DC WIC New Approved Food List
Effective October 1st, 2021
The DC WIC Program has expanded its approved foods list to include more options in each of the food categories. This allows WIC families to choose from a greater variety of foods to help better meet individual preference and needs. Note that the DC WIC Standard Approved Foods List will be reprinted in Spring 2022. Until then, all of DC WIC’s approved foods will be listed here on WIC Shopper.
Follow the instructions below to view all approved items for each food category:
- Click on the food category to view additional details
- Items highlighted in green indicate a new inclusion to that food category
- Items highlighted in red indicate foods that cannot be purchased with WIC checks.
- You may only purchase items from the food categories listed on your WIC checks.
- Contact your local WIC site if you have any questions: org/wic-locations
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(100% juice, bread, breakfast cereals, pasta, soymilk, tortillas, yogurt,) tap here
Bread
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
Pasta
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
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
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 Oats
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
Cows Milk
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Beans
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
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
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
Juice
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
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 Vegetable
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, Meats, and Fruits and Vegetables
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
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