Missouri WIC
Approved Food List
Effective October 2022
Milk, Soy Milk, Cheese, Tofu
Milk
- Any brand (store brands recommended)
- Quart, half gallon, gallon
- Nonfat (skim), low-fat (½%, 1%)
- Reduced fat (2%), whole
Nonfat Dry Milk
- Store brand
- 1 lb 9.6 oz or 25.6 oz package (makes 8 quarts)
- 9.6 oz package (makes 3 quarts)
Cultured Buttermilk
- Any brand
- Quart or half gallon
Lactose Free Milk
- Any Brand
- Half gallon
- Nonfat (skim), low-fat (½%, 1%)
- Reduced fat (2%), whole
- Plain or unflavored
Evaporated Milk
- Store brand
- 12 oz can
- Nonfat (skim), whole
Goat Milk
- Meyenberg brand
- Whole evaporated (12 oz can)
- Nonfat powder (12 oz pouch)
Not Allowed:
- Extra skim
- Filled milk
- Flavored
- Glass bottles
- Milk beverages made from nut, coconut, rice, oat and other grains
- Milk substitutes
- Organic
- Raw or unpasteurized
- Sweetened condensed
16 oz = 1 pound
32 fluid oz = 1 quart
64 fluid oz = 1/2 gallon
128 fluid oz = 1 gallon
Soy Milk
Allowed:
- Half gallon
Silk
- Original
bettergoods (formerly Great Value)
- Original
8th Continent
- Original
- Vanilla
Not Allowed:
- Artificial sweeteners
- Flavors other than vanilla
- Light
- Organic
Domestic Cheese
Allowed:
- Store brand
- Block, shredded, sliced, string/sticks or bars
- 8, 16 and 32 oz packages
- Regular, fat-free or low-fat
- Marbled or blends of approved cheese varieties
- Domestic cheese only:
- American
- Brick
- Cheddar – all varieties
- Colby, Colby Jack, Monterey Jack
- Mozzarella (part-skim or whole)
- Muenster
- Provolone
- Swiss
Not Allowed:
- Added flavors (peppers, wine, smoke flavoring, etc.)
- Cheese additives
- Cheese food products, spreads
- Crumbled, cubed or grated
- Cholesterol-reduced
- Deli cheese or deli slices
- Organic
- Queso blanco, Queso fresco
- Imported
Tofu
Allowed:
Azumaya
- Firm Tofu (16 oz)
Franklin Farms
- Extra Firm, Medium and Soft Tofu (16 oz)
Nasoya
- Silken Tofu Organic (16 oz)
Yogurt
- Buy only the fat type specified on benefit
- Nonfat, low-fat, whole fat
- 32 oz containers (quart)
- Multiple packs (totaling 16 or 32 oz)
- Approved flavors only
*Greek-style approved in select brands
Belfonte*
Best Choice*
Coburn Farms
Dannon*
Dannon Activia
Dannon Light + Fit*
Essential Everyday
Food Club*
Great Value
Hy-Vee
Kroger
Lala*
Mountain High
Oikos*
Schnucks*
Yoplait
Yoplait GoGurt
- Added mixed-in ingredients
- Drinkable
- Organic
Eggs, Peanut Butter, Beans, Peas, Lentils
Eggs
Allowed:
- Any brand
- White or brown
- 1 dozen carton
- Large or medium, grade A or AA
Not Allowed:
- Cage-free or free-range
- Eggs with enriched levels of omega 3 fatty acids, vitamins or minerals
- Fertile
- Low cholesterol
- Organic
- Other specialty
Peanut Butter
Allowed:
- Any brand
- 16-18 oz container
- Regular or reduced-fat
- Creamy or crunchy
- Salted or unsalted
Not Allowed:
- Mixtures with chocolate, honey, jams, jellies, marshmallows or similar ingredients
- Organic
Canned Beans
Allowed:
- Any brand of plain variety beans
- Any brand of fat-free refried beans
- 15-16 oz can
- Regular or low sodium
Not Allowed:
- Baked
- Soup or mixed
- Organic
- Seasoned
Dry Beans, Peas, Lentils
Allowed:
- Store brand
- 16 and 32 oz package
- Any variety of plain
Not Allowed:
- Organic
- Seasonings or flavors
Cold Cereals
- 12 to 36 oz boxes or bags
Always Save
- Corn Flakes
- Crisp Rice
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Toasted Oats*
Best Choice
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Crisp
- Corn Flakes
- Crisp Rice
- Crispy Hexagons
