100% Whole Wheat Bread, Bun, Rolls

Package Size

16-oz package

Description

• 100% Whole wheat bread, buns, and rolls
• Approved brands
• Not allowed: cinnamon, nuts, raisins, or fruit

Approved Brands and Specifications

Arnold

• 100% whole wheat burger rolls
• 100% whole wheat sandwich buns
• 100% whole wheat hotdog buns

Arnold’s Nature’s Harvest

• 100% whole wheat

Bimbo

• 100% whole wheat

Bunny

• 100% whole wheat

Essential Everyday

• 100% whole wheat

Giant

• 100% whole wheat
• Stone Ground 100% whole wheat

Gourmet

• 100% whole wheat

Harvest Pride

• 100% whole wheat

Hauswald’s

• 100% whole wheat

Merita

• 100% whole wheat

Nature’s Own

• 100% whole wheat with honey
• 100% whole wheat sugar free
• 100% whole wheat

Pepperidge Farm

• Stone ground 100% whole wheat
• Very thin 100% whole wheat
• Light style 100% whole wheat

Roman Meal

• Sungrain 100% whole wheat

Signature Select

• 100% whole wheat

Sara Lee

• Classic 100% whole wheat

Schmidt Old Thyme

• 100% whole wheat bread
• 100% whole wheat hamburger rolls
• 100% whole wheat hot dog rolls

Shopper’s

• 100% whole wheat

Weight Watchers

• 100% whole wheat

Wonder

• 100% whole wheat

100% Whole Grain Bread, Buns, Rolls

Package Size

16-oz package

Description

• Whole grain bread, buns, and rolls
• Approved brands
• Not allowed: cinnamon, nuts, raisins, or fruit

Approved Brands and Specifications

Nature’s Own

• 100% whole grain

Pepperidge Farm

• Light style soft wheat
• Whole Grain Jewish seeded rye

 

Whole Wheat Pasta

Package Size

16-oz package

Description

• Dry, plain, can be any shape
• Approved brands
• Approved organic brands
• Not allowed: macaroni with added sugars, fats, oils, or salts

Approved Brands and Specifications

Barilla Whole Grain
Bowl & Basket
Essential Everyday
Great Value
Great Value Organic
Simple Truth Organic
Harris Teeter Trader
Harris Teeter Organics
Nature’s Promise
O Organics
Racconto
Ronzoni
Shop Right
Signature Select

Tortillas

Package Size

16-oz package

Description

• Tortillas made from yellow corn, white corn, or whole wheat
• Approved brands
• Not allowed: Flavored tortillas (lime, sun-dried tomato; white flour tortilla, fried tortillas, tortilla chips, tostadas, “hard shell,” tortilla or taco shells

Approved Brands and Specifications

Celia’s

• Whole wheat tortillas
• Yellow corn tortillas

Chi Chi’s

• Whole wheat Fajita

Don Pancho

• Whole wheat tortillas
• White corn tortillas

Essential Everyday

• Soft white corn tortillas
• Whole wheat tortilla

Giant

• White corn tortillas
• White wheat tortillas

Giant Nature’s Promise

• White grain wheat
• Corn tortillas

Great Value

• Whole wheat soft tacos

Guerrero

• White corn tortillas
• Whole wheat tortillas

La Banderita

• White corn tortillas
• Grande corn tortillas
• Whole wheat fajita
• Whole wheat tortillas

La Burrita

• 8″ Yellow corn tortillas

Mi Casa

• 100% Whole wheat

Mission

• Whole wheat tortillas
• 6″ Yellow corn tortillas
• Whole wheat fajita
• Whole wheat restaurant style

Ortega

• Whole wheat tortillas

Signature Select

• Whole wheat soft taco style tortillas

Brown Rice and Barley

Package Size

• 16-oz or 32-oz package
• Bag or boxes package

Description

• Must be dry and plain
• May be instant-, quick-, or regular-cooking
• Organics allowed
• Not allowed: Boil-in-bag or precooked in pouch; wild rice; added seasonings, flavors, sauce, sugar, fat, oil, or salt; brown rice mixed with white rice or any other type of rice

