Maine WIC
Approved
Food List
Effective June 2020
Participants are encouraged to purchase the least expensive brand available.
Baby Food
Baby Cereal
Allowed:
8 or 16 oz containers of the following brands:
- Beech-Nut (Original, Organic)
- Earth’s Best Organic
- Gerber
Approved Brands:
Types:
- Barley
- Millet Quinoa
- Multigrain
- Oatmeal
- Rice
- Whole Wheat
Not Allowed:
- Baby cereal with added formula, milk, fruit, or other ingredients
Infant Fruits and Vegetables
Allowed:
2 oz or 4 oz container single or multi-pack or 2 packs of 2 oz net wt 4 oz:
- Conventional or Organic
- Jars, pouches, and plastic tubs
- Any stage of infant fruit or vegetable or blends of fruits and/or vegetables
Containers of infant fruit and/ or vegetable (package must say “infant” or “baby”) in the following brands:
- Beech-Nut (Classics, Naturals, Organic)
- Earth’s Best Organic
- Gerber (Natural, Original, Organic)
- Happy Baby Organic
- Nature’s Promise
- Once Upon A Farm
- O Organics
- Parent’s Choice
- Plum Organics
Approved Brands:
Not Allowed:
- “Toddler” foods
- Fruits or vegetables mixed with meat, pasta, rice, cereal, yogurt, spices, or seeds
Infant Meats
Allowed:
2.5 oz containers single or multipack of the following brands:
- Beech-Nut
- Earth’s Best Organic
- Gerber
Approved Brands:
Types:
- Conventional or Organic
- Beef
- Chicken
- Turkey
- Ham
Not Allowed:
- Dinners, diced meats or meat sticks
- Baby food combinations or dinners (for example, spaghetti and meatballs or meat and vegetables)
Infant Formula
Brand, type and size listed on benefit.
Breast Milk
Complete nutrition for your baby.
Fruits and Vegetables
Benefit will say ‘Fresh only’ or ‘Fresh, Frozen or Canned’
Fresh
Allowed:
- Any type or variety
- Conventional or Organic
- Bagged fruits and vegetables
- Cut fruit and vegetables (without dip)
- Garlic (not on a string)
Not Allowed:
- Pickled vegetables or olives
- Items from the salad bar
- Party trays and fruit baskets
- Decorative or dried fruit or vegetables and painted pumpkins
- Herbs and spices like basil, parsley or chives
Canned
Allowed:
- Any package size, brand or mixture
- Conventional or Organic
- Fruit must be packed in water or 100% fruit juice without salt
- May be in pouches, metal cans or glass or plastic jars
- Vegetables may have salt, sea salt, reduced salt, no salt or sodium
Not Allowed:
- Pie Filling
- Pickled, marinated or in cheese sauce
- Home-canned vegetables
- Sauces- pizza, pasta, spaghetti or marinara
- Tomatoes with flavoring like garlic or basil
- Cream style corn or olives
- Cranberry sauce, soup, ketchup or salsa
- Fruits with added sugars, artificial sweeteners, fats, oils, herbs or spices
- Fruits in gel, gelatin or syrup
Frozen
Allowed:
- Any package size, brand or mixture
- Conventional or Organic
Not Allowed:
- Vegetables with added cheese, sauce, pasta, rice, nuts, breading or oil
- Fruits or vegetables with added sugars, artificial sweeteners, flavoring, herbs or spices
- French fries, tater tots or twice-baked potatoes
- Sorbet or fruit bars
Milk, Soy Beverage, Cheese, Tofu, Yogurt
Milk
Allowed:
- Gallons, half gallons or quarts
- Fat content listed on benefit:
– 1% or skim
– 2% or 1 1/2%
– Whole
Allowed:
- Any mix of allowed container sizes to reach the amount listed on the benefit
Not Allowed:
- Pints
- Flavored, organic or raw milk
- Milk not from cows
- Milk in glass bottles
Shelf Stable Milk
Allowed:
- Powdered Nonfat Dry Milk in 9.6 oz or 25.6 oz containers
- UHT – Ultra High-Temperature Pasteurized Milk in half gallons or quarts with fat content listed on benefit
Lactose Free Milk
Allowed:
• Half gallons, 3/4 gallons or quarts
• Fat content listed on benefit:
– Lactose Free 1% or skim
– Lactose Free 2%
– Lactose Free Whole
Not Allowed
- Pints
Soy Beverage
Allowed if listed on the benefit:
• Half gallons or quarts
– 8th Continent Soymilk, Original, refrigerated half gallon
– Great Value Soymilk, Original, refrigerated half gallon
– Pacific Ultra Soy, Original, shelf stable quart
– Silk Original Soymilk, refrigerated half gallon or shelf stable quart
– West Soy, Organic Plus, shelf stable quart
Cheese
Allowed:
• 8 oz, 16 oz, 24 oz, and 32 oz packages
• Block, shredded, sliced, sticks, crumbles, balls or cubes
• Regular, reduced-fat, 2%, or fat-free
• The following flavors (may be single flavor or blended):
– American
– Cheddar
– Colby Jack
– Monterey Jack
– Mozzarella
– Muenster
– Provolone
– Swiss
– String cheese
Not Allowed:
- Package sizes other than 8 oz, 16 oz, 24 oz, and 32 oz
- Cheese sliced at the deli counter
- Dips, whips, spreads or cheese with seasoning
- Organic cheese or Imported
- Sliced cheese labeled “cheese product”or “cheese food”
Tofu
Allowed:
• Conventional or organic