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Frosted Shredded Wheat Maple & Brown Sugar*
- Frosted Shredded Wheat Strawberry Cream*
- Happy Os*
- Rice Crisps
- Wheat Crisps*
- Wheat Flakes*
Best Yet
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Toasted Oats*
Dierbergs
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Toasted Oats*
Essential Everyday
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Corn Squares
- Crispy Hexagons
- Crisp Rice
- Crunchy Oat Cereal*
- Crunchy Wheat Squares*
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Frosted Shredded Wheat with Strawberry Cream*
- Honey and Oat Clusters
- Multigrain Toasted Oats*
- Nutty Nuggets*
- Oat Bundles*
- Rice Squares
- Toasted Oats*
Food Club
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Corn Squares
- Crisp Rice
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Honey and Oats with Honey and Oat Clusters
- Oatmeal Squares*
- Rice Squares
- Toasted Oats*
- Twin Grain Crisp
- Wheat Squares*
General Mills
- Cheerios Multigrain*
- Cheerios Original*
- Corn Chex
- Kix Berry Berry*
- Kix Honey*
- Kix Original*
- Rice Chex
- Total Whole Grain Flakes*
- Wheaties*
- Wheat Chex*
Great Value
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Corn Squares
- Crunchy Nuggets*
- Crunchy Oat Squares*
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Multi-Grain O’s*
- O’s Oats*
- Rice Squares
- Wheat Squares*
Hospitality
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Toasted Oats*
Hy-Vee
- Balanced Living*
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Fiber Nuts*
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Multigrain Tasteeos*
- Tasteeos*
- Toasted Corn
- Toasted Rice
- Toasted Wheat*
IGA
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Corn Squares
- Crispy Rice
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Nutty Nuggets*
- Rice Squares
- Tasteeos*
Kellogg's
- All-Bran Complete Wheat Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Corn Flakes Cinnamon
- Crispix
- Frosted Mini-Wheats Blueberry*
- Frosted Mini-Wheats Cinnamon Roll*
- Frosted Mini-Wheats Pumpkin Spice*
- Frosted Mini-Wheats Strawberry*
- Frosted Mini-Wheats Little Bites*
- Frosted Mini-Wheats Original*
- Rice Krispies
- Special K Original
Kiggins
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Rollin Oats*
Kroger
- Corn Bitz
- Corn Flakes
- Crispy Rice
- Nutty Nuggets*
- Oat Squares*
- Rice Bitz
- Toasted Oats*
Malt O Meal
- Crispy Rice
- Frosted Mini Spooners*
- Strawberry Cream Mini Spooners*
Meijer
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Toasted Oats*
- Wheat Bran Flakes*
Post
- Grape Nuts Flakes*
- Grape Nuts Original*
- Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted*
- Honey Bunches of Oats with Cinnamon Bunches*
- Honey Bunches of Oats with Vanilla Bunches*
Quaker
- Life Multigrain – Original*
- Life Multigrain – Vanilla*
- Oatmeal Squares – Brown Sugar*
- Oatmeal Squares – Cinnamon*
- Oatmeal Squares – Honey Nut*
Ralston Foods
- Corn Biscuits
- Corn Flakes
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Rice Biscuits
- Tasteeos*
- Wheat Bran Flakes*
Schnucks
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Corn Squares
- Crisp Rice
- Essential Choice Wheat and Crunchy*
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Oat Squares*
- Oat Wise*
- Rice Squares
- Toasted Oats*
- Twin Grain Crisp
- Wheat Squares*
Shoppers Value
- Corn Flakes
That's Smart
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Crisp Rice
- Toasted Oats*
*Whole Grain