Whole Ots

Package Size

16-oz

Description

• Dry, plain whole oats
• Approved brands

Approved Brands and Specifications

Mom’s Best Naturals

• Quick whole oats
• Old fashioned oats

Milk

Package Size

Quarts, half gallons, and gallons

Description

• Any brand pasteurized fluid cow’s milk
• Can be whole, reduced fat, low-fat, or nonfat milks
• Lactose-free, lactose-reduced, buttermilk, kefir
• Organic store brands
• Not allowed: flavored milk, milk with added calcium, protein (Ultraskim) or omega-3, rice milk, almond milk, coconut milk, grass-fed

Soy Milk

Package Size

Quarts, half gallons, and gallons

Description

• Approved brands and flavors
• Not allowed: light or fat-free soy milk

Approved Brands and Specifications

 

• Silk Plain – Half gallon, refrigerated
• 8th Continent Vanilla – Half gallon, refrigerated
• 8th Continent Original – Half gallon, refrigerated
• Great Value – Half gallon, refrigerated
• Pacific Foods Ultra Plain – Quart, shelf stable
• Silk Original – Quart, shelf stable
• Silk Plain – Quart, refrigerated

Goat’s Milk

Package Size

Quarts, half gallons

Description

• Pasteurized fluid goat’s milk
• Approved brands
• Can be low fat

Approved Brands and Specifications

• Meyenberg

Tofu

Package Size

8-oz, 14-oz, 16-oz packages

Description

• Product must be calcium-set (calcium sulfate, calcium citrate, calcium chloride, or tricalcium phosphate)
• Approved brands
• Not allowed: added fats, sugars, oils, or salt

Approved Brands and Specifications

Azumaya

• Extra Firm
• Silken

Giant Nature’s Promise

• Organic Firm

House Foods

• Firm
• Medium firm
• Extra firm

Nasoya

• Organic extra firm
• Lite firm
• Organic firm
• Organic silken

O Organics (Safeway)

• Extra firm
• Siklen
• Sprouted Super Firm

Yogurt

Package Size

• 2-oz, 4-oz, 16-oz, 32-oz containers

Description

• Pasteurized cow’s milk yogurt
• Whole milk, low-fat, or nonfat
• Any brand of plain yogurt
• Approved Greek, flavored, and multipack yogurt brands
• Organic store brands
• Not allowed: drinkable yogurts, and yogurts with accompanying mix-ins (e.g. granola, honey, sprinkles)

Approved Brands and Specifications

Greek Yogurt

Dannon Light & Fit Greek

• Vanilla nonfat

Harris Teeter Greek

• Nonfat vanilla
• Whole milk vanilla

Giant Greek

• Nonfat vanilla
• Strawberry nonfat
• Whole milk vanilla

Oikos Greek

• Pro plain
• Fat Free Vanilla
• Nonfat with honey
• Nonfat with maple

Oikos Triple Zero Greek

• Nonfat strawberry
• Nonfat vanilla

Wallaby Organic Greek

• Plain whole milk
• Vanilla bean whole milk
• Plain low-fat
• Plain non-fat
• Strawberry whole milk

Two Good Greek

• Plain low-fat
• Strawberry low-fat
• Vanilla low-fat

Flavored Yogurts (non Greek)

Dannon

• Whole milk strawberry
• Whole milk vanilla
• Low-fat vanilla

Dannon Light and Fit

• Strawberry non-fat
• Vanilla non-fat

Giant

• Non-fat vanilla

Great Value

• Low-fat peach
• Low-fat strawberry banana
• Low-fat strawberry
• Low-fat vanilla
• Light vanilla (non-fat0

