Rhode Island WIC

 Food Guide

Effective October 2022

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Fruits and Vegetables

Fresh

Choose any brand or any variety, including:

  • Organic
  • Sold by piece, pound, or package
  • Salad or mixed greens in a bag

Do not buy: salad bar, salad kits, party trays, herbs or spices, dried fruit, or store-cut fruit and vegetables


Frozen

Choose any brand or any variety, including:

  • Organic
  • Vegetable mixes

Do not buy: added fats, oil or butter, cheese sauce, or added flavorings or seasonings


Canned

Choose any brand or any variety, including:

  • Organic
  • Low salt and low sodium

Do not buy: light or heavy syrup, pie filling, cranberry sauce, soups, relishes, olives, pickles, glass jars, added fats, oil or butter, or added flavorings or seasonings

 


Fruit and Vegetable Benefits

  • The fruit and vegetable benefits will have a maximum dollar amount shown on your WIC Family Benefit List.
  • If your fruit and vegetable purchase costs more than the maximum dollar amount, you have the option to pay the difference with cash, EBT, SNAP, or another form of payment accepted by the store
  • If your fruit and vegetable purchase costs less than the maximum dollar amount, your balance will remain on your eWIC card. Know your benefit balance before you shop.

Juice

100% Juice

Do not buy: fruit drink, organic, added fiber, refrigerated cartons, or added calcium (unless shown on your WIC Family Benefit List)

Frozen Concentrate: 11.5 – 12 oz
  • Apple
  • Apple
  • Apple
  • Apple
  • Apple
  • Grape
  • Apple
  • Grape
  • Grape
  • White Grape
  • Apple
  • Grape
  • Apple
  • Grape
  • White Grape
  • Pineapple Orange
  • Pineapple Orange Banana
  • Apple

Liquid Concentrate: 11.5 – 12 oz

  • Any Flavor

Orange, grapefruit, or pineapple juice: 11.5 – 12 ozFrozen Orange Juice100% juice, any brand, frozen concentrate

Shelf-stable bottle: 64 oz
  • Any Flavor
  • Any Flavor
  • Any Flavor
  • Any Flavor
  • Apple
  • Pineapple
  • Apple
  • Grape
  • White Grape
  • Apple
  • Tomato
  • Vegetable
  • Apple
  • Apple Cranberry
  • Apple Mango
  • Original
  • Low Sodium
  • Spicy hot
  • Apple
  • Grape
  • Apple
  • White grape
  • White grape and peach
  • Tomato
  • Vegetable
  • Vegetable low sodium
  • White Grape Peach
  • Concord Grape
  • White Grape
  • Concord Grape with Calcium
  • Red Grape
  • Tomato Juice, Regular or Low Sodium
  • Grape
  • Orange
  • Cranberry
  • Cranberry Grape
  • White Grape
  • Grape
  • Apple
  • White Grape Peach
  • Grapefruit
  • Apple
  • Concord Grape
  • Cranberry
  • Cranberry Blackberry
  • Cranberry Cherry
  • Cranberry Concord Grape
  • Cranberry Mango
  • Cranberry Pinepple
  • Cranberry Pnegranate
  • Cranberry Raspberry
  • Cranberry Watermelon
  • Cranberry Elderberry

Protein

Canned or dried beans, peas, or lentils: 1 lb bag or 15 – 16 oz can

  • Low salt and low sodium are allowed
  • 1 legume container is equal to:

1 lb dry beans OR

4 cans of beans OR

1 jar of peanut butter

Do not buy: refried beans or added seasonings


Tofu: 16 oz

Tofu Options: Franklin, House Foods, Soy Boy, Azumaya, Nasoya

Buy tofu only if shown on your Family Benefit List.

Do not buy: gourmet or imported

Peanut Butter: 16 – 18 oz

Choose any texture, low salt and low sodium allowed.

Do not buy: added flavors


Canned Fish

Do not buy: Organic

Tuna fish: 5 oz only
  • In water or oil, chunk light only
Salmon 5 – 15 oz 
  • Pink only
Sardines: 3.75 oz 
  • Added sauces or flavorings are allowed

Eggs

  • Brown or white
  • Grade A large

Do not buy: half dozens or organic

Infant Foods

Formula

Buy the formula shown on your Family Benefit List.