Hot Cereals
- 12 to 36 oz boxes or bags
Best Choice
- Creamy Wheat Enriched Farina
- Original Instant Grits
- Original Instant Oatmeal*
Best Yet
- Original Instant Oatmeal*
Cream of Rice
- Cream of Rice
- Cream of Rice Instant
Cream of Wheat
- Cream of Wheat Original 1 Minute
- Cream of Wheat Original 2 1/2 Minutes
- Cream of Wheat Original Instant
- Whole Grain Cream of Wheat*
- Whole Grain Cream of Wheat Instant*
Essential Everyday
- Grits Original Flavor
- Regular Instant Oatmeal*
Food Club
- Creamy Wheat Farina
- Original Instant Grits
- Regular Instant Oatmeal*
Great Value
- Original Instant Oatmeal*
Hy-Vee
- Creamy Wheat Enriched Farina
Kroger
- Original Instant Oatmeal*
Malt O Meal
- Original Hot Wheat Cereal
Meijer
- Original Instant Oatmeal*
Quaker
- Original Instant Grits
- Original Instant Oatmeal*
Ralston Foods
- Creamy Wheat Enriched Farina
- Original Instant Oatmeal*
Schnucks
- Creamy Wheat Enriched Farina
- Regular Instant Oatmeal*
*Whole Grain
Whole Grains
Breads
Allowed:
- 12, 16, 20 and 24 oz package
- 100% whole wheat or whole grain plain sliced breads, hamburger and hot dog buns
Aunt Millie’s
Best Choice
Brownberry
Bunny Bread
Dillons
Essential Everyday
Healthy Life
Hy-Vee
Lewis
Nature’s Own
Oroweat
Ozark Hearth
Kroger
Pepperidge Farm
Price Chopper
Sara Lee
IGA
Schnucks
Wonder
Whole Wheat Tortillas
Allowed:
- 16 oz package
Best Choice
Chi-Chi’s
Don Poncho
Essential Everyday
Great Value
Hy-Vee
IGA
Kroger
La Banderita
Mi Casa
Mission
Ortega
Schnucks
Tio Santi
Corn Tortillas
Allowed:
- 16 oz package
- White or yellow soft corn
Best Choice
Chi-Chi’s
Don Poncho
Essential Everyday
Hy-Top
Hy-Vee
IGA
Kroger
La Banderita
La Burrita
Mission
Whole Wheat Pasta
Allowed:
- 16 oz package
- Any shape
Not Allowed:
- Added sugars, fats, oils, salt
- Organic
Barilla
Best Choice
Essential Everyday
Food Club
Gia Russa
Great Value
Hodgson Mills
Hy-Vee
Kroger
Racconto
Ronzoni Healthy Harvest
Schnucks
Brown Rice
Allowed:
- Store Brand
- 14 oz package (instant)
- 16 and 32 oz package (regular)
- Long, medium, short grain
Not Allowed:
- Organic
Oats
Allowed:
- Store brand
- Plain quick, regular and old fashioned
- 18 oz package
Not Allowed:
- Steel cut
- Organic
100% Juice
100% Juice – For Women
Allowed:
- 11.5-12 oz frozen concentrate
Always Save
- Apple
- Orange
Best Choice
- Apple
- Orange
Best Yet
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
Essential Everyday
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
Great Value
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
Hy-Top
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
Hy-Vee
- Apple
- Orange
IGA
- Apple
- Orange
Kroger
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
Old Orchard
- Apple
- Apple Cherry
- Apple Cranberry
- Apple Kiwi Strawberry
- Apple Passion Mango
- Apple Raspberry
- Apple Strawberry Banana
- Berry Blend
- Blueberry Pomegranate
- Cherry Pomegranate
- Citrus Blend
- Cranberry Blend
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Cranberry Raspberry
- Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Pineapple Orange
- Pineapple Orange Banana
- White Grape
Seneca
- Apple
Tipton Grove
- Apple
- Orange
Valu Time
- Orange
100% Juice – For Children
Allowed:
- 64 oz container (half gallon)
Not Allowed:
- Organic
- Juice cocktails or juice drinks
Always Save
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
Apple & Eve
- Apple
- Cranberry
- Cranberry Apple
- Cranberry Grape
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Cranberry Raspberry
- Punch