Harris Trader

• Organic low-fat vanilla

Mountain High

• Low-fat vanilla
• Fat free vanilla
• Organic whole milk vanilla
• Organic whole milk strawberry

Wallaby – Organic Smooth

• Plain whole milk
• Vanilla whole milk

Multipacks

Dannon Light & Fit 4 pack, 4-oz (16-oz)

• Carb control vanilla
• Carb control strawberries and cream

Activia 4 pack, 4-oz (16-oz)

• Black cherry
• Blueberry
• Light blueberry
• Vanilla
• Light vanilla
• Strawberry
• Light strawberry
• Lactose-free strawberry
• Strawberry banana
• Prune
• Peach
• Mixed berry
• Mango
• Light peach
• FOB pineapple coconut
• FOB strawberry raspberry

Yoplait – GoGurt 8-pack, 2 -oz (16 oz)

• Simply mixed berry / strawberry banana
• Simply strawberry
• Strawberry
• Berry
• Cotton candy
• Sour patch redberry / blue raspberry
• Punch / strawberry
• Cotton candy / melon berry

Yoplait – GoGurt 

• Simply strawberry / mixed berry
• Strawberry / mixed berry
• Strawberry / cotton candy
• Strawberry banana / raspberry
• Strawberry / watermelon
• Strawberry / vanilla
• Sour patch redberry / blue raspberry
• Low-fat berry / cherry
• Low-fat berry / strawberry

Yoplait Kid 8-pack, 4-oz (32-oz)

• Low-fat strawberry / strawberry banana reduced sugar
• Low-fat wild berry cotton candy
• Trix low-fat strawberry banana / raspberry
• Low-fat strawberry blueberry
• Low-fat strawberry cotton candy
• Low-fat strawberry / strawberry banana reduced sugar
• Low-fat strawberry berry

Cheese

Package Size

• 8-oz, 16-oz, 24-oz, or 32-oz size packages
• Blocked, cubed, shredded, string, or individually wrapped

Description

• Domestic cheese made from 100% pasteurized milk
• Monterey Jack, Colby, natural Cheddar, Swiss, Brick, Muenster, Provolone, part-skim or whole Mozzarella, pasteurized process American, or blends of any of these cheeses are authorized
• Can be labeled low, free, reduced, less or light in sodium, fat or cholesterol
• Blends of cheeses (ex – Colby and cheddar)
• Organic store brands
• Not allowed: cheese with flavors, nuts, or peppers; cheese from the deli, cream cheese, cheese spreads or processed cheese; imported cheese

Eggs

Package Size

Package of 1 dozen (12 count)

Description

• Fresh shell chicken eggs
• Any egg size (M, L, XL, Jumbo)
• Brown or white eggs
• Cage-free, or free-range
• Organic store brands
• Not allowed: pasture-raised, national brand organics

Dry and Canned Beans, Peas, Lentils

Package Size

• 16-oz dry packages
• 15 to 16-oz cans

Description

• Any type of dry beans, peas, or lentils in dry-packaged forms or canned form
• Full, reduced, or no sodium
• Organics allowed
• Refried beans allowed with no added salt or fat
• Not allowed: added sugars, fats, oils, vegetables, fruits, or meat

 

Peanut Butter

Package Size

16-oz or 18-oz jars

Description

• Whole fat and reduced fat peanut butter
• Creamy or chunky, regular or reduced fat, salted or unsalted forms are allowed
• Can be natural
• Organic store brands
• Not allowed: mixed with jams, honey, marshmallows or omega-3; peanut spreads

Canned Fish

Package Size

• Mackerel: 15-oz
• Tuna: 2.5, 3, 5, 6, 12-oz
• Salmon: 3, 6, 7.5, 14.75-oz
• Sardines: 3.75-oz

