher
Can buy two half gallons
when 1 gallon is listed on
voucher
NOT ALLOWED
n Organic milk
n Buttermilk
n Peak powdered milk
n Chocolate or flavored
n Specialty milk with added
nutrients (other than
Vitamin A or D)
n Glass bottles
n Cheddar any type
n Colby
n Farmer
n Monterey Jack
n Mozzarella
n Muenster
n Provolone
n String plain unflavored in an
8-16 oz package including sticks
or twists
n Swiss
NOT ALLOWED
n American cheese, processed cheese foods or Velveeta
n Sliced
n Diced
n Grated cheese
n Organic cheese
n Cubes
n Cheese spread
n Cheese curds
n Added seasoning, peppers
or other foods
n Deli cheese
n Goat cheese
n Imported cheese
n Parmesan
n Romano
n 7 oz reduced fat cheese
n Brown Cow
n Cass Clay
n Chobani
n Coburn Farms
n Dannon
n Essential Everyday
n Fareway
n Food Club
n Great Value
n Greek Gods
n Hy-Vee
n Market Pantry
n 1 (one) dozen
n White chicken eggs
NOT ALLOWED
n Brown eggs
n Organic eggs
n Fertile eggs
n Eggland’s Best
n Omega eggs
n Specialty eggs
n Pasteurized eggs
soy
tofu & soy milk
TOFU
12 to 16 oz Package
WIC Allowed Brands
n Azumaya
n Frieda’s
n House
n Mori-nu
n Nasoya
n WestSoy
n Wildwood
n Unflavored plain, any texture
n Refrigerated
n Shelf-stable
n Calcium listed on label
n Organic OK
n Mehedrin
NOT ALLOWED
n Mountain High
n Added fats, sugar, oils
n Nostimo
n Oikos
or sodium
n Added seasonings
n Old Home
n Our Family
n Shurfine
SOY BEVERAGES
n Simply Balanced
Half-Gallons or Quarts
WIC Allowed Brands
n Yoplait
n Ziyad
n Nonfat or low-fat OK
n Plain or any flavor
n Greek Yogurt OK
n 8th Continent
Original only, plain, refrigerated, half-gallon only
n Whole milk yogurt
n Silk
Original only, plain, refrigerated, half-gallon only, (twin packs OK)
NOT ALLOWED
n Pacific Natural Foods
OK for 1 year olds only
n Organic yogurt
n More than 40 grams
of sugar per cup
n Dannon Light & Fit except
Plain Greek
n Artificial sweeteners
n Mix-in ingredients
n Drinkable yogurts
n Single serving containers
n 24 or 35.3 oz containers
Ultra Soy brand, plain,
shelf-stable, quarts only
NOT ALLOWED
n Flavored soy beverages
n Light or fat-free soy beverages
n Organic
juice
100% only
64 oz Plastic Bottle
Non-Refrigerated
120% or More Vitamin C
WIC Allowed Brands
n Campbell’s 100% tomato,
100% tomato low sodium
n Indian Summer premium apple
n Juicy Juice
100% apple, 100% orange
n Langers orange, apple, grape, red grape, white grape, grapefruit, pineapple, low sodium vegetable, vegetable, tomato
n Mott’s 100% apple
n Musselman 100% apple
n Old Orchard 100% apple,
100% orange, 100% grape,
100% white grape,
n V8 100% original vegetable, vegetable low sodium,
vegetable spicy hot
n Welch’s 100% grape,
100% red grape,
100% white grape
64 oz Refrigerated
Containers
Single Flavor with
120% or More Vitamin C
n Orange
11.5 to 12 oz
Frozen Concentrate
Single Flavor with
120% or More Vitamin C
n Apple
n Grape
n Grapefruit
n Orange
n Pineapple
Some vouchers may list:
5.5 to 6 oz
n Orange any brand
n Grapefruit any brand
n Dole Pineapple
Any Store Brand
n Campbell’s Tomato
Apple, Grapefruit,
Grape red, white, purple
Orange, Pineapple,