- White Grape
Best Choice
- Apple
- Berry
- Cherry
- Grape
- Grapefruit
- Pineapple
- Punch
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Best Yet
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Dierbergs
- Apple
- Orange
Essential Everyday
- Apple
- Apple Cider
- Cranberry
- Grape
- Grape Blend
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Food Club
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Great Value
- Apple
- Cranberry Grape
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Grape
- Mango
- Orange
- Pear
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
- White Grape Peach
Hy-Top
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Hy-Vee
- Apple
- Cranberry Apple
- Cranberry Raspberry
- Grape
- Just Juice Apple
- Just Juice Berry
- Just Juice Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
IGA
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Juicy Juice
- Apple
- Apple Raspberry
- Berry
- Cherry
- Cranberry Apple
- Fruit Punch
- Grape
- Kiwi Strawberry
- Mango
- Orange
- Orange Tangerine
- Peach Apple
- Strawberry Banana
- Strawberry Watermelon
- Tropical
- White Grape
Kroger
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Vegetable
- White Grape
- White Grape Peach
Langers
- Apple
- Apple Berry Cherry
- Apple Cranberry
- Apple Grape
- Apple Orange Pineapple
- Apple Peach Mango
- Grape
- Orange
- Red Grape
- Pineapple
- Pineapple Orange
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Libby's
- Pineapple
Life Every Day
- Apple
- Grape
- Pineapple
- White Grape
Meijer
- Apple
- Cranberry Grape
- Grape
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Mott's
- Apple
- Apple Cherry
- Apple Mango
- Apple White Grape
Northland
- Blueberry Blackberry
- Cranberry
- Cranberry Blackberry
- Cranberry Grape
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Cranberry Raspberry
- Pomegranate Blueberry
Ocean Spray
- Apple
- Cranberry
- Cranberry Blackberry
- Cranberry Cherry
- Cranberry Elderberry
- Cranberry Grape
- Cranberry Mango
- Cranberry Pineapple
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Cranberry Raspberry
- Cranberry Watermelon
- Grape
Old Orchard
- Apple
- Apple Cranberry
- Berry Blend
- Black Cherry Cranberry
- Blueberry Pomegranate
- Cherry
- Cherry Pomegranate
- Citrus Blend
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Grape
- Kiwi Strawberry
- Orange
- Orange Tangerine
- Peach Mango
- Strawberry Watermelon
- Superfruit
- Tropical
- White Grape
Ruby Kist
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Sam's Choice
- Apple
Schnucks
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Seneca
- Apple
Shoppers Value
- Orange
That's Smart
- Grape
Tipton Grove
- Apple
- Grape
- Orange
- Vegetable
Welch's
- Grape
- Orange Pineapple Apple
- Red Grape
- White Grape
- White Grape Cherry
- White Grape Peach
Fruit and Vegetables
Fruit
Allowed:
- Any brand and variety of whole or cut, fresh or frozen fruit
- Mixed fruits
- Fruit packed in juice or with added fruit juice concentrate, artificial sweeteners or water
- Organic
Not Allowed:
- Salad bar or deli servings
- Dried or canned fruit, or fruit roll ups
- Added sugars*, salt, caramel, chocolate or yogurt
- Fruit baskets or party trays
- Added ascorbic acid (in addition of a flavor solution) sold in the refrigerated case
- Nuts or fruit-nut mixtures
- Ornamental or decorative fruit
- Frozen smoothie mixes
*Added sugars include: corn syrup, dextrose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, maltose, maple syrup and sucrose.