Description

• Light tuna, pink salmon, sardines, mackerel
• May be packed in water or oil
• Pack may include bones or skin
• May be regular or lower in sodium content
• May have added sauces and flavorings such as tomato, mustard, or lemon
• Canned, jars, and pouches
• Not allowed: Tuna: chunk white or solid white (albacore), yellowfin or tongol tuna, lunch-to-go, individual containers with crackers, bowls, or kits, fillets.
• Canned Sardines: kippered snacks or fish stakes
• Canned Salmon: red, sockeye, or blue back salmon, lunch-to-go, salmon creations, individual containers with crackers, bowls, or kits, fillets

100% Juice

Package Size

• 11.5-oz, 12-oz, or 16-oz Frozen Concentrate
• 48-oz or 64-oz Shelf Stable

Description

• Any fruit and/or vegetable juice or juice blends
• Must be pasteurized 100% unsweetened fruit juice
• Cans or bottles, brands and types shown
• Any pulp content
• With or without added calcium
• Any brand of 100% Orange, Pineapple, or Grapefruit Juice in any approved size
• Organics allowed
• Not allowed: Refrigerated cartons, fresh-squeezed, fruit cocktails, punch, ades, drinks, nectars, pouches, beverages, Hi-C twisters, ciders or coolers

64-oz shelf stable

Apple & Eve

• Apple
• Cranberry apple
• Cranberry grape
• Cranberry pomegranate
• Cranberry raspberry
• Naturally cranberry

Juicy Juice

• Apple
• Apple raspberry
• Berry cherry
• Cranberry apple
• Grape
• Kiwi strawberry
• Mango
• Orange tangerine
• Passion dragon fruit
• Peach apple
• Strawberry banana
• Strawberry watermelon
• Tropical
• White grape

Seneca

• Apple

Musselman’s

• Apple
• Premium apple

Langers

• Apple
• Apple cranberry
• Apple grape
• Apple kiwi strawberry
• Apple orange
• Pineapple
• Apple peach mango
• Grape
• Red grape
• Spicy vegetable
• Tomato
• Vegetable
• Vegetable low-sodium
• White grape

Mott’s

• Apple

Northland

• Cranberry black cherry
• Cranberry cherry
• Cranberry grape
• Cranberry raspberry
• Traditional cranberry

Lucky Leaf

• Apple

Old Orchard

• Grape
• Mango Tangerine
• Red raspberry
• White grape

Welch’s

• Grape
• Red grape
• White grape
• Grape with added calcium
• Black cherry
• Concord grape
• Super berry
• White grape cherry
• White grape peach
• Orange
• Pineapple
• Apple

Everfresh

• Apple juice

Ocean Spray

• Apple juice
• Concord grape juice
• Cranberry juice
• Cranberry blackberry
• Cranberry cherry
• Cranberry concord grape
• Cranberry mango
• Cranberry pineapple
• Cranberry raspberry
• Cranberry watermelon

Essential Everyday (Shoppers)

• Apple
• Apple cider
• Apple not from concentrate
• Apple with calcium
• Berry blend
• Cherry blend
• Cranapple
• Cranberry
• Cranberry grape
• Cranberry raspberry
• Grape
• Grape blend
• Tomato
• Tomato low sodium
• White grape
• White grapefruit

Giant

• Apple
• Apple with calcium
• Berry blend
• Cherry blend
• Cranapple
• Cranberry
• Cranberry grape
• Cranberry raspberry
• Grape
• Grape blend
• Grape with calcium
• Tomato
• Vegetable
• White grape

Great Value

• Apple
• Grape
• Tomato
• Vegetable
• White grape

Signature Kitchens (Safeway)

• Apple
• Cranberry
• Cranberry grape
• Cranberry raspberry
• Grape
• Prune
• Tomato
• Vegetable
• White grape

Harris Teeter

• Apple from concentrate
• Apple not from concentrate
• Cranberry
• Cranberry apple
• Cranberry grape
• Cranberry raspberry
• Grape