• Cubed, blocks, silken, vacuum packed or sprouted
• Of the following brands:
– Azumaya
– Heiwa Organic
– House Foods
– Nasoya Organic
– Nature’s Promise
– O Organics
Not Allowed:
- Flavored or baked
Yogurt
Allowed:
- 32 oz container (quart)
- Fat content listed on benefit
– Whole milk yogurt
– 2% or 1 1/2 % or 1%
– or skim Yogurt
Allowed:
- Greek or regular
- Organic or regular
- Plain or flavoed of the following brands
– Axelrod
– Best Yet
– Brown Cow
– Cabot
– Chobani
– Coburn Farms
– Dannon
– Food Club/ Shurfine
– Full Circle
– Great Value
– Greek Gods
– Green Mountain Creamery
– Hannaford
– LaLa Yogurt
– Lucerne
– Maple Hill Organic
– Market Basket
– Mountain High
– Nature’s Place/Nature’s Promise
– O Organics
– Open Nature
– Stonyfield Organics
– Two Good
– Wallaby
– Yoplait
Not Allowed:
• Any size other than a 32 oz container
• Individual cups, single serve or multipacks
• Soy, coconut or almond milk yogurts or kefir
Oatmeal, Rice, Tortillas, Pasta, Bread
Oatmeal
Allowed:
16 oz packages
• Bob’s Red Mill Extra Thick Rolled Oats
• Bob’s Red Mill Instant Rolled Oats
• Bob’s Red Mill Quick Cooking Rolled Oats
• McCann’s Quick and Easy Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal
• McCann’s Quick Cooking Irish Oatmeal
• McCann’s Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal
• Mom’s Best Quick Oats
• Mom’s Best Old Fashioned Oats
Not Allowed:
• Individual/ single-serve packets
• Flavored
• Organic oatmeal
Brown Rice
Allowed:
14 to 16 oz packages and 28 to 32 oz packages
- Any brand of regular, quick, or instant brown rice
- Regular or Organic store-brand
- Basmati Brown, Jasmine Brown or Boil in Bag Brown RIce
Not Allowed:
- White, seasoned, wild, mixes or organic rice
- Other organic rice
- Frozen, single-serve or ready to serve packets
Tortillas
Allowed:
16 oz package of soft shell
• Chi Chi’s White Corn Tortillas
• Chi Chi’s Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Don Pancho Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Food Club/ Shurfine Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Hannaford Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Herdez Corn Tortillas
• Herdez Whole Wheat Tortillas
• La Banderita 100% Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Market Basket Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Mayan Farm Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Mission Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Mission Yellow Corn Tortillas
• Ortega Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Santa Fe White or Yellow Corn Tortillas
• Santa Fe Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Signature Select Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Tia Rosa 100% Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Tio Santi 100% Whole Wheat Tortillas
Whole Wheat Pasta
Allowed:
16 oz packages listed below
• Any shape 100% whole wheat pasta of these brands:
– Barilla
– Colavita
– Food Club/ Shurfine
– Full Circle
– Great Value
– Hodgson Mills
– Nature’s Place/ Nature’s Promise
– O Organics
– Racconto
– Ronzoni
– Signature Select
Bread
Allowed the Size Listed On Benefit:
16 oz Bread
- Arnold Stoneground 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Best Yet Whole Wheat Bread
- Bimbo 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Hannaford 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Market Basket 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Nature’s Own Life Sugar Free 100% Whole Grain Bread
- Pepperidge Farm 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Pepperidae Farm Whole Grain Cinnamon Bread
- Pepperidge Farm Light Style 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Pepperidge Farm Very Thin 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Sara Lee 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Signature Select 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Signature Select No Salt Added Whole Wheat Bread
- Sunbeam 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Wonder 100% Whole Wheat Bread
24 oz Bread
- Arnold Whole Grain 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Country Kitchen 100% Whole Wheat Bread
- Freihofer’s Hearty 100% Whole Wheat Bread
If a WIC approved bread is not available when you choose to buy your Whole Grain Item, consider purchasing WIC approved whole wheat pasta, oatmeal, tortillas or brown rice.
Not Allowed:
- Buns, rolls, bagels or English muffins
- Deli or bakery bread
- Organic or white bread
Juices
Bottled 100% Juice
Allowed:
64 oz bottles
Not Allowed:
- Juice drinks with added sugar, juice cocktails or organic
WIC cannot pay the 5 cent bottle deposit. WIC participants must pay the deposit for each bottle of juice.