Vegetables
Allowed:
- Any brand and variety of whole or cut, fresh or frozen vegetables
- Bagged lettuce, head lettuce and salad greens
- Fresh garlic and fresh ginger
- Frozen beans and peas
- Plain or steamable vegetables and mixed vegetables
- Regular or lower-in-sodium frozen vegetables
- Organic
Not Allowed:
- Dried or canned
- Salad bar or deli servings
- Herbs or spices other than fresh garlic and fresh ginger
- Vegetable baskets or party trays
- Added sugars*
- Added salad dressings, cheese or croutons
- Added breading, creams, marinades or sauces
- Added seasonings, fats or oils
- Added pasta, rice, fish, meat or poultry
- Ornamental or decorative vegetables (chili peppers or garlic on a string, gourds, Indian corn or carving pumpkins)
- Diced potatoes, french fries, hash brown patties, potato rounds, shredded hash browns or tator tots with added fats, oils, seasonings or sugars*
*Added sugars include: corn syrup, dextrose, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, maltose, maple syrup and sucrose.
Tip: Take fresh fruits and vegetables to the register to check if it is WIC-approved. WICShopper app does not capture all approved produce.
Infant Food
Infant Cereals
Allowed:
- 8 or 16 oz container, dry, plain
- Organic
Beech-Nut
- Multigrain
- Oatmeal
- Golden Corn
Earth's Best
- Multigrain
- Rice
- Oatmeal
Gerber
- Barley
- Multigrain
- Oatmeal
- Rice
- Whole Wheat
- Oatmeal Millet Quinoa
Not Allowed:
- Added DHA/ARA
- Added cinnamon, dried fruit, nuts, yogurt
Infant Fruit and Vegetables
Allowed:
- Any size including variety packs
- Any fruit or mixed fruit
- Any mixed fruit and vegetable
- Any vegetable or mixed vegetable
- Organic
Not Allowed:
- Added cereal, cinnamon, DHA and/or probiotics, flour, grains, pasta, rice, salt, seasonings or sugar
- Dinners or added meats
- Pouches
Beech-Nut
Earth’s Best Organic
Gerber
Happy Baby Organics
Tippy Toes
Wild Harvest
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
- Fresh fruit and vegetables are allowed for infants if issued.
Infant Formula
- Quantity, brand, type and size as issued.
For Fully Breastfeeding Infants and Mothers
Fully Breastfeeding Infants
Infant Meats
Allowed:
- 2.5 oz container
- Variety and multiple packs (2.5 oz)
- Organic
Not Allowed:
- Added DHA/ARA
- Dinners
- Meat and fruit combination
- Meat and vegetable combination
Beech-Nut
Earth’s Best Organic
Gerber
Tippy Toes
Infant meats are an extra benefit for fully breastfed infants.
Fully Breastfeeding Mothers
Light Tuna
Allowed:
- 5 oz can in single or multiple packs
- Any brand
- Water packed
- Regular or low sodium
Not Allowed:
- Added flavor, seasonings, sauce
- Foil pouches
- Individual serving containers
- White or albacore tuna
Salmon
Allowed:
- 5 or 6 oz can in single or multiple packs
- 14.75 or 15 oz can
- Any brand
- Water packed
Not Allowed:
- Added flavor, seasonings, sauce
- Foil pouches
- Individual serving containers
- Smoked
Sardines
Allowed:
- 3.75 oz can in single or multiple packs
- Any brand
- Tomato or mustard sauce
- Water packed
Not Allowed:
- Added flavors or seasonings, other than tomato or mustard sauce
- Fish steaks
- Foil pouches
- Individual serving containers
- Smoked