Infant Cereal: 8 oz or 16 oz

Do not buy: added fruit, DHA, or ARA

  • Oatmeal
  • Golden Corn (Coming Fall 2022)8 oz Beechnut Cereal
  • Multi-grain
  • Oatmeal
  • Rice
  • Whole wheat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Infant meat: Stage 1, 2.5 oz

For fully breastfed infants only

  • Beef and beef broth
  • Chicken and chicken broth
  • Turkey and turkey broth
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  • Beef and gravy
  • Chicken and gravy
  • Turkey and gravy
  • Ham and gravy

Infant Fruits and Vegetables

Beechnut stage 2:4oz Naturals stage 1 and 2: 4 oz
Gerber 2 pack, 4 oz

Breakfast Cereals

All available packages 12 – 36 oz

Whole grain cereals (WG) are rich in nutrients, including protein, fiber, B vitamins, antioxidants, and trace minerals.

  • Crispy Rice
  • Corn Flakes
  • Bran Flakes (WG)
  • Frosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Unfrosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
  • Crispy Rice
  • Corn Flakes
  • Bran Flakes (WG)
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
Nabisco logo
  • Instant Cream of Wheat
  • Corn Flakes
  • Creamy Wheat
  • Crispy Rice
  • Corn Flakes
  • Bran Flakes (WG)
  • Frosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
Market Basket Logo
  • Corn Flakes
  • Bran Flakes (WG)
  • Frosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Oats and More with Honey
  • Oats and More with Almonds
Food Club Logo
  • Crispy Rice
  • Corn Flakes
  • Bran Flakes (WG)
  • Toasted Oats
  • Crispy Rice
  • Corn Flakes
  • Bran Flakes (WG)
  • Frosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
  • Crispy Rice
  • Corn Flakes
  • Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Frosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
  • Crispy Rice
  • Corn Flakes
  • Frosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
  • Corn Flakes
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
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  • Corn Flakes
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
  • Chex (WG) – Corn and Wheat
  • Chex – Rice, Cinnamon, Blueberry, and Vanilla varieties
  • Cheerios (WG) – Original and Multigrain varieties
  • Kix (WG) –  Original and Honey varieties
  • Instant Maple Oatmeal (WG)
  • Life (WG) – Original and Cinnamon
  • Instant Grits
  • Old Fashioned Grits
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  • Hearts and O’s Honey Toasted
  • Hearts and O’s Warm Cinnamon
  • Honey Bunches of Oats – Honey Roasted, Almonds, Vanilla, Cinnamon Bunches, Maple & Pecans
  • Grape-Nuts Flakes (WG)
  • Grape-Nuts (WG)
That's Smart Logo
  • Crispy Rice
Maypo Logo
  • Instant Maple Oatmeal
Cream of Wheat
  • Whole Grain Hot Cereal (WG)
Stop and Shop Logo
  • Crispy Rice
  • Corn Flakes
  • Frosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Toasted Oats (WG)
  • Bran Flakes (WG)
Price Rite Logo
  • Frosted Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Shredded Wheat (WG)
  • Frosted Mini-Wheats (WG) – Original, Strawberry, and Blueberry
  • Corn Flakes
  • Rice Krispies
  • Special K
  • All Bran Wheat Flakes (WG)
  • Crispix
  • Crispy Rice
  • Mini Spooners (WG) – Frosted and Strawberry Cream
  • Farina Original
  • Original Hot Wheat

Cereal size guide: 12 – 36 oz

Choose a 12 oz box or larger.

Here are way to buy 36 oz of cereal:

Dairy

Milk

Buy size and type as shown on your Family Benefit List.

  • Whole milk
  • 1 % milk
  • Fat-free or non-fat milk
  • Lactose-free milk
  • Powdered milk
  • Evaporated milk
  • Goat milk
  • Kosher milk

Do not buy: 2%, butter milk, organic, flavored milk, or unpasteurized milk

 

Soy Milk

Buy these only is shown on your Family Benefit List.

 

Pacific Foods Ultra Soy, 32 oz

  • Plain

8th Continent, 64 oz

  • Plain and vanilla

Silk, 64 oz and 32 oz

  • Plain

Cheese 16 oz

Do not buy:deli cheese, individually wrapped slices, blends, organic, gourmet, or imported

Choose any brand:

  • Pre-packaged regular, low fat, or low sodium
  • Sliced, shredded, and/or block
  • American, cheddar, colby, monterey jack, mozzarella, muenster, swiss, and provolone

Yogurt: 32 oz container only

Whole milk, 1%, fat-free or non-fat, or kosher

Do not buy: Organic, or Greek yogurt

New Hampshire Yogurt List part 1

New Hampshire Yogurt List part 2

Whole Grains

Bread 16 oz

Sliced loaves or rolls

Do not buy: organic


Brown rice: 14 – 16 oz

Box, bag, instant, and boil in bag.


 

Pasta 16 oz

Bag or box, must be whole wheat or whole grain (WG). Buy any type form these brands.

New Hampshire Pasta List


Tortillas and wraps: 16 oz

Do not buy: organic

New Hampshire Tortilla List 1

Rhode Island
Department of Health
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