48-oz shelf stable

Apple & Eve

• Apple
• Cranberry apple
• Cranberry raspberry
• Naturally cranberry

Northland

• Cranberry

Seneca

• Apple

Juicy Juice

• Apple
• Cherry
• Grape
• Kiwi strawberry
• Orange tangerine

Essential Everyday (Shoppers)

• Apple

16-oz (frozen concentrate)

Giant

• Apple

11.5 and 12-oz frozen concentrate

Old Orchard (frozen)

• Apple
• Apple cherry
• Apple cranberry
• Apple kiwi strawberry
• Apple passion fruit mango
• Apple raspberry
• Apple strawberry banana
• Berry blend
• Blueberry pomegranate
• Cherry pomegranate
• Cranberry
• Cranberry pomegranate
• Cranberry raspberry
• Grape
• Pineapple orange
• Pineapple orange banana
• White grape

Welch’s (shelf stable)

• Apple
• Fruit fantastic
• Tropical orange passion 
• Grape

Welch’s (frozen)

• Grape
• White grape
• White peach grape
• White grape raspberry

Langers

• Apple
• Grape
• White grape

Harris Teeter

• Apple

Essential Everyday (Shoppers)

• Apple
• Grape

Giant

• Apple
• Grape

Signature Kitchens (Safeway)

• Apple

Breakfast Cereal

Package Size

• 12 to 36-oz (cold) 11.8 to 36-oz (hot)
• Bagged or boxed cereal

Description

• Ready-to-eat, instant, and regular hot cereals.
• Approved brands listed

Whole Grain Cereal

General Mills

• Sesame Street
  • Cinnamon Letters
  • Berry Numbers
• Cheerios
  • Regular
  • Multigrain
• Kix
  • Regular
  • Berry Berry
  • Honey
• Fiber One
  • Honey Clusters
• Total
  • Whole Grain
• Wheaties
  • Regular

Post

• Honey Bunches of Oats
  • Pecan & Maple Brown Sugar
  • Vanilla Bunches
  • Whole Grain Almond Crunch
  • Honey Crunch
• Great Grains
  • Crunchy Pecan
  • Banana Nut Crunch
• Alpha Bits
• Bran Flakes
• Grape Nuts
  • Regular
  • Flakes
• Shredded Wheat

Kellogg’s

• All Bran
  • Complete Wheat Flakes
• Frosted Mini Wheats
  • Regular
  • Lite Bies Original
  • Lite Bites Chocolate
  • Bite Size Flavors: Blueberry, Strawberry, Cinnamon Roll, Pumpkin Spice, Filled Mixed Berry

Quaker

• Life
• Oatmeal Squares
  • Brown Sugar
  • Cinnamon
  • Golden Maple
  • Honey Nut

Sunbelt

• Simple Granola

Malt-O-Meal

• Frosted Mini Spooners

Whole Grain Cereal – Store Brands

Essential Everyday

• Crunchy Wheat Squares
• Crunch Oat Squares
• Frosted Shredded Wheat
• Instant Oatmeal Regular
• Multigrain Toasted Oats
• Nutty Nuggets
• Toasted Oats
• Wheat Bran Flakes
• Honey Oats & Flakes

Giant

• Bite-sized Frosted Shredded Wheats
• Bran Flakes
• Instant Oatmeal Regular
• Multi-Grain Oats & O’s
• Oats & O’s
• Oat Squares
• Source 100 (Whole Grain Wheat & Brown Rice Flakes)

Harris Teeter

• Enriched Bran Flakes
• Frosted Shredded Wheat
• Instant Oatmeal
• Livewise
• Toasted O’s
• Honey Oat Crunch Clusters
• Oatmeal Squares

Signature Select

• Bite-Size Frosted Mini Wheats
• Bite-Size Shredded Wheat
• Bran Flakes
• Instant Oatmeal Regular
• Live it Up Cinnamon
• Toasted Oats
• Oats & More with Almonds