Apple and Eve:
- Any Flavor

Best Yet:
- Apple
- Cranberry
- Grape
- Grapefruit
- Pineapple
- White Grape

Campbell's:
- Tomato
- Tomato (Low Sodium)

Food Cllub/ Shurfine:
- Apple
- Cranberry Grape
- Grape
- Grapefruit
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape

Great Value:
- Apple
- Cranberry Blend
- Cranberry Grape
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Grape
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape
Hannaford:
- Apple
- Berry
- Cranberry Grape
- Cranberry Raspberry
- Fruit Punch
- Grape
- Vegetable (Low Sodium)
- White Grape
- White Grapefruit

Hy-Top:
- Apple
- Grape

IGA:
- Apple
- Grape
- Grapefruit
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grape

Juicy Juice
- Any flavors

Langers:
- Any flavor 100% Juice

Market Basket:
- Apple
- Grape
- White Grape

Motts:
- Apple
- Apple Cherry
- Apple Mango
- Apple White Grape

Old Orchard:
- Acai Pomegranate
- Apple
- Apple Cranberry
- Berry Blend
- Black Cherry Cranberry
- Blueberry Pomegranate
- Cherry Pomegranate
- Cranberry Pomegranate
- Grape
- Kiwi Strawberry
- Orange
- Orange Tangerine
- Peach Mango
- Red Raspberry
- Strawberry Watermelon
- Tart Cherry
- White Grape
- Wild Cherry

Signature Select:
- Apple
- Cranberry Blend
- Cranberry Grape
- Cranberry Raspberry
- Grape
- Grapefruit
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Tomato
- Vegetable
- White Grapefruit
- White Grape

Tipton Grove
- Apple
- Grape

V8:
- Original Vegetable
- Original Vegetable (Low Sodium)
- Spicy Hot Vegetable

Welch's:
- Black Cherry Concord Grape
- Grape
- Red Grape
- Super Berry
- Tropical Trio
- White Grape
- White Grape Cherry
- White Grape Peach
- White Grape Raspberry
Frozen 100% Juice Concentrate
Allowed:
11.5 to 12 oz containers
Not Allowed:
- Juice with added sugar, juice cocktails or organic

Any Brand:
- Grapefruit
- Orange

Best Yet:
- Apple
- Grape

Dole:
- All Flavors of 100% Juice

Food Club/Shurfine
- Apple
- Grape

Great Value:
- Apple
- Grape
Hannaford:
- Apple
- Grape

HY-Top:
- Apple
- Grape

IGA:
- Apple
- Grape

Langers:
- Apple

Market Basket:
- Apple

Old Orchard:
(GREEN TOP ONLY)
- All Flavors of 100% Juice

Seneca:
- Apple
- Grape

Signature Select:
- Apple

Tipton Grove:
- Apple

Welch's:
(YELLOW PULL TAB ONLY)
- All Flavors 100% Juice
Liquid 100% Juice Concentrate
Allowed:
11.5 to 12 oz containers
Not Allowed:
- Juice drinks with added sugar or juice cocktails
Welch’s:
(YELLOW TOP ONLY)
- All flavors
Cereal
Ways to buy 36 oz of cereal
Name Brand
Allowed:
12 oz box or larger

General Mills:
- Berry Berry Kix*
- Blueberry Chex
- Cherrios*
- Cinnamon Chex
- Corn Chex
- Fiber One Honey Clusters*
- Honey Kis
- Kix
- Mutli-grains Cherrios*
- Rice Chex
- Vanilla Chex
- Wheat Chex*
- Wheaties*
- Whole Grain Total*

Malt-O-Meal:
- Blueberry Mini Spooners*
- Crisppy Rice
- Frosted Mini Spooners*
- Strawberry Cream Mini Spooners*