Tomato, Vegetable
n Minute Maid
100% juice, any flavor
n Always Save
n Best Choice
n Diane’s Garden
n Essential Everyday
n Fareway
n Food Club
n Fruit Patch
n Great Value
n HyTop
n Hy-Vee
n IGA
n Libby’s
n Market Pantry
n Mr. Pure
n Nature’s Nectar
n Our Family
n Shurfine
n Tipton Grove
n Valu Time
n V-8 vegetable
NOT ALLOWED
n 59 oz juices
n Fruit juice blends
n Juice cocktails
n Juices other than flavors listed
n Diet juices
n Artificially-sweetened juices
n Organic juices
n Fresh-squeezed juices
cereal
bread
tortillas
cold & hot
whole wheat/grain
corn & wheat
100% whole wheat
16 oz (1 lb) Loaf
WIC Allowed Brands
SOFT CORN
16 oz Only
WIC Allowed Brands
Any Shape
COLD Cereals
COLD Cereals
12 oz or Larger
WIC Allowed Brands
12 oz or Larger
Any Store Brand
POST
BRAN FLAKES, TOASTED
OATS OR TASTEEOS
n Grape-Nuts plain
n Great Grains
Banana Nut Crunch n Honey Bunches of Oats
with almonds, Cinnamon
Bunches, Honey Roasted,
Vanilla Bunches, Honey Crunch
GENERAL MILLS
n Cheerios
plain, multi-grain
n Chex corn, rice, wheat
n K ix plain, honey, Berry Berry
n Total
whole grain plain
n Wheaties
plain
KELLOGG’S
n Corn Flakes plain
n C rispix plain
n Mini Wheats Frosted Original,
Frosted Little Bites n Rice Krispies plain
n Special K plain
MALT-O-MEAL
n Crispy Rice plain n M
ini-Spooners
plain frosted, Strawberry Cream,
blueberry
QUAKER
n Life plain n Oatmeal Squares
brown sugar, cinnamon n Always Save
n Best Choice
n Clear Value
n Essential Everyday
n Fareway
n Food Club
n Great Value
n Hospitality
n Hytop
n Hy-Vee
n IGA
n Market Pantry
n Millville
n Our Family
n Ralston
n Shurfine
n Valu Time
HOT Cereals
WIC Allowed Brands
n COCO Wheats
28 oz
n Cream of Rice
14 oz gluten free
n Cream of Wheat
28 oz original
18 oz whole grain
n Malt-O-Meal
28 or 36 oz original
28 or 36 oz chocolate
n Quaker Instant Grits
12 oz individual packets,
original flavor only
n Q
uaker Oatmeal
11.8 oz individual packets,
original flavor only
Any Store Brand
n
Instant Oatmeal
11.8 oz individual packets,
regular flavor
n Best Choice
n Bimbo
n Cub Foods
n East African, Injera bread
n Family Choice
n Fareway
n Food Club
n Hy-Vee
n IGA
n Our Family
n Pepperidge Farms
Very Thin Sliced Soft,
Stone Ground, Whole Grain
Rye Seeded
n Sara Lee, Classic Whole Wheat
16 oz Package
WIC Allowed Brands
n Best Choice, corn
n Chi Chi’s, white corn
n Don Pancho, white corn
n Essential Everyday, corn
n Food Club, white corn
n Hy-Vee, white corn
n La Banderita, corn
n La Burrita, corn
n La Perla, corn
n Los Maizales, corn
n Mission,
extra thin yellow corn
n Shurfine, corn/maiz
n Village Hearth
n Weight Watchers
WHOLE WHEAT
NOT ALLOWED
16 oz Package
WIC Allowed Brands
n Organic
n Rolls
n Buns
n Bagels
n English muffins
n Pita bread
n Frozen bread dough
n Take and bake bread
n Best Choice, whole wheat
n Buena Vida, whole grain
n Chi-Chi’s, whole wheat fajita style
n Don Pancho, whole wheat
pasta
n Allegra
n Barilla
n Bella Terra
n Bionature
n Delallo
n Essential Everyday
n Food Club
n Full Circle
n Garofalo
n Gia Russa
n Great Value
n Hodgson Mill
n Hy-Vee
n Nash Bros. Trading Co.