Great Value

• Frosted Shredded Wheat
• Toasted Whole Grain Oats

Whole Grain Hot Cereal

Cream of Wheat

• Instant Healthy Grain
• Whole Grain

Quaker

• Instant Oatmeal

Non-Whole Grain Cereal

General Mills

• Chex
  • Vanilla
  • Blueberry
  • Cinnamon
  • Corn Chex – Gluten Free
  • Rice Chex
  • Wheat Chex

Kashi

• Hearts & O’s
  • Honey Toasted, Warm Cinnamon

Kellogg’s

• Rice Krispies
• Crispix
• Special K
  • Original
  • Banana
  • Protein Honey Almond, Ancient Grains
  • Protein Original Multi-Grain Cinnamon
• Corn Flakes
  • Original
  • Cinnamon

Post

• Honey Bunches of Oats
  • Cinnamon Bunches
  • Honey Roasted
  • Almond

Malt-O-Meal

• Crispy Rice
• Honey Oat Blenders
  • Original with Almonds
• Scooters

Non-Whole Grain Hot Cereal

Cream of Rice

• Original
• Instant

Cream of Wheat

Farina

• Hot Wheat

Malt-O-Meal

• Original Hot Wheat

Quaker

• Instant Grits Original

Fruit and Vegetables

Package Size

Cash Value

Description

Fresh

• Any plain fruit or vegetable
• Can be whole or cut, loose, bagged or plastic, any potato, organic
• Not allowed: salad bar items, party platters, fruit baskets; fruits or veggies with dips, butters or sauces, salad kits with nuts, croutons, meats, or dressings; nuts, peanuts, or fruit/nut mixtures; decorative vegetables and fruits (e.g. dried chili peppers on string); spices or herbs; baked goods; juice

Frozen

• Any plain fruit or vegetable
• May be any beans, bag or box, any brand or size, organic
• Not allowed: vegetables with meats, nuts, potatoes, rice or pasta; sauerkraut or coconut; vegetables with breading, fried, butter, sauces, cream, fat, oil, cheese, seasoned or teriyaki sauce; fruit bars, fruit popsicles, Italian ice, fruit blends, sorbets, sweet potato pancakes or sweet potato fries; juice; any fruit or vegetable with added sugar, fat, or artificial sweetener

Canned

• Any plain fruit or vegetable
• Plain, reduced sodium, no-salt, or full sodium
• Any brand or size
• Organic
• Applesauce without added sugar
• Fruit packed in water, unsweetened fruit juice, unsweetened juice concentrate, unsweetened natural juice
• Plain immature beans such as green beans, green peas, wax beans and lima beans
• Not allowed: fruit in syrup with added sugars or artificial sweeteners; cranberry sauce, pie fillings; yams or sweet potatoes; spaghetti or pizza sauces; vegetables with meat, nuts, potatoes, rice or pasta; soup, catsup, relishes, olives, or other condiments; pickled, creamed vegetables, marinated vegetables or vegetables in brine; mature beans (e.g. black or pinto beans); juice

Infant Cereal

Package Size

• 8-oz package

Description

• Any plain, dry infant cereal
• Organics allowed
• Not allowed: cereal with added sugars or salt; added yogurt, pastas, or fruits, no dinners or soups

Infant Meat

Package Size

• 2.5-oz package

Description

• Any variety of infant food meat or poultry, as a single major ingredient
• Added broths or gravy is allowed
• Texture may range from pureed through diced
• Can be jars, containers, pouches
• Organics allowed
• Not allowed: added sugars, starches, or salt (i.e., sodium); no dinners, meat sticks, stew, or soup, no DHA

Infant Fruit/Vegetable

Package Size

• 2-oz, 4 oz package

Description

• Any variety of single ingredient commercial infant food fruit and/or vegetable
• Texture may range from strained through diced
• Combinations of infant fruit and vegetables (ex – apples and carrots)
• Organics allowed
• All package types allowed – jars, containers, pouches
• Multipacks up to 128-oz
• Not allowed: added sugars, starches, or salt