Kellogg's:
- All-Bran Complete Wheat Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Crispix
- Frosted Mini-Wheats*
- Frosted Mini Wheats Mixed Berry Filled*
- Frosted Mini-Wheats Original*
- Frosted Mini-Wheat Touch of Fruit Raspberry*
- Rice Krisppies
- Special K Banana
- Special K Original
- Special K Protein Honey Almond Acient Grains
- Special K Protein Origina Multigrain Touch of Cinnamon

Quaker:
- Quaker Life Original*
- Quaker Oatmeal Squares Hint of Brown Sugar*
- Quaker Oatmeal Squares Hint of Cinnamon*

Post:
- Grape Nuts Flakes*
- Grape Nuts Original*
- Great Grains Banana Nut Cruch*
- Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds
- Honey Bunches of Oats with Cinnamon
- Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted
- Honey Bunches of Oats Pecan and Maple Brown Sugar
- Honey Bunches of Oats with Vanilla Bunches*
- Honey Bunches of Oats Whole Grain Alomond*
- Honey Bunches of Oats Whole Grain Honey Crunch*
Store Brands
Allowed:
12 oz or larger containers

Best Yet:
- Bite Size Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Crispy Rice
- Honey Oats and Flakes
- Honey Oats and Flakes with Almonds
- Toasted Oats*

Great Value:
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Crisp Rice
- Crunchy Nuggets*
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Multigrain O’s
- O’s
Hannaford:
- Bite Size Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Bite Size Strawberry Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Corn Flakes
- Crispy Hexagons
- Crispy Rice
- Easy Living Oat Squares
- Nutty Nuggets*
- Multigrain Tasteeos*
- Oats and More with Almonds
- Oats and More with Honey
- Tasteeos*
- Toasted Corn Cereal
- Toasted Rice Cereal

IGA:
- Bite Size Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Crispy Rice
- Corn Squares
- Crispy Corn and Rice
- Nutty Nuggets*
- Rice Squares
- Tasteeos*

Kiggins:
- Bite Size Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Crispy Rice
- Rollin’ Oats

Market Basket:
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Crispy Rice
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Oats and More with Almonds
- Oats and More with Honey
- Tasteeos*

Food Club/ Shurfine:
- Bite Size Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Corn Squares
- Crisp Rice
- Honey and Oat Clusters
- Honey and Oats with Almonds
- Multigrain Toasted Oats*
- Rice Squares
- Toasted Oats*
- Wheat Squares*

Signature Select:
- Bran Flakes*
- Corn Flakes
- Corn Pockets
- Crispy Rice
- Frosted Shredded Wheat*
- Live It Up!*
- Nutty Nuggets
- Oats and More with Almonds
- Oats and More with Honey
- Rice Pockets
- Toasted Oats*
*Whole Grain
Beans, Peas, Lentils, Eggs, Peanut Butter, Fish
Dried Beans, Peas, Lentils
Allowed:
- 16 to 32 oz packages
- Any type of dried beans, peas or lentils
- Regular or organic store-brand beans (Full Circle Organic, Great Value Organic, Nature’s Place/ Nature’s Promise, O Organics)
Not Allowed:
- Other organic beans
- Beans with added sugars, fats, oils, meats, fruits or vegetables
- Soup Mixes
Canned Beans
Allowed:
- 15 to 16 oz cans only
- Any type of plain canned beans, including fat-free refried beans
- Regular or organic store brand, low sodium or no salt added
- Organic store-brand beans (Full Circle Organic, Great
Value Organic, Nature’s Place/Nature’s Promise, O Organics)
Not Allowed:
- Other organic beans
- Green or wax beans or green peas – you can buy these with a fruit and vegetable benefit
- Baked beans, pork and beans or soup mix
- Beans with added sugars, fats, oils, meats, fruit or vegetables
Eggs
Allowed:
- Full dozen, any size
- Brown or white shells
- Regular or organic
- Cage-free
Not Allowed:
- Free-range or free-running
- Low cholesterol
Peanut Butter
Allowed:
16 to 18 oz containers
- Any brand of creamy, chunky or crunchy
Not Allowed:
- Organic
- Reduced-fat
- Peanut butter with added sweetners or flavors such as honey, marshmellow, jelly, or chocolate
- Peanut butter with flaxseed or palm oil
- Packets or squeezable container
- Peant butter spreads
Canned Fish
Allowed:
- 3.75 to 15 oz containers of chunk light tuna, pink salmon or sardines packed in water
- Pouches or cans (including multi-packs)
- May contain vegetable broth
- Regular, low sodium or no salt added
Not Allowed:
- Albacore, solid white or yellow fin tuna
- Any type of salmon other than pink
- Fish packe in oil, or smoked, seasoned or flavored
- Kippered fish