n Racconto
n Ronzoni
n Shurfine
n Simply Balanced
n Organic OK
NOT ALLOWED
n Added sugar or salt
n Added fats or oils
n Pasta made from rice, quinoa, flax, corn or vegetables
n Essential Everyday, whole wheat
n Food Club, whole wheat
n Frescados, whole wheat
n Great Value, whole wheat
n Hy-Vee, whole wheat
n IGA, whole wheat
n La Banderita, whole wheat
n Mission, whole wheat
n Ortega, whole wheat
n Our Family, whole wheat
n Shurfine, whole wheat
NOT ALLOWED
n Organic
n Wraps
n Flat bread
n Pita bread
n Hard shell tortillas
or taco shells
oats
16 oz
WIC Allowed Brands
rice
brown
canned
16 oz
Any Brand
15 to 16 oz Cans
Any Brand
n Regular cooking
NOT ALLOWED
n No 14 oz instant brown rice
n Any variety
n Added sugar OK
NOT ALLOWED
n Added fats
n Added fats, oils, meat
n Added oils
n Baked beans
n Added salt
n Pork and beans
n Mixes or wild rice
n Chili
n Organic
n Refried beans
n Boil in bag
n Soup mix
n Specialty brown rice like basmati
n Organic
n No green or wax beans
fish
tuna & salmon
peanut
butter
16 to 18 oz Only
Any Brand
Creamy
n
n Crunchy
n Chunky
n Natural
n Reduced sugar
n Shelf-stable only
NOT ALLOWED
n Organic
n Reduced fat
n Peanut butter spread
n Peanut butter blends
n Added jams, jellies,
chocolate, honey
n Refrigerated peanut butter
n Skippy natural peanut butter
spread
n Jif natural peanut butter spread
n Simply Jif
dry beans,
peas,
lentils
16 oz Packages
Any Brand
n Any variety
n Plain prepackaged
NOT ALLOWED
n No bulk beans, peas, lentils
n Organic
n Soup mixes
n Seasonings
n Added ingredients
infant foods
fruits, vegetables, cereal & meats
LIGHT TUNA
FRUITS/VEGETABLES
MEATS Infant
5 to 6 oz Only
Any Brand
4 oz Only
WIC Allowed Brands
2.5 oz Only
WIC Allowed Brands
n Canned in water
n Beech Nut Classics and Naturals
n Beech Nut
n Regular
n Earth’s Best
n Gerber
n Low sodium
n Gerber 2-packs of 4 oz tubs
n Tippy Toes
NOT ALLOWED
n Tippy Toes
n Tippy Toes Organic
n Tippy Toes 2-packs of 4 oz tubs
n Wild Harvest Organic
n Tippy Toes Organic
n Any variety meat or poultry
n Tuna in oil
n Albacore/white tuna
n Foil packs
n Lunch packs
n Added ingredients
n Wild Planet or other
specialty brands
PINK SALMON
NOT ALLOWED
n Added sugar or salt
n Added fats or oils
n Steel cut oats
n Organics
n No individual packets (can be purchased as cereal)
n Regular or low sodium
n Added sugar
n Mom’s Best, natural quick
oats, old fashioned oats
n Best Choice quick & old
fashioned oats
n Our Family quick oats
n Rolled oats only
beans
5oz, 6oz, 7.5oz or
14.75 oz Only
Any Brand
n Canned in water
n Wild Harvest Organic
n Any variety plain fruit or
vegetable
n Two or more vegetables/
fruits combined OK
NOT ALLOWED
NOT ALLOWED
n Salmon in oil
n Foil packs
n Lunch packs
n Red salmon
n Added ingredients
n Wild Planet or other
specialty brands
NOT ALLOWED
n Dinners
n Added sugar or salt
n Products with DHA
n Dinners or added meats
n Desserts
n Yogurt blends
n Added sugar or salt
n Added DHA
n Squeeze pouches
CEREAL Infant
8 or 16 oz Only
WIC Allowed Brands
n Beech Nut plain rice,
oatmeal, multi-grain
n Regular
n Low sodium
as a single ingredient
n Added broth or gravy
BANANAS Fresh
Allowed only when
listed on WIC Voucher
n Up to 2 lbs bananas
n Organic OK
n Gerber plain rice, oatmeal,
whole wheat, multi-grain, barley
n Parent’s Choice rice, oatmeal
n Tippy Toes plain rice, oatmeal
NOT ALLOWED
n Added fruit, formula, yogurt or
other additives (including DHA)
n Organic